Surrey/Ottawa – On August 28, the Federal Court of Appeals decision effectively halts the 1,150 km pipeline project indefinitely. This comes as a shock to the Surrey Board of Trade as the Federal Government has taken extra steps to consult…
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is celebrating the Federal Court of Appeal verdict on the Trans Mountain approval and calls on Prime Minister Trudeau to immediately stop construction and shut the project down. The…
Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver – On the heels of the news showing that the Trans Mountain Pipeline project will increase in cost, and that is part of what taxpayers are currently paying for after the Federal Liberals bought the pipeline project,…
Kamloops/Fraser Valley – A story that broke earlier this week in Kamloops may have implications down the road. A Kamloops radio station reported that some 30 First Nations have expressed interest in buying a majority interest in the Trans Mountain…
Chilliwack/Hope – The NEB National Energy Board, will be holding a hearing, sometime in mid-October, to address concerns over routing of the Trans Mountain Pipeline in Hope. That hearing will be in Chilliwack. In particular, near the Kawkawa Lake Reserve….
Ottawa/Calgary – The Kinder Morgan self- imposed May 31 deadline for forward movement on the Trans Mountain pipeline has gone to the next level. Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says his government is prepared to indemnify the $7.4 billion Trans…
Victoria – The Government of British Columbia has submitted a reference question to the B.C. Court of Appeal On Thursday to affirm its right to protect B.C. from the threat of a diluted bitumen spill. The reference question concerns provincial…
Vancouver/Fraser Valley/Burnaby – Two weeks ago, the NEB National Energy Board’s hearings on the Kinder Morgan -Trans Mountain Pipeline rolled through Chilliwack and last week and onto January 31, in Burnaby. The City of Chilliwack has concerns about routing and…
Edmonton/Fraser Valley/Burnaby – Kinder Morgan Canada Limited announced that Trans Mountain has selected or signed memorandums of understanding with six contractors with experience delivering pipeline and major infrastructure projects in British Columbia and Alberta, in anticipation of planned construction activities…
Fraser Valley/Burnaby (CKNW) – A Kinder Morgan hearing set for September in Burnaby has been postponed as the National Energy Board attempts to avoid a perceived conflict of interest. The NEB’s most recent appointee served as a consultant for Kinder…