Canada

(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – August 9, 2018) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is frustrated and outraged with the $1.9 billion increase in estimated construction costs for the planned Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project released by Kinder Morgan yesterday.

'I'm standing here by myself saying he's not welcome here,' activist says

 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a Liberal Party barbecue in Delta, B.C., on Sunday. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press)

August 2nd 2018

Federal public servants never analyzed the full impact of a national price on carbon in Canada's most populous province, and are now holding additional meetings as a result of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's election, a senior federal official revealed Thursday.

John Moffet, assistant deputy minister at Environment and Climate Change Canada’s environmental protection branch, confirmed that the federal system had been counting on Ontario’s cap and trade regime to do the heavy lifting.

Arrests come one day after two women sentenced to 7 days in jail for blockading construction

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GRANDMOTHER TAKEN INTO CUSTODY TO SERVE 7 DAYS IN JAIL FOR OPPOSING TRANS MOUNTAIN PIPELINE

Laurie Embree of 108 Mile Ranch was arrested in June and is the first of nine to face jail time as activists vow increased resistance on Burnaby Mountain

No Means No Crudeau!” Rally Builds Solidarity Across West Coast

While Trudeau Vacations in Tofino

Tofino - Since becoming Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau has vacationed in

Tofino for the past three summers. West-coasters are disappointed and upset with

Trudeau for approving and spending billions of taxpayer dollars to buy the Trans

Mountain tar sands pipeline. The pipeline would increase oil tanker traffic on the west

Laurie Embree of 108 Mile Ranch was arrested in June and is the first of nine to face jail time as activists vow increased resistance on Burnaby Mountain