Gas prices are up, but still cheaper than this time last year

The price of regular gasoline jumped about 10 cents a litre in North Bay on Tuesday.

A litre is now listed just under $1.27.

According to the Ministry of Energy website this is the highest price gas has been In North Bay since October 2014.

Meantime, it’s still cheaper than what motorists were paying at this time last June, when the price was about 5 cents more a litre than it is today.

However, this should “fuel” some anger… the price for a barrel of oil is about $40 U.S. cheaper than it was last June.

On the markets, the July oil contract was up 45 cents on Tuesday, to $59.97 U.S. a barrel.