VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned Ottawa's approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Here's what some are saying about the court decision: "As we move ahead with the project and the purchase, our government remains committed to ensuring the project proceeds in a manner that protects the public interest. That means ensuring the highest level over governance — including environmental protection. It means upholding or commitments with Indigenous peoples and it means [Read more]
Timeline: Key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline
Here are some key dates in the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline and Kinder Morgan Canada's efforts to expand its capacity: October 1953: The Trans Mountain pipeline begins shipping oil with an initial capacity of 150,000 barrels per day. The project features four pump stations along its 1,150-kilometre route and a marine dock that connects loading facilities on the east side of Edmonton with ocean tankers in Burnaby, B.C. 1957: Pipeline capacity is expanded via the construction of a [Read more]
Trans Mountain pipeline approval quashed by court
VANCOUVER – The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned the Trudeau government’s approval of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. In a unanimous decision by a panel of three judges, the court says the National Energy Board’s review of the project was so flawed that the federal government could not rely on it as a basis for its decision to approve the expansion. The court also concludes that the federal government failed in its duty to engage in meaningful consultations with [Read more]
KML shareholders vote 99% in favour of Trans Mountain pipeline sale to Ottawa
CALGARY - Shareholders in Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd. have voted more than 99 per cent in favour of the sale of its Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project to the federal government for $4.5 billion. The brief meeting in Calgary was chaired by the CEO of both Kinder Morgan Canada Inc. and its U.S. parent, Steven Kean. The outcome was not in question as Kinder Morgan Inc. retained about 70 per cent of the shares after spinning off its Canadian assets in a $1.75-billion initial [Read more]
Federal Court of Appeal to rule on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal is expected to release a judgment today on whether the federal government adequately consulted First Nations on the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The court combined into one case nearly two dozen lawsuits calling for the National Energy Board's review of Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.'s project to be overturned. First Nations, including the Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish on British Columbia's south coast, argued the federal government did [Read more]
‘More effective than a carbon tax:’ Saskatchewan digs in heels on climate change
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - The Saskatchewan government is doubling down on its climate change strategy and continues to defy Ottawa's demand it put a price on carbon emissions. Environment Minister Dustin Duncan says the province is expanding emission limits based on production for facilities such as potash mines and pulp mills. Those facilities generate 11 per cent of the province's emissions. He says the emission limits have already been announced for electricity generation and methane from [Read more]
B.C. First Nations group stand firm on Trans Mountain pipeline before vote
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's union of Indigenous leaders says it remains opposed to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion as Kinder Morgan Canada shareholders vote Thursday on the federal government's purchase offer. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, says in a news release that the $4.5 billion in federal money could be used instead on renewable energy that puts Canada ahead in that field. The group's statement says more than 350,000 [Read more]
Significant court decision could determine Trans Mountain’s fate: experts
VANCOUVER - A court decision expected Thursday could determine the fate of the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and further define Canada's duty to consult with First Nations, experts say. The Federal Court of Appeal is to rule on a case that combined nearly two dozen lawsuits calling for the National Energy Board's review of Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd.'s project to be overturned. First Nations, including the Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish on British Columbia's south coast, argued [Read more]
Imperial Oil vows to employ oilsands technology to cut GHG intensity by 10%
CALGARY - Imperial Oil Ltd. is pledging to cut its oilsands greenhouse gas emissions per barrel by 10 per cent over the next five years as it ramps up production and works to get in line with increasingly stringent environmental regulation. CEO Rich Kruger says the company will achieve the improvement compared with 2016 by employing new technologies at its legacy Cold Lake oilsands wells, by reaching the full 220,000-barrels-per-day capacity of its Kearl oilsands mining project and through [Read more]
Saskatchewan fiscal update: More revenue; more spending; smaller deficit
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says higher oil and potash prices will mean more money for the province this year. But more spending on health care, social services and public-sector pensions will eat up a good portion of that windfall. The provincial Finance Ministry has released its first-quarter update showing a deficit of $306 million, nearly $60 million smaller than forecast in the April budget. Revenue is predicted to be almost $170 million more than expected [Read more]
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