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A Calgary source had the appropriate assessment of Wednesday’sfirming swing market: “There’s not enough snow to ski yet, but theway these gas prices are moving you’d think we were in the middleof a blizzard.” Overall prices were moving higher for the firstsignificant gains of this week. Most increases Wednesday werebetween a nickel and a dime, but Northeast citygates led the pricepack by rising a dime or more. A jump of just over 8 cents by theNovember futures contract on its date of expiry along with theapproach of colder weather, especially in the eastern two-thirds ofthe nation, were cited as reasons for the upticks.