Burrard Inlet

Investigators with an international environmental watchdog have recommended a probe into whether Canada is violating its own laws by not stopping toxic wastewater from being dumped into the ocean along its Pacific coast.

Everyone keeps saying this new pipeline was built to carry crude oil, but in actual fact, it carries something far more explosive and potentially hazardous: diluted bitumen from the landlocked Alberta oil sands.

Health and climate advocates are urging British Columbia to develop a credible evacuation plan in case of an oil spill in Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet as the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project opens for business, triggering dozens more tankers to cross the waters each month.

A sunny afternoon instantly turned dark for Lucien Lessard on June 17, 1958, as he plunged into the ocean when a support collapsed on a bridge being constructed between Vancouver and North Vancouver.

Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will likely be delayed due to detailed route hearings, outstanding provincial permits and Indigenous court challenges, says a report from environmental group Stand.earth.

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.

A court has ruled that British Columbia cannot restrict oil shipments through its borders in a decision that marks a win for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and Alberta's efforts to get its resources to overseas markets.

British Columbia's premier fought battles over the Trans Mountain pipeline on two fronts on Wednesday, going to court against Alberta's premier, who wants the line expanded, while urging Ottawa to start shipping more gasoline through the pipe that's already there.

The National Energy Board will hear oral traditional evidence from Indigenous groups in the coming weeks as part of its new review of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

British Columbia says the federal government needs to back off and stop interfering in an independent review process over the approval of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline.

A deal reached between British Columbia and Trans Mountain reveals new details about Kinder Morgan's timeline to approve investments for a proposed oil pipeline expansion and hiring local workers.

Unlike the panel consultation yesterday, which was attended by more than 300 protesters, the defining element in the room today was silence. Only three Indigenous speakers turned up.

A sacred fire and a prayer to Mother Earth for protection of the land and water from the looming threat of pipelines.

The era of colonization is over, said Tsleil-Waututh representatives. Canada or indeed, the National Energy Board, can no longer plough through their land without permission.