Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is threatening to turn off the oil taps in a fight with British Columbia over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

The air was crisp and cold as they trekked up Burnaby Mountain early on Saturday morning. People's breath came out in white puffs as each of the volunteer construction workers each carried two planks of wood. Their goal was to build a traditional Indigenous "watch house" to monitor Texas-based Kinder Morgan as it proceeds with construction of its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

Yet even if Kinder Morgan clears the hurdle of a First Nations court challenge and First Nations activism, it must then confront formidable opposition from BC environmental activists. For better or worse, not every goal a government sets is politically achievable.

British Columbia's government is appealing a decision that allows Kinder Morgan Canada to bypass local regulations in constructing its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Cutting down trees for Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will damage waterways, infringe on park space, and reduce air quality, representatives of Burnaby, B.C. told federal regulators on Wednesday.

Municipalities and residents in British Columbia are set to argue that the proposed route of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would damage sensitive ecosystems, harm public parks and trails and adversely impact homeowners.

Alberta's carbon tax jumped on New Year's Day, but the province's NDP government maintains the tax played a vital role in Alberta's improving economic outlook.

Washington state's governor took aim at President Donald Trump in a speech to British Columbia's legislature on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017, saying travel bans on immigrants and refugees have caused economic and moral wounds in the United States.

The British Columbia government has applied for intervener status in court challenges against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Jagmeet Singh felt compelled during Wednesday's debate in Victoria to tack on an adjective to what he considers a key difference between the New Democrat governments in Alberta and B.C.

The president of Kinder Morgan Canada says he's open to talking to the B.C. NDP and Green parties, which have said they want to stop the company's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Shares in Kinder Morgan Canada fell in their debut on May 30, 2017, on the Toronto Stock Exchange amid political uncertainty around the company's flagship Trans Mountain expansion project.

Premier Rachel Notley vows the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will go ahead to deliver Alberta's oil to the West Coast despite B.C. NDP-Green Party political pact.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he'll work with British Columbia and Alberta to move ahead with his government's agenda of creating jobs while transitioning toward a lower-carbon economy.

Protests against pipelines held in Vancouver and Seattle during prime minister's visits.