Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion

A legal battle between the City of Burnaby and the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has ended with the British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling the National Energy Board can override municipal bylaws.

Trevor McLeod at Calgary's Canada West Foundation said the agreement could make Canada less competitive and set off feuds between provinces.

The world's top orca experts say the presence of a massive oil terminal in Vancouver poses a real threat to the long-term survival of the Southern Resident killer whales, writes Mark Leiren-Young.

Did they not show up because they figured they've already won?

The federal government is standing firmly behind its decision to appoint Kim Baird, a registered industry lobbyist with ties to Kinder Morgan, to a review panel for the Trans Mountain expansion.

Tar sands expansion ends here and now, said more than 800 protesters at a demonstration against the Trans Mountain expansion on Saturday in Vancouver, B.C.

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.

Adam Olsen, a member of the Tsartlip First Nation and deputy leader of the B.C. Greens, argued passionately for the protection of rivers where salmon thrive.

Burnaby's legal counsel challenged the National Energy Board panelists to "have the courage" to reject Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal.

Andrew S. Wright's lens captures protest and people at the National Energy Board hearings in Burnaby, B.C.

The rally concluded outside the National Energy Board hearing, where members of the public are not permitted.

Over 90 per cent of the interveners scheduled to speak at the National Energy Board hearing in Burnaby, B.C. vehemently oppose the Trans Mountain expansion.

"You do not have the consent of Indigenous people to work on unceded Indigenous territory," said a protester, caught on camera, through a megaphone to first responders.

Kinder Morgan has 127 pipeline approval problems, but climate change ain't one, at NEB review.