Drivers in the Kamloops area woke up to a bit of a shock Thursday morning. Gas prices jumped about six cents overnight. The spike caps off about 10 days of steadily rising pump prices in the region. Most stations in the area were charging $141.9/litre - not that different from prices in the Lower Mainland, although prices dropped back to 134.9 Thursday afternoon. Tara Gostelow looks into what caused the jump - and how long it could last.

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