Gas prices in Nova Scotia take another leap

The price of gasoline has surged in Nova Scotia for the second day in a row.

The price at the pumps rose by nine cents at midnight. That increase came a day after a 10-cent hike.

The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board invoked its interrupter clause Friday, foreshadowing a change in fuel prices at midnight.

The minimum price of regular self-serve gas per litre now ranges from 175.3 cents in the Halifax area to 177.2 cents in Cape Breton. The minimum price of diesel per litre ranges from 190.1 cents in the Halifax area to a minimum of 191.3 in Cape Breton.

"It's crazy. You won't be able to go anywhere," Halifax resident Michelle Hardy said Friday while filling up her vehicle. She compared the effects of rising fuel prices to the public health restrictions imposed during thepandemic.

"It's going to be the exact same thing," she said. "You're going to be locked down. Either that or you're going to have to walk or take the bus."

'If you want to drive, you pay'

Gabriele Gentile said the higher prices likely won't change his driving habits as hefilled up his pickup truckwith diesel Friday.

"It is what it is," he said, adding that he anticipatesthe price of gas will be $2 by next week.

Gentile thinks more people may start carpooling as a result of the higher prices. "If you want to drive, you pay," he said.

The cost to fill a tank of gas in Nova Scotiahas been hitting record highsas Russia's invasion of Ukraineputs morepressure on oil prices.

Earlier this week, the U.S. and its allies agreed to release60 million barrelsof oil fromreservesin an attempt to rein in price increases.

Gas prices in Nova Scotia expected to jump again at midnight

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The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board is invoking the interrupter clause, making an increase of at least 6 cents likely at midnight.