The National Energy Board has given a green light for an increase of 27,000 barrels of oil to pass daily through the Trans-Mountain pipeline which run from refineries in Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C.
Canada is looking to sell Alberta’s tar sands oil to Asia.
The Tsilhqot’in in British Columbia are back in court trying to stop Taseko Mines from reviving what was supposed to be a dead issue.
The Pickton inquiry continued to hear from Vancouver deputy police chief Doug Lepard who has blamed the RCMP for mishandling the investigation into missing women from the city’s Downtown Eastside.
The Pickton inquiry heard once again Tuesday from the deputy chief of the Vancouver police department.
Former students of residential schools allege a Calgary law firm handling their compensation cases offered them loans at around 30 per cent interest and the option of buying electronic equipment like televisions, sound systems and computers, APTN National News has learned.
Vancouver deputy police chief Doug Lepard is on the stand at the Pickton inquiry.
On Saturday afternoon, a Taseko Mines convoy of trucks and equipment was stopped by an RCMP cruiser on the gravel Nemiah Valley road in British Columbia’s interior.
The Tsilhqot’in nation has launched a lawsuit against the British Columbia government and mining firm Taseko in the wake of the recent decision by federal government to approve a second environmental assessment review for the prosperity mine project.
