Gasoline and Diesel Prices Take another Big Jump; Gas up a Nickel a Litre and Diesel Rises by Dime

Mar 6, 2026 | Regional News

There’s another big jump at the pump.

The Nova Scotia Energy Board set its weekly gasoline and diesel prices overnight.

Gas is up by five cents a litre. This comes after the board invoked the Interrupter Clause to hike gas by 8.9 cents on Wednesday. A litre of regular self-serve unleaded ranges from $1.53.8 to $1.56.1 in the eastern mainland and Port Hawkesbury. For the rest of Cape Breton, it’s $1.54.6 to $1.56.9.

Diesel is up by 10.3 cents a litre. On Wednesday, when the Energy Board invoked the Interrupter Clause, diesel shot up by 7.7 cents. A litre of diesel now over two dollars a litre, from $2.02.7 to $2.04.9 in the eastern mainland and Port Hawkesbury. For the rest of Cape Breton it’s $2.03.5 to $2.05.7

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