Lawyer Maureen Killoran, part of a high-powered team of six from a Calgary-based law firm, called for the National Energy Board to quash Burnaby's bylaws on Monday. The regulator entertained the possibility of granting the pipeline company's request.
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.
The city has blamed the company’s incompetence for delays, explaining that Kinder Morgan has struggled to follow the rules that apply to all developers. But during a hearing on Wednesday, a lawyer for the city, Gregory McDade, objected to "softball questions" from the NEB to Kinder Morgan.
Ian Anderson didn't look surprised when a sharply dressed man abruptly interrupted his speech. The CEO of Kinder Morgan Canada must have been braced for controversy as he addressed the Vancouver Board of Trade on Thursday.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is slamming the Trudeau government for betraying the people of British Columbia in order to support the interests of a large corporation, Texas-based multinational pipeline operator Kinder Morgan.
Companies selling fossil fuels are facing their Netflix moment, as cheap solar panels and electric vehicles are poised to do to coal-fired power stations and gas stations what online streaming did to Blockbuster.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley took her pro-pipeline tour to the heart of the energy industry in Calgary on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, where she urged business leaders not to let up on the message that Canada's climate progress depends on pipeline progress.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley arrived at the doorstep of federal power today to deliver a stern message to the Trudeau government on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion: “step up.”
When asked about Kinder Morgan’s plans to proceed with its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, linking Alberta’s oilsands producers to the west coast, Gov. Jay Inslee says he’s very worried about expanding fossil fuel infrastructure and the impacts on his own state, including impacts on endangered orca whales.
I snuck into the press conference on Wednesday because it is my generation that will have to live with the consequences of Prime Minister Trudeau’s decisions.
Attorneys general from B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan have all given notice that they intend to intervene in the upcoming hearing, but the federal government's attorney general, Jody Wilson-Raybould, has opted to sit this one out, leaving the matter in the hands of the NEB.
The procedure would be a departure from the NEB's previous treatment of Kinder Morgan. The regulator had refused to allow cross-examination of company officials in its original hearings to review the project, which were set up when the former Harper government was in power. The Trudeau government has declined to intervene in the case.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is refusing to apologize for his government's accusations against Burnaby after getting a letter from the British Columbia coastal city's lawyer. The provincial government accused the City of Burnaby last Friday of "deliberately slowing down" permits for Texas-based Kinder Morgan and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
The roar of the chainsaw could soon join the calls of the wild in Jasper National Park as Atco Ltd. looks to string power across the town within the UNESCO World Heritage preserve.