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With summer fast approaching, some may be hoping to get away on the cheap as the higher cost of living takes a bigger bite out of household budgets.

MONTREAL — Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. says its San Andrés battery energy storage facility in northern Chile has started operations. The company says it is located on the site of its existing San Andrés solar facility.

TORONTO — Internationally bestselling author Patrick deWitt is among the three finalists for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. The $25,000 award goes to the best Canadian book of literary humour published in the previous year.

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says.

OTTAWA — Canada's annual inflation rate was 2.7 per cent in April, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): — Newfoundland and Labrador: 2.6 per cent (3.1) — Prince Edward Island: 2.6 per cent (2.

Billy-Ray Belcourt has populated his first short story collection with a pantheon of Cree characters, each presenting a different possibility for modern Indigenous life. The cast of "Coexistence" started with just one couple.

They're down to the final four as the NHL post-season gets ready to play into June in Florida, Texas, New York and Alberta.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

As the month-long boycott of Loblaw-owned stores wears on, small independent food retailersand alternative grocery options say they’re seeing a boost in traffic and sales.

VANCOUVER — Quinn Hughes couldn't quite find the words to describe his emotions Monday night. The sting of losing Game 7 to the Edmonton Oilers on home ice was still washing over the Vancouver Canucks captain. "Hard to reflect," he told reporters.