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Notley to skip premiers conference so she can focus on pipeline deal

There won't be any fireworks between the premiers of Alberta and British Columbia at the Western premiers conference this week, because Alberta Premier Rachel Notley isn't going.

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By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | May 22nd 2018

Trans Mountain pipeline won't cause tension with Notley at meeting: Horgan

The premiers of British Columbia and Alberta will join their counterparts from Western Canada and the North at meetings next week in Yellowknife, but John Horgan doesn't expect any drama over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

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By Dirk Meissner | News, Politics | May 19th 2018

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, press conference, New York,

Insurance policy for pipeline is result of 'exceptional situation,' says Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says putting federal cash down as an insurance policy of sorts to get the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion built is the result of an "exceptional" political situation.

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By Mia Rabson | News, Politics | May 19th 2018

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, Kinder Morgan pipeline, Edmonton

B.C. heading to court in Alberta to stop fuel restriction law, may seek damages

Tensions over the Trans Mountain pipeline increased on Thursday, May 17, 2018, with British Columbia announcing plans to launch a lawsuit over new Alberta legislation that could restrict fuel exports to the West Coast.

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By Dirk Meissner | News, Politics | May 19th 2018

Face-off: Possible outcomes from the Kinder Morgan Federal Court of Appeal legal challenges

Kinder Morgan’s self-imposed May 31 deadline to achieve political certainty for building the Trans Mountain project is rapidly approaching. What are the possible outcomes?

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By Eugene Kung | Analysis | May 18th 2018

Trudeau government ‘sought to suppress the evidence’ of pipeline ‘gamesmanship,' say court documents

The documents are the latest files to emerge in a legal review surrounding the unfolding Trans Mountain pipeline expansion saga, as a critical deadline approaches. The Texas-based company behind the project, Kinder Morgan, has said it will walk away from the pipeline if it fails to find a way — before May 31 — to resolve the financial risks it is facing due to fierce opposition in B.C.

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By Mike De Souza | News, Energy, Politics | May 18th 2018

Hosting climate summit, McKenna defends science behind Trans Mountain

Environment and Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna's comments follow concerns flagged by scientists, First Nations and British Columbia about the environmental risk of spills of diluted bitumen, the tar-like heavy oil produced by Alberta's oilsands companies, that will be sent along Trans Mountain.

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By Carl Meyer | News, Energy, Politics | May 17th 2018

Protesters stage dramatic "die-in" at Kinder Morgan gates

Covered in fake blood, dozens of people staged a 'die-in' in front of the gates of a Kinder Morgan pipeline terminal on Burnaby Mountain on Wednesday.

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By Dylan Sunshine Waisman | News | May 17th 2018

Alberta passes bill that could cut oil to B.C. in Trans Mountain pipeline fight

Alberta has passed landmark legislation giving it sweeping power to intervene in oil and gas exports that could result in punitive price spikes in British Columbia in the dispute over the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion.

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By Dean Bennett | News, Politics | May 17th 2018

British Columbia Premier, John Horgan, news conference, Chilliwack,

British Columbia is just defending its interests on pipeline: Horgan

B.C. Premier John Horgan accused the federal government of unnecessarily putting taxpayers money at risk on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, by offering financial protection for Kinder Morgan's investors in the Trans Mountain pipeline dispute.

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By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | May 17th 2018

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