Regular fuel at self-serve stations in Vancouver has hit 1.62 a litre, the highest price ever paid in North America for gasoline. The price was posted at stations across the lower mainland Sunday. “The 1.619 represents the single largest price point ever paid at any gas station, or any regional gas station across North America in the history of fuel,” said Dan McTeague of Gasbuddy.com. McTeague said with no end to the high prices in sight, a lot of people are changing their plans — and the impact will be felt all over the economy. “I would not be surprised to see this summer to be one in which people will withhold their discretionary spending. And that does have an effect on pretty much everything else.”
