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Letter: Salmon Arm saddled with higher gas prices

Writer notes drivers can once again fuel up for less in neighbouring communities
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Drivers have been paying 116.9 cents per litre of regular gas in Salmon Arm, with the price being lower in neighbouring communities. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

The SASSCC (Salmon Arm Service Station Coffee Cartel) must still be on a prolonged coffee break.

With Salmon Arm gas prices largely locked in at $116.9, to a high of $118.9 (last week), the city still clearly has the highest priced fuel in the entire Okanagan!

One does not have to go very far to find gas at $107.9 in Enderby (almost 10 cents per litre cheaper), and only $109.9 in Blind Bay and Tappen! Even our large cities in the Okanagan, like Kelowna and Kamloops, are only $113.9, with Armstrong and Vernon sitting at $108.9.

And we wonder why local people shop out of town – because, sadly, it actually pays them to do so!

Read more: Gas prices to see dip of eight to 10 cents across much of B.C.

Read more: Gas prices rising across the Okanagan, Shuswap

Ken Smith,

Blind Bay