Gas prices in Alberta climbing ahead of Thanksgiving long weekend

The price at the pump continues to trend upward in Calgary with the average price of fuel sitting at 162.6 cents a litre Wednesday morning, though some stations in the city are posting fuel closer to 172.9 cents a litre. The cost of fuel has been on the rise in both Calgary and Edmonton since the last week of September with market analysts attributing the jump, in part, to a struggling Canadian dollar. The jump in prices was exacerbated for consumers by the resumption of 4.5 cents per litre of t