Drivers in British Columbia should brace for record high gasoline prices this summer and the financial pain has the potential to spread across the country, says a petroleum industry analyst. Dan McTeague of the online tech company GasBuddy predicts that beginning in April and continuing to September, gasoline prices across much of B.C. 'Prohibitive' pricesMcTeague said other parts of the country are not looking at the same prices for gas, particularly because of B.C. "But it does suggest, I think, the likelihood of breaking the all-time record in Vancouver will likely happen this week." Los Angeles is the other city in North America where gas prices are unusually high, selling at $3.50 a gallon.

Source: CBC News March 19, 2018 23:21 UTC