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Trans Mountain pipeline will return to full capacity in late January at ’earliest’
Construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline is pictured near Hope, B.C., Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Gas rationing ends in B.C. as Trans Mountain pipeline back in operation
A transport truck drives in snowy conditions along Highway 3 outside Keremeos, BC on December 7th, 2021. Caillum Smith/The Globe and Mail
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Trans Mountain says it is ‘still days away’ from restarting pipeline at reduced capacity
Construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline is pictured near Hope, B.C., Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will cost Canadians billions, SFU study shows
Pipe sections for the Trans Mountain pipeline are unloaded in Edson, Alta., Tuesday, June 18, 2019. North America's polarizing pipeline battles have seen many venues — from the Prime Minister's Office and the U.S. State Department to the windswept plains of Nebraska and Minnesota to judge's chambers on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Trans Mountain pipeline’s fortunes rise as Biden blocks rival Keystone XL
FILE PHOTO: Steel pipe to be used in the oil pipeline construction of the Canadian government’s Trans Mountain Expansion Project lies at a stockpile site in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Dennis Owen/File Photo
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Bitter fights over pipelines and other Canadian projects don’t have to be the norm
JP Gladu
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Future value of Trans Mountain pipeline rests on Liberals’ climate plans, PBO says
Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline is seen underway in Kamloops, B.C., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. A new report from the parliamentary budget officer says the federal government could end up losing money on the Trans Mountain pipeline if it further tightens its climate policy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Globe Climate: Climate change merits a fiscal response, too
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a media availability in Ottawa on Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline more vital than ever, Justin Trudeau says
Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline is seen under way in Kamloops, B.C., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
opinion
‘Land Back’ is more than a slogan for a resurgent Indigenous movement
Kanahus Manuel and Naomi Klein
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Morning Update: Inside Huawei’s campaign to influence Canadian public opinion
The Huawei logo is pictured outside a research facility in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 6, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
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The Trans Mountain pipeline will be built – a rare win for all Canadians, including those who disagree
Adam Pankratz
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Supreme Court rejects Indigenous groups’ appeal to halt Trans Mountain expansion
Pipe for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is unloaded in Edson, Alta., on June 18, 2019.
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Pacheedaht First Nation and Canadian Coast Guard agree to build new facility to help improve oil spill response
Minister of Rural Economic Development Bernadette Jordan rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 5, 2019. The minister in charge of a soon-to-be-released plan to help rural Canada thrive will place a a heavy focus on expanding broadband and cellphone coverage, even funding communities that want to become service providers. Rural Economic Development Minister Bernadette Jordan is expected to unveil the strategy next month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Trans Mountain restarts after spill in Abbotsford, B.C.
Workers are seen at the site of a crude oil spill at a Trans Mountain Pipeline pump station in Abbotsford, on Sunday, June 14, 2020. Trans Mountain estimates as much as 1,195 barrels of light crude spilled from the pipeline pumping station. While an investigation is ongoing, the Crown-owned company said in a statement the cause of the spill appears to be related to a fitting on a one-inch, or 2.5-centimetre, piece of pipe. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Trans Mountain pipeline shut after British Columbia oil spill
Trans Mountain Pipeline Sumas Pump Station Trans Mountain photo
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Without Indigenous consent for Trans Mountain, expect more confrontation: lawyer and negotiator
A protester holds a placard as supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs demonstrate at Macmillan Yard in Toronto, on Feb. 15, 2020.
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Supreme Court will not hear Trans Mountain pipeline expansion appeal cases
Pipe for the Trans Mountain pipeline is unloaded in Edson, Alta., on June 18, 2019. The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed five leaves to appeal mounted by environment and Indigenous groups from B.C.
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Almost $150-million in Liberals’ vaunted oceans-protection funding not spent
Orca whales play in Chatham Sound near Prince Rupert, B.C., on June, 22, 2018. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says nearly $150-million of funds for a program designed to protect coasts and waterways has not been spent.
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Trans Mountain pipeline hearings to resume after legal hurdle cleared
Pipe for the Trans Mountain pipeline is unloaded in Edson, Alta. on June 18, 2019.
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Federal Court of Appeal clears a hurdle for the Trans Mountain pipeline
Pipe for the Trans Mountain pipeline is unloaded in Edson, Alta. on Tuesday June 18, 2019. Lawyers for the Canadian government say it conducted a new round of consultations with Indigenous groups about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion that was reasonable, adequate and fair. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Panel of judges reserves decision after Trans Mountain Corp. urges dismissal of legal application by Indigenous groups
Pipe for the Trans Mountain pipeline is unloaded in Edson, Alta. on June 18, 2019.
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Court told Ottawa listened half-heartedly to indigenous people’s pipeline concerns
Rueben George speaks at a briefing with first nation chiefs and Coast Salish drummers ahead of Federal Court of Appeal hearings on the Trans Mountain Pipeline in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 16, 2019. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
opinion
Legions of young Alberta men are unemployed and feel ostracized. What could go wrong?
Robyn Urback
canada
Ottawa to engage expert advice as it consults First Nations that want stake in Trans Mountain pipeline project
A aerial view of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain marine terminal, in Burnaby, B.C., is shown on May 29, 2018. Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. is reporting second-quarter income from continuing operations of $21.6 million, a decrease of $1.9 million from the second quarter of 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward
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Indigenous drummers lead Trans Mountain pipeline protesters on 22-kilometre march in Victoria
Demonstrators march down Government Street in Victoria on Saturday during a protest against the federal government's re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
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Canadian Natural earnings jump 65 per cent in first quarter, driven by higher oil prices
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. executive vice-chairman Steve Laut arrivees for the company's annual meeting in Calgary, Thursday, May 3, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Energy industry, legal experts push back against Kenney’s B.C. pledge
Jason Kenney proclaimed the law, previously known as Bill 12, within hours of taking office this week, escalating Alberta’s attack on B.C. for its opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
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There is more heat than light in Kenney’s call for Alberta to ‘fight back’
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Notley and Kenney emphasize pipelines for final push ahead of Alberta election
Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley visits an oil and gas pipe fabrication plant in Calgary, Alta., Monday, April 15, 2019.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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B.C. Court of Appeal to hold five-day hearing on Trans Mountain pipeline and provincial powers
Oil and gas industry supporters picket outside the National Energy Board. (File Photo).
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B.C. seeks judicial approval from Court of Appeal to regulate heavy oil shipments
Steel pipes that were to be used in the oil pipeline construction of Kinder Morgan Canada's Trans Mountain Expansion Project at a stockpile site in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, August 30, 2018. Dennis Owen/The Globe and Mail
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To sell a pipeline, Canada’s Fisheries Minister embraces science
The Russian research ship Professor Kaganovskiy is seen docked in Vancouver, on Feb. 16, 2019. An expedition of 21 scientists from Canada, the U.S., Russia, South Korea and Japan departed Saturday for a five week expedition to study Pacific salmon species in the North Pacific.
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NEB says Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in public interest despite ‘adverse’ impact on whale population
FILE PHOTO: Steel pipe to be used in the oil pipeline construction of Kinder Morgan Canada's Trans Mountain Expansion Project sit on rail cars at a stockpile site in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Dennis Owen/File Photo
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How the pro-oil United We Roll protest was - almost - a perfect demonstration
Duane Bratt
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First Nations chiefs to discuss possibility of ownership stake in Trans Mountain pipeline
Steel pipe to be used in the oil pipeline construction of Kinder Morgan Canada's Trans Mountain expansion project sit on rail cars at a stockpile site in Kamloops, B.C., on May 29, 2018.