Tag: Pipelines

The Alberta Canada Memorandum of Understanding and other documents

November 28, 2025

  The Memorandum  of Understanding between Canada  and Alberta (pdf) exc-mou-goc-and-goa-energy-collaboration 41 civil society organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers West Coast Environmental Law (PDF) 41 civil society organizations oppose northwest coast oil pipeline and tankers _ West Coast Environmental Law Coastal First Nations dismiss pipeline MOU (PDF) Coastal First Nations Dismiss Pipeline […]

Joint Statement of Haisla Nation and District of Kitimat on Alberta Canada MOU

November 28, 2025

On Wednesay, November 26, 2025, the day before the details of the Alberta Canada Memorandum of Argreement, the Haisla Nation and District of Kitimat issued this joint statement. November 26, 2025 – Haisla Traditional Territory, British Columbia Yesterday afternoon, Haisla Nation and District of Kitimat met with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. The meeting provided an […]

Northern Gateway announces it will not appeal Appeal Court decision that stopped project approval, will continue “consultations”

September 20, 2016

  Northern Gateway pipelines says the company will not appeal the Federal Court of Appeal decision that blocked the approval certificate by the Joint Review Panel and the National Energy Board because there had been insufficient consultation with First Nations. UPDATE  Vancouver Sun reports Federal government will also not appeal decision OTTAWA — The federal […]

National Geographic maps Haisla and other First Nations’ traditional territory, pipeline routes and BC ‘s wild salmon

September 1, 2016

The September issue of National Geographic includes a large map of British Columbia it calls “Claiming British Columbia.” The map has three themes: First Nations’ traditional territory, the routes of proposed pipeline projects, both LNG and diluted bitumen, and it features a sub map that looks at what the map calls the “Troubled Salmon” fishery. […]

Federal Court of Appeal overturns approval of Northern Gateway

June 30, 2016

In a two to one decision, the Federal Court of Appeal has overturned the Harper government’s approval of the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, finding that the federal government’s consultation process  with First Nations on the BC coast that occurred after the NEB decision and the Joint Review Panel Report was inadequate, saying: We conclude that Canada […]

BC Supreme Court rules province failed to consult First Nations on Northern Gateway

January 13, 2016

The B.C. government acted improperly and “breached the honour of the crown” when it signed away a provincial review and gave the federal Joint Review Panel for responsibility for assessing the environmental impact of the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, Madam Justice Marvyn Koenigsberg of the Supreme Court of B.C. ruled Wednesday. In a largely technical […]

Dilbit dangerous to young fish, laboratory study shows

July 17, 2015

Diluted bitumen, also known as dilbit, a mixture of oil sands bitumen and natural gas dilutants can seriously harm fish populations, according to research study at Queen’s University and the Royal Military College of Canada published this week. At toxic concentrations, effects of dilbit on exposed fish included deformities and clear signs of genetic and […]

Open house

Bish Forest Service Road reopens to the public on March 1, 2015

February 25, 2015

The Bish Forest Service Road will reopen to the public on March 1, 2015. With the upgrades created by the Chevron-led Kitimat LNG project, the single lane logging rough logging is now a high quality gravel “resource road.” The first 12 kilometres of the road will be open “to provide public access to connecting roads, recreational […]

Courts, costs stall Northern Gateway

February 21, 2015

Updated Feb. 26, 2015 Court challenges and rising costs will stall the Northern Gateway project for most of 2015, Enbridge says in its Fourth Quarter (2014) Strategic Update, released Friday. That means if the Northern Gatway project actually goes ahead, the company now says it will not be completed until at least 2020 or 2021. […]

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