Retailers get permission to raise N.S. fuel prices due to ‘escalating operating costs’: regulator

Gas, diesel prices see decrease despite top-up to retail markup tax

The Nova Scotia Energy Board approved an interim increase to the amount retailers charge for fuel, raising the built-in tax by 1.7 cents on Friday. The move follows a request from the Retail Gasoline Dealers Association (RGDA), which applied to the board in April for an interim adjustment and review of the current retail markup, […]

Retailers get permission to raise N.S. fuel prices due to ‘escalating operating costs’: regulator

The Nova Scotia energy board approved an interim increase to the markup charged by gasoline and diesel retailers, raising it by 1.7 cents per litre.

Fuel retailers get permission to raise Nova Scotia gas prices, citing 'escalating operating costs'

Interim order raises the total markup to 7.1 cents per litre

Gasoline and Diesel Prices Fall in Weekly Setting of the Nova Scotia Energy Board

There’s been a big drop in the price at the pump. The Nova Scotia Energy Board set its weekly gasoline and diesel prices overnight. Gas tumbled by 7.2 cents a litre.  The price for a litre of regular self serve unleaded ranges from $1.79.6 to $1.82.5 on the eastern mainland and Port Hawkesbury, and $1.80.4 to $1.83.3 for the remainder Cape Breton. Diesel has fallen by 12.2 cents a litre.  A litre of diesel ranges from $2.07.1. to $2.10.1 in the …

Latest Fuel Prices for Friday, May 29, 2026

Another welcomed price drop at the pumps this morning. Gas is down 4 and a half cents – putting the price around $1.85 in metro. Diesel is down 5 cents on the island and 4 and a half cents in Labrador West. Furnace oil drops by about 4.3 cents per litre. Stove oil is down by 3.6 cents. There’s hardly any change in the price of propane.