Price at the pumps goes up ahead of stormy weekend

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By CityNews Halifax Staff

Posted Sep 15, 2023 04:59:13 AM.

Last Updated Sep 18, 2023 02:06:59 PM.

Ahead of this weekend’s arrival of Hurricane Lee in our region, the provincial regulator has pushed fuel prices upwards across the province.

In its weekly adjustment, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board raised the price for self-serve regular gasoline in the Halifax area by $3.9 cents to $188.3 cents per litre.

On the diesel side, the price jumped up to $211.3, which amounts to a price increase of $7.9 cents.

This time last year, we were paying $1.49 for gasoline, and $1.88 for diesel.

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