Price of heating oil, diesel skyrocket overnight
CBC
After a month of calm from mid-March to mid-April, volatility has returned to petroleum product prices on P.E.I.
The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission put prices up overnight in an unscheduled review.
The maximum price for heating oil rose 15.7 cents to $1.87 Thursday morning. The minimum price at the pump for diesel was up 17.2 cents to $2.31.
The price of gas also increased, with the minimum price at the pump up 4.6 cents to $1.79.
The heating oil increase is particularly significant for Islanders. Heating oil is one of the key drivers pushing inflation on P.E.I. above the national average. The consumer price index for fuel oil on P.E.I. was up 83 per cent from March 2021 to March 2022.
Prices rose dramatically following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in late February, setting new records even with inflation factored in.
Prices fell back in mid-March and stayed steady for about a month. Last week they began to rise again, and diesel and heating oil prices were already above the March highs before the increase Thursday morning.
Gas prices are still about seven cents lower than their March peak.
The province and district social services administration boards say plans are in place to ensure people on social assistance do not miss out on benefits as a result of the strike by Canada Post employees.
Near the exit to Truro, N.S., a cluster of colorful tents and a lone RV can be seen alongside Highway 102, some tucked under the overpass for shelter from the elements.
Police and Public Trust, a project of the CBC News Atlantic investigative unit, scrutinizes the largely off-limits police complaint and discipline systems across the region. Journalists are using access to information laws and, in some cases, court challenges to obtain discipline records and data.
Toronto police have arrested a GTA woman who they allege scammed dozens of Taylor Swift fans out of more than $70,000 by promising them tickets that never materialized.
Montreal was, in years past, considered a haven for renters. But those days are long gone.
WARNING: This story details violent events surrounding a fatal police shooting.
It took Gordon Frentz over 14 hours to drive through the snow from Grande Prairie, Alta., this past weekend to compete at this year's Canadian Western Agribition in Regina.
The coroner's inquest into the drug-related deaths of six men in custody at the Hamilton-Wentworth Detention Centre will revisit 2018 recommendations relating to eight other inmate deaths to determine what's been done to implement them, the inquest's lawyer said Monday on the first day of hearings.
Emily Walstrom was expecting to lay her father to rest this month, but instead, she says his cremated remains are stuck in a Canada Post facility in B.C., delayed by the ongoing national postal strike.
A Friday night fire hasn't caused any impact to operations at the Dryden mill, the company said.
With around 55,000 Canada Post workers on strike since Nov.15 and no deal in sight, Toronto businesses say they're gearing up for a tough holiday season.