11.   Soybean prices leaped to their highest level since last year on the outlook for triple-digit temperatures.

12.   The buzz was that gas prices leaped in Edmonton, then skyrocketed in Lethbridge.

13.   Wheat prices leaped higher Monday in early dealings on the Chicago Board of Trade, supported by wintry forecasts for the wheat belt.

14.   Gold prices leap to their highest level in more than four and a half years this week as tensions over Kashmir mounted and the US dollar suffered another mauling.