Record high gas price set as 2011 ends
 

It's not an achievement drivers are applauding, but Canada set a new record in 2011 for gasoline prices.

According to the weekly gasoline price report from the province, the 2011 average price from coast-to-coast was 124 cents a litre, the highest recorded average price ever. Besides being a new record, the price was a full 20.4 cents higher than the 2010 average.

And the Canadian diesel price at 124.7 cents, while not a record, was less than one cent lower than the record high 125.1 cents hit in 2008.

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