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[Mike K.]

BC working hard at making life more affordable.

[LJ]

Gas in the UK runs at &1.30 which is about $2.60. Funny country, pounds in money, weight in pounds, miles in distance, litres in gas, celsius in temps, feet in height, you're never quite sure what you're getting.

[lanforod]

Oughta go back to stone and furlongs.

[Bambam]

Well once upon a time especially in the East End of London England was the land of jellied eel and blood pie. Yum. 

[Bambam]

No idea how that post got on this thread it was supposed to be a response to the other thread talking about LJ's vacation in the UK and all the odd things found there - not on a "gas prices" thread. Feel free to delete lol.....

[Matt R.]

Why don’t they have “summer gas” pricing elsewhere in bc, only the southwest coast? 1.28 all across highway 16, 1.24 outside or Calgary today.

What’s gas in Victoria right now?

[lanforod]

167.9 i think i saw last night.

[Matt R.]

So forty cents a litre more, for what? Prince George has busses. Is it just plain old price fixing and gouging? If so, why don’t they charge $1.65 in Smithers?

[LJ]

How much did getting rid of the carbon tax drop prices? How long did it take for the prices to go right back up sans tax? We're getting hosed! (that's a gas pun for aastra)

[Matt R.]

It took about a week on salt spring, then right back to where it was with the tax, right down to the tenth of a penny.

I’m not very sophisticated, so I struggle to understand the huge price differential we see. Sure, a little more due to freight to the island I can understand. But 40 cents a litre?

[lanforod]

I do feel like prices are a lot lower than a year ago though. Am I wrong? 167.9, wasn't it in the $2 range last year at start of summer?

[marks_28]

I do feel like prices are a lot lower than a year ago though. Am I wrong? 167.9, wasn't it in the $2 range last year at start of summer?

 

It was 203.5 last May and 186.5 last June.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Victoria Watcher]

The union representing 35K workers is lobbying for provincially regulated employees to be allowed to work from home full-time, where possible, to offset “an undue burden” caused by soaring gas prices.

 

Following the launch of a US and Israeli bombing campaign against Iran on Feb. 28, those prices surpassed the $2 barrier. 

It's more than a month after the strikes, which UN experts termed flagrant violations of international law, and the Strait of Hormuz is essentially closed to commercial traffic. Five or six tankers are getting through each day instead of the typical 140—from the transit route of one-fifth of the world’s oil.

 

https://www.capitald...ated-gas-prices

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 31 March 2026 - 02:06 AM.

[Matt R.]

I’m surprised the union didn’t offer to forego some dues while this plays out. You know, to support their members.

[Victoria Watcher]

[Mike K.]

Gas Price Wizard Dan McTeague lays down quite the smack down over the current state of Canada. Watch: https://x.com/JayGen...13937283/video/