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LNG Canada delay means dark clouds growing over industry in B.C.: expert

LNG Canada's decision to put the project in Kitimat on hold amid weak global prices isn't surprising, but it adds to the pessimistic mood around the future of the sector in B.C..

State of play: A look at the status of pipeline projects in Canada

The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned Ottawa's approval of the Northern Gateway project, concluding that Canada fell short in its duty to consult with aboriginals. Here's an update on the...
Northern Gateway protest; Kinder Morgan sign

Most British Columbians oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline

Less than half reject the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion, according to a new Insights West poll.

Pipeline eco assessment roundly criticized in new study

The author of a new report on a proposed pipeline and expansion has released a scathing critique of the proponent’s ecological risk assessment (ERA) of its own project. Dr. Jeffery Short, an...
James Moore makes stuff up. Lac Megantic. Pipeline.

Industry Minister Moore makes stuff up to threaten British Columbians

He threatened a Lac Megantic disaster if we don’t accept Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Tamo Campos arrested Burnaby Mountain in protest of Kinder Morgan - Mark Klotz

2014's biggest newsmakers in pipeline politics (in BC)

From oil execs to environmentalists to elected officials, these eight people had us talking in 2014.

Federal "polluter pays" announcement for tanker spills on BC coast doesn't hold water

The release of a new federal report recommends improvements to Canada's tanker spill regime on the BC coast. Yet onlookers worry the recommendations aren't enough to hold industry accountable.

Conservationists call pipeline through parks "unacceptable", while government defends policy

Why is BC's government going out of its way to tell the oil and gas industry it can build pipelines under provincial parks?

Kinder Morgan sued by Coldwater Indian Band for "illegally operating pipeline"

Chief Harold Aljam of the Coldwater Indian Band takes Kinder Morgan to court for operating the Trans Mountain pipeline with an allegedly defunct permit.

Makeshift bomb explodes on Aboriginal blockade, Hereditary Likhts’amisyu chief Toghestiy says

A makeshift bomb exploded last night in the central interior of B.C. where a group of Indigenous people who have set up a blockade against the proposed Enbridge, Kinder Morgan, and Pembina pipelines.