Welcome to the Investing News Network’s weekly look at the best-performing Canadian mining stocks on the TSX, TSXV and CSE, starting with a round-up of Canadian and US news impacting the resource sector.The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX) fell 2.87 percent on the week to close at 586.88 on Friday (December 20). Meanwhile, the S&P/TSX Composite Index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) posted a 2.6 percent decrease to hit 24,599.48, and the CSE Composite Index (CSE:CSECOMP) was down just 0.12 percent to reach 130.58.Statistics Canada released November’s consumer price index data on Tuesday (December 17). The data showed that inflation in Canada continued to cool, posting a 1.9 percent year-over-year increase, down from the 2 percent recorded in October. The agency said the decrease was partly due to a 0.4 percent decrease in gasoline prices and consumers taking advantage of lower prices during Black Friday sales.StatsCan also released…
