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George Jeha says he was so angry with his wholesalers that he would spark gas wars by dropping prices at his Stinson station on Cyrville Road . PHOTO BY JULIE OLIVER
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Why gas wars have become a thing of the past Owners used to compete for customers, but those days are over as prices climb
BY RON CORBETT news@obj.ca
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emember gas wars? We used to have them from time to time in Ottawa. Not that often. But they did occur, a few times each year it seemed. They were easy to notice. Price competition at the gas pumps is rare enough to make Halley’s Comet look like a commuter bus. They never became city-wide wars, more like regional skirmishes, brief periods of competition that flared up along Cyrville Road, St. Joseph Boulevard, Richmond Road.
