Diesel prices started out the New Year continuing their downward trend in both Canada and the U.S. while gasoline is actually up over the past year here at home. The Canadian national average cost of diesel has fallen for the eighth consecutive week, down $0.002 from last week, to $0.984 per liter and remains at its lowest level since August 2010, according to the petroleum information services provider The Kent Group Since the last weekly increase in early November the average price of diesel has fallen $0.09 per liter and is $0.177 less than this time last year.
