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Gotta love the progressiveness of Edmonton. In a city that can process about 320000 barrels/day of oil, the price at the pump continues to skyrocket. I just took a look at Gas Buddy to compare the rise in fuel prices between Edmonton and Medicine Hat in the past year, and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Edmonton is up 42.5 cents/L over last year, and Medicine Hat is up 16.5 cents/L. There must be a huge road tax tacked on to get the fuel to the pumps all the way from the East side of the city. Nope, no gouging going on at all.

Vancouver is up 14.6, Victoria 14.2, Toronto 12, etc. That being said, Calgary is up about 38.2, Regina 32.6. I guess that the prairie provinces have been paying way too little at the pumps, time to play catch-up.