Gas Prices Skyrocket in Nova Scotia & New Brunswick

0:00It's March 31st. Welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI. Gas prices are spiking hard in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick right now. In Nova Scotia, the minimum for regular self-serve jumps 7 cents per liter overnight, hitting almost $1.83 in Halifax. That's a 44 cent rise just this March. New Brunswick saw a matching hike over the weekend. The Nova Scotia Energy Board has hit the Interruptor Clause 6 times already this month. Other changes than the whole previous year, chasing while market, swings tied to the war in the Middle East. Drivers are feeling the burn everywhere, from pumps to grocery bills, since trucks and flights run on this stuff. Folks are pushing provincial governments to slash gas taxes, noting over a quarter of every liter goes straight to taxes. Advocates say cutting them like Newfoundland and Labrador just did. Making their temper-leaf permanent could save households hundreds of dollars a year. But New Brunswick's Energy Minister says no way, with their $15.6 billion budget,

1:04facing a $1.4 billion deficit. Nova Scotia's fresh budget shows a $1.24 billion whole to, so relief feels far off. Still, with cost rippling through daily life, everyone's crossing fingers for some break at the pump soon.