Here's how expensive gas is predicted to be in Metro Vancouver this weekend
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Metro Vancouver drivers are being warned to expect another price jump at the pumps this weekend.
Metro Vancouver drivers are being warned to expect another price jump at the pumps this weekend.
Gas price analyst Dan McTeague said Thursday Vancouver drivers could see an 11-cent increase by Saturday, with prices reaching another record-breaking high of 227.9 cents per litre.
Canadian gas-price prediction website Gas Wizard suggests that could be the highest price across Canada among major cities, though Victoria won't be far behind at 226.9.
Earlier this week, the price in Vancouver reached 222.9 and, as of Friday, a heat map on GasBuddy.com suggested the average price per litre in the Greater Vancouver area was just over 217 cents.
Since the cost of fuel first rose to more than $2 per litre in Metro Vancouver back in March, there's been little relief in sight.
Experts and B.C.'s premier have largely blamed the Russian invasion of Ukraine for a trickle-down impact leading to the surging prices.
One energy expert told CTV News earlier this month there’s another major factor at play.
Six suspects are facing a combined 30 charges after police say they busted a “violent” criminal network that was targeting luxury vehicles across the Greater Toronto Area and shipping them to Africa.
A fatal collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday is drawing attention to the strict protocols that pilots, groundcrew and air traffic controllers follow to land planes safely.
Epcor says a chlorinelike smell or taste to Edmonton’s water is the natural result of treating spring runoff and that the water is still safe to drink.
Almost 13 years after the City of Calgary suffered its historic flood, six properties along the city’s Elbow River are now being sold.
Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating an overnight shooting at a business in the city’s Cloverdale area.
Nearly 15,000 full-time equivalent positions will be cut in federal departments over the next three years, as part of the federal government’s plan to find $60 billion in savings by 2029.
Police in Timmins have released photos of an 18-year-old suspect wanted for shooting a man to death last November.
A crossing guard is being treated for serious injuries after he was struck by a vehicle during the morning commute in Barrhaven.
British Columbia’s river forecaster has rescinded the high streamflow advisories that covered southern parts of the province after heavy rains last week.
It’s an extra long March Break for some students in Nova Scotia following a spring snowfall.
Ontario to seize ownership of Toronto Island Airport lands and declare it is a special economic zone
Premier Doug Ford says the provincial government will be seizing ownership of city-owned lands at Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport and declaring it a special economic zone, invoking new powers that will allow it to override environmental and other regulations.
Saskatchewan’s highest court has dismissed an appeal in the case of a years-long land dispute between the Village of Buena Vista and local landowners.
A participant in the 18th Annual Montreal Lake Walleye Derby is alleged to have violated derby rules over the weekend.