For the third week in a row in Dauphin, gas prices haven’t changed from 74.9 cents per litre.
Provincially, gas prices fell 0.8 c/L, averaging 70.31 c/L. Meanwhile, the national average increased by 1.5 c/L this past week to average 77.79 c/L.
Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy wasn’t surprised in the slight change in overall gas prices.
"The situation, while astonishing for motorists, is creating deeper and larger wounds in Canada's economy as Western Canadian Select crude oil trades for just a few dollars per barrel. With the wounds to the oil industry growing deeper, it's becoming more likely that even after most Canadians return to work, there will be a hangover to the low prices that many motorists will eventually be able to take advantage of for not just days but weeks and perhaps months."
Including the change in gas prices in Manitoba during the past week, prices yesterday were 57.9 c/L lower than the same day one year ago.
Dauphin’s gas price of 74.9 c/L is higher than the average price of 72.70 c/L in Saskatchewan, and Winnipeg’s price of 66.60 c/L.
