British Columbia

24/02/18
Author: 
Carlito Pablo
Brigade members on January 17 delayed entry of work vehicles to Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby. DAVID MIVASAIR

 February 22nd, 2018


A group called the Justin Trudeau Brigade has stepped up the battle against the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project.

According to founding member David Mivasair, the group has been staging daily blockades at the company’s Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby since the middle of January this year.

24/02/18
Author: 
Jennifer Thuncher, Andy Prest
Photo: PAUL MCGRATH/NORTH SHORE NEWS

More than 50 local and North Vancouver Squamish Nation protesters and supporters headed down Capilano Road south of Marine Drive Thursday as they marched to demonstrate outside the Kinder Morgan facility on the North Vancouver waterfront.

24/02/18
Author: 
Mitchell Anderson

There is no waiting Asian market for oilsands crude. In fact there’s no waiting market anywhere.

23/02/18
Author: 
Staff

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley is temporarily ending her province's ban on B.C. wine after Premier John Horgan announced a new court action to defend rules that could stop Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

"We'll be buying wine again," Notley told reporters at a late afternoon news conference.

20/02/18
Author: 
Tereza Verenca
More than 100 protesters were arrested on Burnaby Mountain in late 2014 for interfering with Kinder Morgan’s survey work. Pipeline opponents are gearing up for another demonstration on the mountain on March 10. Photograph By NOW FILES

Burnaby Mountain will once again be the site of a mass demonstration.

[Editor - see under events: http://www.ecosocialistsvancouver.org/kwekwecnewtxw-protect-inlet]

In response to Kinder Morgan’s $7.4-billion Trans Mountain expansion project, anti-pipeline activists are organizing a protest on March 10.

20/02/18
Author: 
Sandy Garossino
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gestures during an interview with National Observer's Sandy Garossino in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2018. Screenshot from National Observer video

In a broad and sweeping interview with this writer on Feb. 13, a confident Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came out swinging on behalf of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX). Pulling no punches, he took direct aim at both Saskatchewan’s former premier, Brad Wall, and B.C. Premier John Horgan.

20/02/18
Author: 
Mark Jaccard

 

Mark Jaccard, professor at Simon Fraser University, has done energy-climate analysis for all of Canada's major political parties.

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