Gas prices

McQUARRIE – What if we’ve got this whole carbon-pricing thing wrong?

December 15, 2019 // 3 Comments

WHAT IF, HORROR OF HORRORS, we’ve got this whole carbon-pricing thing wrong? And what if many of those who don’t believe in climate change are actually more concerned [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Gas-price report provides a few answers but no solutions

September 3, 2019 // 1 Comment

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE not to notice that gas prices in Kamloops jumped by a dime just in time for the Labour Day long weekend. According to [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Don’t expect too much from the gas-price inquiry

July 17, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M NOT GETTING MY HOPES UP for the hearings that get underway today on gasoline prices in B.C. I’ll be surprised if the inquiry [Continue]

CHARBONNEAU – Alberta’s faulty pipeline gambit

May 17, 2019 // 1 Comment

THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT SAYS that if only B.C. would allow a second pipeline to be built, our gasoline prices would go down. If only it were true. The new pipeline will not [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Seven in 10 British Columbians support gas-price cap

May 17, 2019 // 1 Comment

By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE May 17, 2019 – As the price of gasoline begins its high summer season, painful increases at the pump are causing some road warriors enough heartburn [Continue]

IN THE LEDGE – ‘Government has done absolutely nothing about gas prices’

April 30, 2019 // 1 Comment

Excerpt from debate during Question Period in the B.C. Legislature on Monday, April 29, 2019: A. Wilkinson: In the two weeks that this Legislature has been in recess, we have [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Horgan should just admit he can’t solve gasoline prices

April 30, 2019 // 2 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE PRICE AT THE PUMP in B.C. has been all over the place for the past couple of weeks. It’s up, it’s down, it’s up again. As of this [Continue]

KNOX – Is the climate-change battle worth higher gasoline prices?

April 7, 2019 // 2 Comments

HERE’S A QUESTION: If you knew — really believed — that higher gas prices would combat climate change, would you moan as much? Not that this week’s spike had much [Continue]

ARMCHAIR ARCHIVES – These new self-serve gas stations don’t turn my crank

July 27, 2018 // 1 Comment

Back when time began, there was no such thing as a self-serve gas station. And mechanics used to actually fix cars, too. If you don’t believe me, read this column published [Continue]

AT THE PUMP – Understanding the rollercoaster ride of oil prices

July 3, 2018 // 0 Comments

By ATIF KUBURSI McMaster University GAS PRICE FLUCTUATIONS of the last few months raise questions about oil production, distribution, pricing and exploration. All involve [Continue]

McQUARRIE – They’ve got us over a barrel – of oil, that is

May 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

HAVE YOU EVER wondered how to get the attention of gas retailers such as, Petro Can, Chevron or others? I have and if coffee shop conversations are any indicator, so too have [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Calling BS on excuses for annual spring hosing at the pump

March 22, 2018 // 4 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. MUST BE spring — gas prices are about to go up again. There are all kinds of excuses whenever it happens — refineries [Continue]

That cry of pain you hear is motorists filling up with gas as prices rise for long weekend

May 16, 2014 // 0 Comments

NEWS — Must be a long weekend comin’ — gas prices are up. Price at the pump jumped six cents Thursday in Kamloops to $1.38.9 a litre, following a general trend [Continue]

It must be spring at last — gas prices shoot up all over town like dandelions and crabgrass

April 23, 2014 // 3 Comments

Kamloops motorists were hit with a jolt of gas-price shock again today as the price per litre jumped several cents and came close to busting the 1.40 barrier. As of late this [Continue]