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Metro Vancouver gas prices at lowest of the year

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A welcome break at the pumps in Metro Vancouver Friday, with gas prices at their lowest level of the year. Still, as Janet Brown reports, if you're willing to go for a drive across the border you could save another 40 cents or more a litre – Dec 15, 2023

Gas stations in Metro Vancouver will be busy on Friday as prices are the lowest they’ve been all year.

Gas prices fell overnight to hover around $1.65 a litre at most stations around the region.

One station in Surrey even dropped as low as $1.57 Thursday night but has now raised the price back to $1.69

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Petroleum expert Dan McTeague said the prices will stay around this benchmark at least until Christmas.

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“We could see it bump after that and that’s only because markets are confused,” he told Global News. “Some are worried about supply.”

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McTeague said this year’s low mirrors what happened in 2022 but does warn that in the new year, the cost of fuel is expected to rise back up.

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