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Four B.C. First Nations Seek Supreme Court Appeal on Trans Mountain
Four British Columbia First Nations are seeking permission for a Supreme Court appeal of a lower court’s unanimous decision supporting the federal government’s re-approval ... -
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Keystone XL to Start Construction with $8 Billion in Financial Aid from Alberta
Calgary-based TC Energy is starting construction on the Keystone XL pipeline between Hardisty, Alberta and Steele City, Nebraska, after the Jason Kenney government announced ... -
Shell Postpones ‘Crucial Maintenance’ on Alberta Upgrader to Minimize COVID-19 Risk
Shell Canada is postponing what the Calgary Herald describes as “crucial maintenance” on its Scotford tar sands/oil sands upgrader in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, to ... -
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As It Happened: Pressure Was Building Against Teck Mine Proposal as 41 Nobel Laureates Weighed In
With the federal cabinet still on track last week to decide whether to approve the C$20.6-billion Teck Frontier megaproject, 41 Nobel laureates urged the ... -
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Hapless Fossil ‘War Room’ Being Targeted by Climate Hawks, Alberta Claims
The Jason Kenney government in Alberta is amping up its grievance meter another notch, with the claim that environmental activists are targeting the fossil ... -
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Skyrocketing Price Drives Down Public Support for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Public support for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion tips toward opposition when Canadians learn that the cost of the controversial project has ballooned to ... -
100 Teck Protesters Occupy Guilbeault Constituency Office
About 100 student demonstrators occupied the downtown Montreal constituency office of Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault Friday afternoon, calling on the former Greenpeace activist and ... -
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Ottawa Mulls Alberta ‘Aid Package’ as Province Angles for Teck Mine Approval
With an end-of-month deadline looming for a cabinet decision on Teck Resources’ proposed Frontier tar sands/oil sands mine, Ottawa was preparing an “aid package” ... -
Construction on Cross-Border Segment of Keystone XL to Begin in April
Construction on the 1.9-kilometre segment of the contested Keystone XL pipeline that crosses the Canada-U.S. border is set to begin in April, according to ... -
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Supreme Court Rejects B.C.’s Challenge to Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously rejected British Columbia’s challenge to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, concluding that the province’s bid to regulate ... -
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Decision on Teck Frontier Mega-Mine Will Test Canada’s Climate Action Commitment
The massive Teck Frontier tar sands/oil sands mine in Alberta is emerging as an early test of the re-elected Trudeau government’s climate commitment, with ... -
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Alberta Fossils Aim to Push More Oil Through the Same Pipes
With the three new pipelines they’ve been counting on all delayed, Alberta fossils are looking to at least two new strategies to push more ... -
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Federally-Owned Trans Mountain Takes Criticism for Surveillance on Indigenous Opponents
In a move that legal experts are condemning as a disquieting disregard for the democratic rights of assembly and free expression, federally-owned Trans Mountain ... -
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Ecojustice Challenges ‘Partisan Political Purposes’ Behind Alberta’s Foreign Funding Inquiry
Environmental law charity Ecojustice has filed a legal challenge against the Kenney government’s C$2.5-million commission on supposed “foreign-funded radicals” opposing the Alberta fossil industry, ... -
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Trans Mountain Subsidies Hit $320 Million in First Six Months of 2019
The Trans Mountain pipeline took home C$320 million in direct and indirect subsidies in the first six months of the years that were not ...
