Regular unleaded fuel in Lac La Biche is below the dollar a litre mark for the first time in several years.
Fuel prices — at almost all local retailers — dropped in the community earlier today, with Main Street gas stations all showing 99.9 on their large signs at 2 pm.
The prices dropped from the previous day's $1.05.9
At the Beaver Hill Road Shell, the pumps stayed at $1.05.9 until after 3 pm, but then dropped three cents to $1.02.9 per litre.
The drops come as prices across the province also take a slide, with Edmonton fuel prices averaging 89.9 per litre of regular gasoline.
Despite the drop locally, many on social media sites continue to complain about the pricing disparity between the community's pumps and those in neighbouring jurisdictions. In Smoky Lake — a community less than an hour's drive away — on Friday afternoon, fuel prices for a litre of regular were at 91.9
The last time fuel prices for regular gasoline dipped below the dollar mark at Lac La Biche stations, according to www.GasBuddy.ca, was in 2015.
* Story was updated at 6:18 pm to replace generalized price description of $1.06 per litre with exact $1.05.9 per litre, and correct reduced price of $1.02 to exact price of $1.02.9 per litre of regular gasoline.