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    Gas prices hit $1.41 high in Vancouver

    CBC – Fri, 24 Feb, 2012

    Gasoline prices shot up in Vancouver early Friday, hitting $1.41 a litre at many stations – the highest in Canada according to the website Gasbuddy.com.

    Industry analysts blame tensions in the Middle East over Iran, rising demand in India and China and shutdowns at oil refineries on the east coast of the United States. Many industry watchers are predicting prices will spike higher this summer.

    Crude oil futures were up 64 cents US to $108.47 a barrel in New York trading Friday. That's a nine-month high.

    According to Gasbuddy.com, which uses consumer feedback to track the price of gas across Canada and the United States, the lowest average price is $1.09 a litre in Edmonton, but some stations in that city are selling gas for as little as $1.05.

    In Wyoming, drivers are paying as little as $2.84 per U.S. gallon, or about 75 cents a litre. The average gas price in the U.S. on Friday was $3.61 a gallon. That's up about eight per cent in the last month.

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    • ANNY
      ANNY  •  2 months ago
      Only in B.C. the carbon tax makes it so pricey in B.C. do not holiday here you are wasting your money. You can't smoke you can't drink here it is getting crazy here in this prov.
      • omg
        omg 2 months ago
        If they had money,they'd go to Europe.We get the cheap Canadian and American tourists here.Spend nothing and whine about how BC taxpayers should spend more money encouraging cheapskates to visit.
      • Marilyn M
        Marilyn M 2 months ago
        and you can't take a bus anywhere you need to - even though a huge chunk of this price is going towards translink. Can't take my car off the road because without it I can't work. (and wait - tolls are the next bright idea this gov't has to pay for translink's poor money managing - even so - I still can't take transit)
    • scott p
      scott p  •  2 months ago
      tensions in the middle east my #$%$ we here in Canada have oil coming out the #$%$ and yet the yanks are paying 2 buck a gallon less than we are and its our oil there getting cheaper, here in B.C under the b.c liars, gordo in a skirt has us by the short a curlies, this province is in such bad shape, me and most of the people I know in the trades have to go to Alberta to make a half decent wage , big oil is always blaming something or other for the high prices , its such bullshit, ever notice how prices go up on friday and back down on monday...screw you oil companies..assholes
    • buck58
      buck58  •  2 months ago
      I guess I was`nt bending over far enough before.
    • Ed
      Ed  •  2 months ago
      wow California is paying up to $5.10 a gallon . 3.8 liters= 1 US gal , so almost the same price.
    • the truth hurts
      the truth hurts  •  London, Ontario  •  2 months ago
      The govt. is teaching us how to steal and scam.
      Soon only the crooks will survive.
      Guess its time to scam who you can.
    • T Locke
      T Locke  •  Edmonton, Alberta  •  2 months ago
      This is the govt of BC stealing from the people of BC and calling it a green tax The money that has not done a single green project but just disapeared into the Govt coffers Wake up bc and change the govt when you have the chance
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