Canada's annual inflation rate ticked up to 2.9 per cent in May, and a company providing software for thousands of auto dealerships was hacked.

Most big grocery stores across Canada will remain closed for all of Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Loblaws, Walmart, Longo's, Metro and Costco will all remain closed.

A series of export restrictions from India, which accounts for 40 per cent of the world's rice exports, has led to the rising price of the staple food in Canada.