Gas is now well above yesterday’s average price of a dollar twenty per litre.
Line ups were long all morning where local stations clung to that lower price.
However, it has since escalated to a dollar 36 around the region…and has hit a dollar 40 on the Bruce Peninsula.
Reports say the markets are jittery over the potential damage hurricane Ike could cause on Texas refineries over the weekend.
That’s not flying with Liberal critic Dan McTeague.
He says it’s all about greed.

