Gordon Hoekstra
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Canada fast-tracks $44-billion Alberta to B.C. oil pipeline (opens the original)
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Prime Minister Mark Carney announced today a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to B.C. is a project of national interest. Carney cited its ability to create jobs, diversify away from the U.S. as a trade partner, and boost Canada’s position as a global energy superpower. The estimated $44-billion project, to be named Pacific Link, will terminate at Roberts Bank in Delta. The designation will fast-track the pipeline’s environmental assessment and approval, and could see construction start as earl
Decision to fast-track $44 billion Alberta-B.C. oil pipeline expected Thursday (opens the original)
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Prime Minister Mark Carney made a $1.2 billion announcement on Tuesday to protect West Coast oceans, ahead of an expected decision to fast-track a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to B.C. that could begin construction as early as the fall of 2027. In the announcement, the federal government said it would expand the Canadian Coast Guard’s ability to monitor marine traffic, limit ocean noise, and create a national marine-mammal oil spill response plan, all efforts to support expansion of major p
Former Surrey Police chief asks B.C. Supreme Court to quash his firing (opens the original)
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Fired Surrey police chief Norm Lipinski has asked the B.C. Supreme Court to overturn his termination. The petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Monday by Lipinski’s lawyer, Robin McFee, an expert in labour and employment law, argues the firing of Lipinski by the Surrey police board was unlawful and is invalid. The petition seeks a declaration that the contractual provision used to terminate Lipinksi is void, or that his termination should be set aside because it wasn’t done properly, or it sho
Meet Lorne Doerkson, B.C. Conservative leader who suddenly finds himself gunning for premier (opens the original)
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On a chilly Thursday morning this past week, Lorne Doerkson, a B.C. Interior MLA who is suddenly in the running to be premier, is on the road to the village of Clinton north of Cache Creek. The area, nearly two hours south of Doerkson’s home city of Williams Lake, was hit hard by wildfires this summer. Homes, barns and sheds on more than 120 properties were burned, and more than 600 people had to be evacuated in Clinton and the surrounding areas. Doerkson is getting his campaign started in his r
'We can be a wealthy nation': B.C. hereditary chief explains First Nation's bid for large swath of Vancouver Island (opens the original)
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In March 1778, Capt. James Cook arrived at the village of Yuquot, at the southern tip of Nootka Island off the central west coast of Vancouver Island. It’s the first recorded European landing on the shores of what would become British Columbia. Jerry Jack, a hereditary chief of the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation and whose traditional name is Klakwagiila, says he always tells people this is where his community’s problems started. In late 2024, the Mowachaht/Muchalaht filed a lawsuit in B.C. Sup
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