Here's when gas prices will drop 8 cents a litre in Ottawa
Ottawa motorists will want to wait to fill up the gas tank, with prices expected to drop eight cents over the next two days.
Canadians for Affordable Energy president Dan McTeague says gas prices will drop five cents a litre on Wednesday at Ottawa stations, followed by three cents a litre drop on Thursday.
Diesel prices are set to go down 10 cents a litre over the next two days.
The drop in gas prices comes after oil prices dropped on Monday after Iran announced a missile attack on a U.S. base in Qatar and U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 'complete and total ceasefire.'
Oil was selling at $64.84 a barrel early Tuesday.
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