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Gas prices jump in the Central Okanagan

KELOWNA – If you’re running low on gas and can find a gas station that has yet to get the memo, you might want to fill up.

Gasbuddy.com users are reporting an 11 cent jump in the price of regular gas, from $1.11.9 to $1.22.9 at stations across the Central Okanagan.

And you might have better luck off the highway. A quick scan of the Kelowna area shows most of the stations along Harvey Avenue and Highway 97 are displaying the new higher price while those off the main drag may still be selling fuel at the lower price.

Stations in West Kelowna and Lake Country also seem to be hanging on to the lower price although that could end at any time.

Higher gas prices traditionallly arrive in the Okanagan in time for warmer weather the tourist season.

To contact the reporter for this story, email John McDonald at jmcdonald@infonews.ca or call 250-808-0143. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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3 responses

  1. Terry Peters

    I wish Costco had a gas bar in Kelowna. It seems that Kelowna, penticton and Vancouver are the only places that raised prices, according to the cities across Canada and USA that I watch.

  2. Shelda Hutton

    Well a lot of people travel to see “Mom” this coming weekend and the next weekend is a long weekend. The prices usually go up around now to take advantage of the extra gas for these times- they make money when people travel- that simple! Gov’t should regulate this one!

  3. Jordan Hagloff

    welcome to the Okanagan…home of unbridled corporate greed…

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John McDonald

John began life as a journalist through the Other Press, the independent student newspaper for Douglas College in New Westminster. The fluid nature of student journalism meant he was soon running the place, learning on the fly how to publish a newspaper.

It wasn’t until he moved to Kelowna he broke into the mainstream media, working for Okanagan Sunday, then the Kelowna Daily Courier and Okanagan Saturday doing news graphics and page layout. He carried on with the Kelowna Capital News, covering health and education while also working on special projects, including the design and launch of a mass market daily newspaper. After 12 years there, John rejoined the Kelowna Daily Courier as editor of the Westside Weekly, directing news coverage as the Westside became West Kelowna.

But digital media beckoned and John joined Kelowna.com as assistant editor and reporter, riding the start-up as it at first soared then went down in flames. Now John is turning dirt as city hall reporter for iNFOnews.ca where he brings his long experience to bear on the civic issues of the day.

If you have a story you think people should know about, email John at jmcdonald@infonews.ca

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