Fort St. John posts average gas price lower than Provincial average

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The most recent honeymoon at the gas pumps is apparently either over or about to end for Canadian motorists.

Gas Buddy.com senior analyst Dan McTeague says the problem is another shift in market management in the U.S. and because our government, more than three decades ago, decided to make this country American refinery dependent it’s time to pay the price again.

As of early today, the BC average price — still the highest provincial average in the country — was up to 98.7 cents a litre which represented a one day increase of nearly three cents.

However, Fort St. John retail stations had not yet followed the increase lead, and the common posted price in the city was actually below the provincial average at 96.9 cents.

Meantime, in Alberta, where the average price had dropped to 65 cents a litre on Tuesday, the Gas Buddy monitor recorded a jump yesterday to more than 72 cents a litre, although by this morning it was back to 70 cents, and again the lowest average in the country.

The three Prairie Provinces are now the only ones below 85 cents a litre and the National Average is up three cents to 87.7 cents.

According to the Gas Buddy monitor Dawson Creek is the only centre in the BC Peace below that with a couple of stations at 85.6 cents, and three more at 85.9 cents.