SMITHERS, B.C. - A convoy of work trucks passed through a police roadblock today heading to the Unist’ot’en camp to dismantle barriers that had blocked workers from starting construction on a natural gas pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory. Senior officers in the RCMP's Indigenous liaison unit were also going to the site, which has been the centre of growing tensions in a dispute over the pipeline and Indigenous claims to the land. On Thursday, hereditary chiefs struck a deal [Read more]
NEB wants marine protection program from Trans Mountain pipeline builder
VANCOUVER - The National Energy Board would require the creation of a marine mammal protection program for the Trans Mountain pipeline in a series of draft conditions it has laid out before it considers the project. The focus of the review is to apply the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and the Species at Risk Act to project-related marine shipping, the board says in the document. The conditions mitigate potential risks to the environment and protect the public, it says. Releasing [Read more]
Deal reached in northern British Columbia pipeline impasse
SMITHERS, B.C. - Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have reached a deal with the RCMP to allow a natural gas company access across a bridge that had been blocked in their territory. Following several hours of meetings, Chief Na'Moks told reporters Thursday that the agreement is between the chiefs and the RCMP to ensure the safety of the First Nation's members after 14 arrests were made on Monday when a court injunction was enforced by police. He said representatives from [Read more]
Prime minister pleased tensions are easing at site of B.C. pipeline protest
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Arrests at a blockade this week show the government needs to properly engage with Indigenous Peoples and build a different relationship than it has had in the past, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. Trudeau said he was pleased to see tensions had eased between police and First Nations outside a construction zone for a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. "I know that there will be questions asked and required to answer over the coming [Read more]
Wet’suwet’en strike tentative deal with RCMP allowing access to protect camp
HOUSTON, B.C. - Hereditary leaders of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation have reached a tentative deal with RCMP, quelling some fears of escalation after police made several arrests at nearby checkpoint earlier this week. The chiefs say members will abide by a court injunction granting the Coastal GasLink pipeline company access to a bridge that had been blocked, if RCMP agree to leave intact the nearby Unist'ot'en healing camp in northern British Columbia. They plan to meet with RCMP [Read more]
Trudeau says B.C. protest arrests not ‘ideal,’ but rule of law must be respected
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's "not an ideal situation" that 14 people were arrested Monday in northwestern British Columbia at a protest against construction of the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline. Trudeau made the comment this morning on CBC's radio program Daybreak Kamloops, prior to his visit to that city to attend a Liberal party fundraiser and a town hall gathering. The prime minister says his government has been working on reconciliation but the [Read more]
Northwestern B.C. First Nation expects RCMP to enforce injunction
HOUSTON, B.C. - Members of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation in northwestern British Columbia expect RCMP may serve an injunction at a protest camp on a remote forest service road southwest of Houston within hours. The camp was established almost 10 years ago as a checkpoint to manage entry to traditional territories, but an injunction issued late last year ordered removal of gates across the forest service road. A blockade across the road was set up more recently and the injunction was [Read more]
TransCanada changing name to TC Energy
CALGARY - TransCanada Corp. is changing its name to TC Energy. The pipeline and utilities company says the change better reflects the scope of its operations across North America. TransCanada chief executive Russ Girling says TC Energy "clearly articulates" the company's business which includes pipelines, power generation and energy storage operations in Canada, the United States and Mexico. TransCanada shareholders will be asked to approve the change at the company's [Read more]
Husky Energy puts 500 retail operations and Prince George refinery on the block
CALGARY - Husky Energy Inc. says it is looking at getting out of retailing fuels to consumers after 80 years in the business. The Calgary-based oilsands producer says it is launching a strategic review that could result in it selling its Canadian retail and commercial fuels business and its small Prince George, B.C., refinery. It says it prefers to focus on its core upstream assets in northeastern Alberta, Atlantic Canada and the Asia Pacific region, adding the decision is not [Read more]
Production remains suspended at site of N.L.’s November offshore oil spill
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Production work at Husky's SeaRose platform off Newfoundland remains suspended as inspections continue into a spill that released an estimated 250,000 litres of oil into the ocean. The provincial offshore regulatory board said in a statement that Husky has submitted a plan to plug the subsea flowline where the mid-November spill originated. Approval from the board is pending before production restarts, and Husky will meet with Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore [Read more]
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