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Estimated cost of Coastal GasLink pipeline surges to $14.5-billion
The terminus for the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline is seen at the LNG Canada export terminal under construction in Kitimat, B.C., on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Tensions rise after RCMP clear road of protesters as B.C. pipeline conflict continues
Police check out the blocked road leading to the Gidimt'en checkpoint near Houston B.C., on Thursday January 9, 2020. Mounties in northern B.C. say they are enforcing an injunction preventing protests from blockading an access road for about 500 people working on the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Coastal GasLink, elected Wet’suwet’en council call for resolution to conflict
FILE PHOTO: A Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) freight train engine remains halted while First Nations members of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory continue to block train tracks 2 km away as part of a protest against British Columbia's Coastal GasLink pipeline, in Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Gidimt’en evict Coastal GasLink from Wet’suwet’en territory
Gitxsan supporters setup a blockade on Highway 16 after numerous arrests by RCMP breaking up a rail blockade near New Hazelton, B.C., February 25, 2020. The blockades were in support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline project. Jimmy Jeong for The Globe and Mail.
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LNG Canada CEO wary of delays on $18-billion Kitimat, B.C. energy project
LNG Canada's export terminal is under construction in Kitimat, B.C., including what will be a massive storage tank for liquefied natural gas. Photo taken in January, 2021. Source of handout photo: LNG Canada
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B.C. police watchdog to probe Vancouver officers’ response to pipeline protest at insurance offices
A Vancouver Police Department patch is seen on an officer's uniform as she makes a phone call after responding to an unknown incident in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on January 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
A year after Wet’suwet’en crisis, First Nations’ questions about self-governance have only grown louder in a pandemic
Supporters of Wet'suwet'en Nation hereditary chiefs cut trees near Houston, B.C., in January of 2020 to use for a canvas tent at their support camp.
energy and resources
TC Energy sees higher costs for Coastal Gaslink pipeline
Pipes intended for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline are shown in Gascoyne, N.D. on Wednesday April 22, 2015. TC Energy Corp. reported a first-quarter profit of $1.15 billion, up from $1.0 billion a year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Panetta
energy and resources
Coastal GasLink pipeline hearing to resume in B.C. Supreme Court today
The Iroquois Confederacy and Mohawk Warrior Society flags fly over the encampment set up by members of the Tyendinaga Mohawk First Nation, in support of the Wet'suwet'en Nation who are trying to stop the construction of British Columbia's Coastal GasLink pipeline, in Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. (Cole Burston/The Globe and Mail)
energy and resources
B.C. Supreme Court hears petition for judicial review of Coastal GasLink certificate
Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs from left, Rob Alfred, John Ridsdale, centre and Antoinette Austin, who oppose the Costal Gaslink pipeline take part in a rally in Smithers B.C., on Friday January 10, 2020.
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TC Energy appoints new head of $6.6-billion Coastal GasLink project as Pfeiffer departs
Tracy Robinson is vice-president of marketing and sales for coal and merchandise at Canadian Pacific Railway.
opinion
Did Canada learn anything from the Oka Crisis?
Sean Carleton
opinion
U.S. ruling on Dakota Access shows pipeline battles are never really over
Jeffrey Jones
british columbia
Crown, company drop all charges against 22 Coastal GasLink pipeline opponents in B.C.
Supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline set up a support station at kilometre 39, just outside of Gidimt'en checkpoint near Houston B.C., on Wednesday January 8, 2020.
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Work begins on Trans Mountain expansion in B.C.
A Kamloops resident out for a morning walk passes by Trans Mountain pipeline right-of-way markings at the location where the pipeline expansion will cross the Thompson River in Kamloops, B.C. June 3, 2020. Photo by Dennis Owen for the Globe and Mail
opinion
The Wet’suwet’en deal could be a recipe for disaster
Gary Mason
alberta
Alberta minister says it’s a ‘great time’ to build a pipeline because COVID-19 restrictions limit protests against them
Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage is seen in Edmonton, on June 18, 2019.
energy and resources
TC Energy completes Coastal GasLink pipeline stake sale
Pipes intended for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline are shown in Gascoyne, N.D. on Wednesday April 22, 2015. TC Energy Corp. reported a first-quarter profit of $1.15 billion, up from $1.0 billion a year ago. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Panetta
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Virtual signing ceremony marks B.C.’s Wet’suwet’en rights and title agreement
Wet'suwet'en hereditary leader Chief Woos, also known as Frank Alec, centre, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relation, Carolyn Bennett, left, and B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser arrive to address the media in Smithers, B.C., Sunday, March 1, 2020.
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Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs to sign deal that entrenches their governance system in B.C.
A rally in support of the Wet’suwet’en Nation in Smithers, B.C., on Jan. 10, 2020.
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Wet’suwet’en deal recognizes rights and title, sets stage for ongoing talks
A draft agreement between hereditary chiefs who oppose a pipeline in northern British Columbia and the federal and provincial governments recognizes the rights and title of the Wet'suwet'en under the First Nation's system of governance. Wet'suwet'en hereditary leader Chief Woos, also known as Frank Alec, centre, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relation, Carolyn Bennett, left, and B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser arrive to address the media in Smithers, B.C., Sunday, March 1, 2020.
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Wet’suwet’en elected chiefs call on Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister to resign over proposed agreement with hereditary chiefs
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett takes her seat as she wait to appear before the Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee in Ottawa, Tuesday, March 10, 2020.
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B.C., Ottawa agree on process that would give power to Wet’suwet’en hereditary leaders
A rally in support of the Wet;suwet’en Nation in Smithers, B.C., January 10, 2020. Earlier this week eight Wet;suwet’en Nation hereditary chiefs endorsed a letter evicting CGL from their territorial lands. There are reports of over one-hundred felled trees blocking the access road to the Unistoten Camp and CGL work site. Jimmy Jeong for The Globe and Mail.
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Wet’suwet’en agreement with Ottawa and B.C. disputed by elected chiefs
Left to right: Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Wet'suwet'en hereditary leader Chief Woos and B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser speak to the media in Smithers, B.C., on March 1, 2020.
energy and resources
Teck Resources posts loss as miner grapples with impact of coronavirus, rail blockades
Visitors pass a sign of sponsor Teck Resources at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
energy and resources
Judge rules in Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s favour in Dakota Access Pipeline case
FILE -- People gather around a drum circle near a tepee camp set up by Dakota Access Pipeline protesters, on the National Mall in Washington, March 9, 2017. In a significant victory for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, a federal judge on Wednesday, March 25, ordered a sweeping new environmental review of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
opinion
The voices of pro-development First Nations elected chiefs have been marginalized
Roy Fox
opinion
Why the proposed Wet’suwet’en deal may be falling apart
Gary Mason
new
Wet’suwet’en matriarch calls for hereditary governance to reflect views of elected councils
Wet'suwet'en hereditary leader Chief Woos, also known as Frank Alec, centre, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relation, Carolyn Bennett, left, and B.C. Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser arrive to address the media in Smithers, B.C., Sunday, March 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
letters
March 10: ‘Thank goodness Elizabeth Warren persisted.’ Readers debate sexism and the U.S. Democratic race, plus other letters to the editor
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), a former Democratic presidential candidate, listens to questions during a news conference in front of her house in Cambridge, Mass., March 5, 2020. Warren announced her exit from the presidential primary during the conference and did not immediately endorse another candidate. (David Degner/The New York Times)
opinion
UNDRIP legislation would be chaotic in this country – and the blockades prove it
Brian Pallister
politics
Majority of Canadians say blockades of rail lines not acceptable: survey
Majority of Canadians say blockades of rail lines not acceptable, somewhat not acceptable: survey
morning update newsletter
Morning Update: Hereditary house chief backs GasLink plan; updates on the coronavirus
A CN train sits on the tracks behind a sign placed by supporters of the Wet'suwet'en Nation, who are trying to stop construction of British Columbia's Coastal GasLink pipeline, at a blockade of Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) train tracks in Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
opinion
Trudeau has to choose a clear path forward
Campbell Clark
exclusive
Hereditary house chief declares support for Coastal GasLink plan
A CN train sits on the tracks behind a sign placed by supporters of the Wet'suwet'en Nation, who are trying to stop construction of British Columbia's Coastal GasLink pipeline, at a blockade of Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) train tracks in Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
opinion
Pipeline protesters alienated the very people in B.C.'s legislature that might help them
Justine Hunter