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Oregon gas prices rise for first time since November. The average gallon of regular now costs $1.93 in Oregon, according to AAA Oregon/Idaho. That's up three cents from a week ago.
Photograph by: Michelle Siu, THE CANADIAN PRESS. Vancouverites are waking up to the highest gas prices in North America. After plunging to 98.9 cents per litre on Jan. 17, the lowest price in years, Vancouverâs average gas price has rebounded in just weeks to $1.319 per litre.ritics of oil companies point to the relative stability of the price of a barrel of oil â it climbed from $47.67 to $50.48 U.S. between Jan. 17 and March 2 â and assume consumers are being gouged.