gas prices

Rose Simpson’s column appears every Tuesday morning on the OttawaStart Blog. She also blogs at Rose’s Cantina . You can read her previous columns here . [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/finnie.jpg) _ Photo by Scott Troyer _ I was so damned excited that the Ottawa Farmer’s Market was opening this weekend, I nearly wet myself. ...

For whoever is praying for lower gas prices … check this out from a press release on OttawaStart : A local church is planning a novel way to help its neighbourhood deal with soaring gas prices. Members of Dominion Outreach Centre in Gloucester are giving away ten thousand dollars ($10,000. ...

Ottawa - Petro-Canada gas stations across the Ottawa region have recently unveiled new signage on their pumpstoday inreaction to the rising fuel costs. [  ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/pumppcan.jpg) The new signs inform customers that the company will now beacceptingcertified healthy human organs and dental gold as payment for fuel charges at over 67 locations across the city. ...

No, not quite. Just a gas station under construction. (Across from Scotiabank Place, corner of Palladium & Huntmar.) [ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/free-gas.jpg) ** See also: ** Ottawa Gas Prices Guide

Earlier today on CBC’s Ontario Today they were talking about a local gas station with a sign out front advertising a price of $1.25 cents per litre. It wasn’t really that high - but it was so cold out over night that the numbers froze in place on the incorrect price and couldn’t be adjusted. ...

Some big changes are coming to OttawaGasPrices.com next week, when it becomes part of the GasBuddy.com network. Here’s a link with some more info… ** **

We received this email from Tim, a visitor to OttawaGasPrices.com : "What is breakdown of the price per litre we pay at the pump? Specifically, how much is Provincial & Federal Tax?" That’s a pretty common question these days as prices hover around the $1. ...

[ ](http://ottawastart.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Blogger-20OttawaStart-20Blog-20-20Create-20Post1155517696375.png) Photoblogger Pawel Dwulit posted this pic of a Sunoco station on his website. Believe it or not – the last time gas was at 77.7 in Ottawa was as recently as this past April. ** Related: ** Ottawa Traffic Guide , Ottawa Gas Prices

From Snopes.com: “Although it went into hiding for several years, the one-day “gas out” craze is back — and with it a reminder that protest schemes that don’t cost the the participants any inconvenience, hardship, or money remain the most popular, despite their dubious effectiveness. ...