Oil - Pipelines

KAMLOOPS — Trans Mountain has confirmed its pipeline expansion construction schedule within Kamloops has been pushed back.

In a memo addressed to the Canada Energy Regulator dated April 1, Trans Mountain says construction in the Kamloops Urban Area will begin in June, 2020. This is a revision from the previous schedule, which had Kamloops construction beginning this month.

Construction in the Black Pines area is scheduled to begin in August, 2020.

Apr. 5, 2020

The oil industry saw its opening and moved with breathtaking speed to take advantage of this moment

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 April 7th 2020

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Apr. 2, 2020

The company said it expects a peak of 240 workers, including a number of local and Indigenous people, on the job in Kamloops. Trans Mountain said it is working with the Kamloops Accommodation Association to identify interest and capacity at hotels, motels and RV parks

A Kamloops councillor is calling for Trans Mountain pipeline expansion construction to be postponed, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

KAMLOOPS — A Kamloops councillor is calling on federal and provincial officials to call a halt to Trans Mountain (TMX) pipeline expansion construction within city limits.

Denis Walsh says expansion activities are scheduled to begin soon for TMX’s ‘Kamloops Urban Special Project’, which would lay new pipe beneath the Thompson River.

Walsh doesn’t think the project, which will require hundreds of construction workers, is safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MARCH 31, 2020

Trans Mountain says it’s adhering to social-distancing protocols, even as photos emerge appearing to show workers on site within two metres of one another.