City gas prices higher than in Calgary, Edmonton
By Al Bieber on October 8, 2021.
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Feeling like gas pump prices are leaving your wallet a little lighter in Lethbridge these days?Compared to other places in Alberta, you may feel justified in being frustrated.
Prices for regular grade gasoline on Thursday, according to website gasbuddy.com ranged from a low of 129.9 cents a litre at membership-only Costco to a high of 145.9 cents at Mobil on Aquitania Blvd. W. and Esso at Circle K on Columbia Blvd W. In between, local prices ranged from 137.9 cents at the northside Canadian Tire to 142.9 at various locations.
Diesel prices here ranged from a low of 127.9 cents at Gas Plus on Jerry Potts Blvd. W. to a high of 131.9 at the Mobil on Aquitania Blvd. W.
In nearby Coaldale Thursday, regular grade prices ranged between 141.9 cents a litre to 142.9.
Prices at two locations in Fort Macleod were both 145.9 cents while Taber residents were paying 142.9 cents at five locations. Prices were also 142.9 at four Pincher Creek locations, while Blairmore residents were paying 145.9 at one outlet.
Heading north, four locations at Claresholm were charging 143.9 cents while one had gas at a low of 133.9.
In Calgary, prices ranged from as low as 127.9 at a Gas Plus on 11 Ave. S.E. to a high of 140.9 at a Gas Plus on Ogden Road S.E.
Prices in the Alberta capital were even lower with one Petro Canada station charging a mere 117.9 cents a litre for regular. The high, according to the gasbuddy.com survey, was 126.9 cents.
If it’s any consolation to Lethbridge drivers, prices in Cranbrook B.C. ranged from 148.9 for regular to 149.9.
Gas Buddy found a low of 127.9 in the B.C. community of Farmington. In Vancouver, however, prices ranged from 153.9 to 157.9.
In nearby Saskatchewan, two stations were charging 131.9 for regular on Thursday at Maple Creek. At the east end of the province, a gas station in Wolseley was charging 133.9 cents.
If you think any of that sounds bad, Newfoundland drivers can expect to pay as much as 160.9 cents a litre for regular.
A Canadian Press story Thursday said fuel prices shattered records in many parts of the country this week, just in time for the Thanksgiving weekend. The average price for regular gas reached 145 cents per litre, the story said.
“This we haven’t seen in history, to be honest,” said Vijay Muralidharan, Calgary-based director of consulting with Kalibrate, formerly Kent Group Ltd.
“As far as I can remember, we haven’t seen these prices,” he told The Canadian Press.
Oil prices jumped on Monday after OPEC and other producers chose to stay with their approach of gradually restoring output that was cut during the COVID pandemic, according to an Associated Press story. High prices for natural gas, which are prompting some electricity producers in Asia to switch to oil, are also keeping prices up, suggested the story. Follow @AlbeebHerald on Twitter 4
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