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Crude Awakenings
Fuel feedback: The creeping costs of expensive oil
Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2008 | 7:05 PM ET
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Q&As:
- Adrienne Lloyd, bass and keyboard player with Toronto band Hunter Valentine
- Neville MacKay, owner of My Mother's Bloomers in Halifax
- Warren Palfrey, competitive sled dog racer in Yellowknife
- Jeni Mah, owner of Kings and Queens bedding and furniture store in Toronto
- Brian Wickens, event planner in Toronto
- Erin Wilk, Anatomy of a Skirt in Kitchener, Ont.
- Michael van Bakel, Gulf Island commuter from North Pender Island, B.C.
- Nicole Denis of Northern Delivery & Courier Service Inc. in Brantford, Ont.
- Blaine Diamond, potato and beef farmer in P.E.I.
- Ahmad Kirmani, owner of Prime Tandoori House in northeast Calgary
- Danny Farbman, What a Bagel bakery in Toronto
- Geoff Straight, Last Frontier Heliskiing in B.C.
- Steve Gardiner, co-proprietor of Gardiner's Transport in Goderich, Ont.
- Inge Schamborzki, Executive Director Health and Home Care Society of B.C.
- Ilan Handelsman, general manager of Bikes on the Drive in Vancouver
- Simon Pidcock, owner of Ocean Ecoventures in Cowichan Bay, B.C.
More on fuel costs:
Rising energy prices have drivers fuming as they empty their wallets to fill their tanks, but the increases also have trickle-down effects that reach far beyond the gas pumps. The tremors of the oil shock are being felt throughout the Canadian economy, affecting goods and services that people don't necessarily think of in association with oil prices – from home-based craft makers and commercial bakers, to furniture stores and florists. Click on the images to read what people across the country say about how expensive fuel is affecting their lives and livelihoods, and what they predict is in store if prices continue to climb.
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