British Columbia

Trans Mountain expansion hits snag, must re-start drilling beneath Thompson River in Kamloops

01/11/20

Author:

James Peters

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CFJC Today

Oct 29, 2020

KAMLOOPS — Trans Mountain (TMX) has had a major setback in its expansion project through Kamloops.

The pipeline twinning includes a segment beneath the Thompson River that must be installed after Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) is completed.

In a statement emailed to CFJC Today, Trans Mountain says installation of the pipe in the segment beneath the river encountered “technical challenges” that require the entire HDD process to be restarted.

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Trans Mountain expansion may not be economically viable, says think tank report

30/10/20

Author:

David Thurton

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CBC News

Oct 29, 2020

Workers unload pipe to start right-of-way construction for the Trans Mountain expansion project in Acheson, Alta., Dec. 3, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson)

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New report questions Trans Mountain expansion’s ‘Asian markets’ rationale

30/10/20

Author:

Carl Meyer

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National Observer

October 30th 2020

A new study is questioning one of the central rationales for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project — that it would allow Canada to fetch a fair price for its oil.

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Reassessment of Need for the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

29/10/20

Author:

David Hughes

Link:

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

report cover - Reassessment of Need for the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

Production forecasts, economics and environmental considerations

OCTOBER 29, 2020

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Sharmarke Dubow champions climate justice, mitigation through community

29/10/20

Author:

Patricia Lane

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National Observer

Victoria Coun. Sharmarke Dubow gives Maasai visitors a tour of city hall. Photo submitted by Sharmarke Dubow

October 29th 2020

As part of a series highlighting the work of young people in addressing the climate crisis, writer Patricia Lane interviews Victoria Coun. Sharmarke Dubow.

The 1990s were personally tough for me. I spent the decade immersed in action based on climate catastrophe science, trying, and by all accounts failing, to stem the tide. Hardest of all, death and dementia came to my family.

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Canada’s Only Social-Democratic Government Has Been Decisively Reelected in British Columbia

28/10/20

Author:

Derrick O'Keefe

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Jacobin Magazine

New Democratic Party premier John Horgan speaking in Comox, British Columbia, 2017. (BC NDP / Flickr)

Oct. 28, 2020

British Columbia remains the only province in Canada governed by the New Democratic Party (NDP), after the social democrats won a decisive election on Saturday, October 24. Even with several ridings too close to call, and hundreds of thousands of mail-in votes still to be counted, the NDP’s lead is insurmountable, with the party leading or elected in fifty-five ridings, nearly double the BC Liberals’ twenty-nine.

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Top B.C. government officials knew Site C dam was in serious trouble over a year ago: FOI docs

27/10/20

Author:

Sarah Cox

Link:

The Narwhal

Oct. 21, 2020

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Parallels drawn between police action over B.C. pipeline fights, Mi'kmaq fishers

21/10/20

Author:

Carl Meyer

Link:

National Observer

A photo posted to the Secwepemc Virtual Unity Camp Facebook page shows RCMP officers making an arrest last week near the drill site of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. Facebook / Secwepemc Virtual Unity Camp

October 21st 2020

The RCMP's failure to protect Mi'kmaq fishers from intimidation, assault and destruction in Nova Scotia demonstrates how the Canadian state is all too ready to permit or perpetrate violence against Indigenous Peoples, say First Nations groups and B.C. politicians.

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Democratic Socialists of Vancouver Endorse BC Election Candidates

21/10/20

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Democratic Socialists of Vancouver

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Democratic Socialists of Vancouver

DSV ENDORSES …

Sep 30

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British Columbia

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The B.C. Election and the Crises of Capitalism

20/10/20

Author:

Tim Kennelly

Oct. 20, 2020

British Columbia is at the confluence of several crises: the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn; the ongoing housing, homelessness, and drug overdose crises; the climate and ecological crises; and the crisis of colonialism for indigenous peoples, which has been ongoing since the beginnings of settler society.

British Columbia is also in the throes of an election campaign. The election pits the BC NDP led by Premier John Horgan, against the BC Liberals led by Andrew Wilkinson, and the BC Green Party led by Sonia Furstenau.

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