Tsleil-Waututh Nation

Indigenous leaders at Tuesday’s conference say the federal government’s second round of consultations was as inadequate as the first. Meantime, Trans Mountain says it’s getting shovels ready to build a new pipeline.

Kinder Morgan put fish, porpoises, sea lions and other marine life in danger near an oil terminal in Vancouver, says a leaked federal warning letter that warns the company could face prosecution for its violations. The letter from the Fisheries and Oceans Department (DFO) notes that the company also went months without filing mandatory construction reports before federal officials noticed.

“The facts and circumstances which have given rise to this motion are highly unusual and, indeed, extremely alarming,” said the motion, submitted on May 2 to the Federal Court of Appeal by lawyers for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.