Gas prices jump 14 cents in two days in Metro Vancouver – BC [Video]

Gas prices have quickly increased in Metro Vancouver over the past 48 hours.

Prices have been seen as high as $1.88 a l in some parts of Vancouver and North Vancouver.

Some areas, like Surrey, are still seeing prices hover around $1.75.

Gas expert Dan McTeague credits the quick increase to supply shortages and the shutdown of Parkland Refinery in Burnaby.

“It is a bit of a delayed reaction. Markets are not necessarily responding like they have in the past … but the Parkland Refinery is still down and has been for quite some time and there is a shortage,” he told Global News.

“This is the hard-hitting reality, which we should have seen a few weeks ago.”

McTeague said the price increase may stay …