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BC LNG pipeline project to resume work despite opposition
Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs advised the company tit was “trespassing” on unceded territory and demanded they vacate.
First Nation sues CN Rail for $30M over northern Ontario oil spills
Suit alleges damage has created health risks and crippled community’s ability to observe their Indigenous traditions.
First Nation gives nod to proposed Vancouver Island LNG export facility
First in BC to approve the co-management of the development of a LNG facility.
Study says a third of cigarettes sold in Ontario are contraband
Estimated those sales cost the province up to $1 billion in tax revenue annually.
First Nations in Ontario and BC challenge energy plans
Two indigenous communities suing TransCanada over pipeline consultation process.
Feds defend Pacific NorthWest LNG project
Two First Nations and an environmental group have filed separate applications for judicial review on Oct. 27.
Alberta First Nation claims pipeline approval rushed
Says court papers prove political pressure was applied.
Alberta First Nation revives oil sands pipeline lawsuit
Blames inaction on outstanding issues by the NDP government.
First Nation leaders worry about Saskatchewan oil pipeline spill
Chief says First Nations need to be part of the monitoring and regulating of the oil industry.
Cabinet ministers to discuss Grassy Narrows mercury poisoning
Meeting with First Nation leaders to sort out the different contamination reports.
Coastal GasLink pipeline project gets OK from two more BC First Nations
670-kilometre pipeline would bring natural gas from northeastern BC to an export facility on the central coast.
Tsawwassen First Nation vote against proposed BC LNG facility
Proposed export site would have processed up to 5-million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually
Tsawwassen First Nation launches plans for LNG export plant
Proposed facility would produce up to five million tonnes of LNG annually.
First Nation asks court to stop NEB’s review of Trans Mountain
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation says the pipeline review began without being consulted by the federal government.
Ruling ends fracking water licence at BC’s Tsea Lake
Flawed science, lack of consultation cited; Nexen can use water it has stored in area pits only.
