• B.C. First Nations file legal challenges to feds’ Pacific Link pipeline decision

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-11-02 22:44:54.0
  Tags: [National, British Columbia, Alberta, Infrastructure, Energy, Environment, Indigenous, Resources]

  First Nations in British Columbia, including the Tsartlip First Nation, Boston Bar First Nation, Cheam First Nation, Lower Nicola First Nation, Kwantlen First Nation, Kwikwetlem First Nation, Skeetchestn Indian Band, St’at’imc Nation, and T’Sou-ke First Nation, have filed eight separate legal challenges in Federal Court against the federal government's decision to grant national interest designation under the Building Canada Act to the proposed Pacific Link oil pipeline. The multibillion-dollar project, carrying an estimated price tag between $35.2 billion and $42.7 billion, is designed to run from Alberta to B.C.'s coast mostly following the Trans Mountain pipeline route and would include more than 500 river crossings, raising environmental and fishing rights concerns among First Nations over potential impacts to Fraser River wild salmon and Salish Sea tanker traffic. The legal applications argue that Prime Minister Mark Carney's government and the federal major projects office failed in their statutory duty to meaningfully consult Indigenous communities during the three-month review process.

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• LNG Canada expansion gets go-ahead, as Carney set to highlight 'historic investment' in Canadian energy

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-09-29 11:13:02.0
  Tags: [National, British Columbia, Energy, Environment, Resources, Economy]

  Shell Canada Energy confirmed a final investment decision to move forward with the multibillion-dollar LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, British Columbia. The expansion project involves a joint venture including Shell Canada Energy, Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation, and Korea Gas Corp. The development is projected to roughly double the production and export capacity of liquefied natural gas from 14 million to 28 million tonnes annually. Prime Minister Mark Carney highlighted the development as a historic investment in Canada's energy sector, though environmentalists and critics raised concerns regarding increased natural gas extraction emissions, fracking-induced earthquakes, and climate impacts.

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