Earlier this year a dispute over indigenous land rights and a gas pipeline caused dozens of road and rail blockades that caused substantial economic loss in Canada and made international headlines. Although the gas pipeline company has signed agreements with… »
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TC Energy to start work on Keystone XL pipeline
TC Energy Corp. said on Tuesday it would proceed with the construction of the long-delayed $8 billion US Keystone XL pipeline project after getting a $1.1 billion US equity investment from the Alberta government. Once completed, the 1,947-kilometres-long pipeline will… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics
Disagreement continues over who speaks for the Wet’suwet’en
The rail blockades may be down and the transportation network working to get back on schedule, but the dispute over the natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia that started the crisis seems to continue. The pipeline is to cross… »
Rail blockades in Quebec remain despite Wet’suwet’en agreement
Despite the “proposed arrangement” between the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and the Canadian and British Columbia governments, two rail blockades remain in Quebec. However protesters from Kahnawake and Listuguj remain are now undecided on whether or not the blockades will come… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics
Reaction to blockades: Alberta proposes tougher anti-protest law
In the face of rail and road blockades across Canada, the western province of Alberta is proposing tougher legislation against protesters engaged in blocking infrastructure.. The many blockades across the country are in support of a small group of Indigenous… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, International
Natural gas pipeline and blockades divide Canadians
The construction of a natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia has divided Canadian opinion. A small group of hereditary Wet’suwet’en chiefs and supporters has opposed the project, while the elected chiefs, and apparently most of the Wet’suwet’en, have approved… »
Economy, Indigenous, International, Politics, Society
Economic consequences of rail blockade worsen; RCMP make gesture
The already intense criticism and pressure on the federal government is growing as rail blockades continue across the country over the issue of a natural gas pipeline across northern British Columbia.. While Prime Minister Trudeau continues to say the problem… »
Trudeau convenes emergency meeting to discuss anti-pipeline protests
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau convened a meeting of the cabinet’s Incident Response Group on Monday to address ongoing protests and rail blockades that have shut down much of the country’s rail traffic, disrupting passenger and freight service across Canada. The… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous
Natural gas pipeline protest: potential for violence
Although the elected band councils have approved, the hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwets’en in northern British Columbia are against a gas pipeline across their traditional territory Other protests in sympathy continue to take place across the country. In northern B.C.… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Pipeline protests resume across Canada
Though the federal government had won its case for the TransMountain oil pipeline to proceed, the years of anti pipeline protests have ramped up again. Over the weekend, yesterday and today, protests and blockades went up in several locations across… »
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