I often wonder who is in charge of the local ‘gas cartel’ here in Salmon Arm.
Do the owners of the local gas stations really expect us to believe that within minutes all stations here are contacted by their “head offices” to up or lower the price of gas all to the same price?
It should also be noted that lately price drop occurs on Fridays after the local weekly newspapers come out and the “Are we being burned at the pumps” statistics are reported.
Today Friday, Jan. 22 the local price dropped at all stations here to 96.5 per litre.
That same litre of gas was 80.9 in Kamloops, 74.9 in Prince George. And just to aggravate myself some more I looked up on gasbuddy.com the price in Edmonton is 62.9 per litre.
Every time I drive into Kamloops I keep looking for the pipeline or refinery that is supplying their constantly cheaper gas but I cannot find them.
We don’t live out in the middle of no- where, the Trans-Canada Highway runs through Salmon Arm. Why don’t the numerous full fuel tankers that constantly drive past every Salmon Arm gas station drop off “cheaper” fuel here?
We are being burned at the pumps!
Tom Harris, Blind Bay
