Gas prices up second week in a row

For the second week in a row, fuel prices have inchedup in Newfoundland and Labrador.

After falling for nearly two months, the Public Utilities Board is increasing the maximum price of gasoline by 1.5 cents a litre.The change may be slightly less in some pricing areas due torounding for taxes.

That means that a litre of self-serve unleaded on the Avalon Peninsula can now sell for a maximum of 101.2 cents per litre.

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Furnace oil is also up, now costing almost two cents more a litre.

Diesel is also up by just over two cents a litre.

The increases include the impact of the lower Canadian dollar.

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