{"id":638110,"date":"2026-04-30T07:32:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638110\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T07:32:48","slug":"sticker-shock-returns-at-the-pumps-as-calgary-gas-prices-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/638110\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticker shock returns at the pumps as Calgary gas prices soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The roller coaster at the gas pumps continued for Calgarians on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Gasoline prices jumped overnight to an average over $1.80 per litre at most stations, a spike of nearly 20 cents since Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Stations that were selling gas for roughly $1.55 per litre just days ago are now approaching $1.85 per litre.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden surge comes as global oil markets react to ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, where shipping traffic remains largely halted. <\/p>\n<p>The bottleneck in the Strait has pushed West Texas Intermediate up by more than $7, climbing past $107 U.S. a barrel.<\/p>\n<p>The surge in prices comes on the heels of the federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.citynews.ca\/2026\/04\/14\/alberta-fuel-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">pausing its 10\u2011cent\u2011per\u2011litre gas tax<\/a> just last week. The Alberta government has said it will not adjust its own gas\u2011tax formula. <\/p>\n<p>Drivers could see as much as 13 cents per litre in provincial relief in July if oil stays above $90 U.S. a barrel.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/calgary.citynews.ca\/calgary-gas-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CityNews gas prices page<\/a> tells you the average cost at the pumps in Calgary and the lowest price near you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The roller coaster at the gas pumps continued for Calgarians on Wednesday. Gasoline prices jumped overnight to an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-638110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}