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Hearings into Keystone XL pipeline begin in Nebraska
APTN National News Hearings into the Keystone XL pipeline started Monday in Lincoln, Nebraska. If approved, the $8-billion pipeline will carry oil from Hardisty, Alberta, down to Oklahoma, and Texas....
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Some First Nations welcoming, but cautious about NDP’s help to kill Trans...
Laurie Hamelin APTN National News At least one First Nation in British Columbia is welcoming the government’s help to stop the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline, but at the same time, the Musqueam...
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Gambler First Nation finds the oil deal it was looking for
Kevin Nepitabo APTN National News Gambler First Nation in Manitoba has known its sitting on oil for years but finding the right deal to get it to market wasn’t there. That seems to have changed. “We...
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Canadian oil firm hit by occupation as Peru faces warning of wider Indigenous...
Jorge Barrera APTN National News Hundreds of Indigenous people have reportedly seized oil facilities operated by the subsidiary of a Canadian company in Peru’s Amazon region amid warnings of a wider...
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First Nation against proposed oil project where the buffalo roam
Chris Stewart APTN News Members of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation are against a proposed massive oil expansion project they say is in the heart of their traditional hunting grounds. It’s also...
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Two faith leaders arrested in Kinder Morgan protest
(RCMP officers stand over Emilie Smith moments before the Anglican priest was arrested. Photo: Lucy Scholey/APTN) Lucy Scholey Tina House APTN News Emilie Smith knelt on the pavement with her head...
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B.C. asks court to affirm right to protect environment from heavy oils
Tina House APTN News British Columbia’s fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is heading to court with the New Democrat government seeking affirmation that it has the right to protect...
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Kinder Morgan pipeline debate is dividing First Nations, B.C. chief says
Emma Paling HuffPost Canada The debate over Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is breaking down relationships between Indigenous groups, according to the chief of one B.C. First Nation....
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Political reaction swift to Canada’s decision to spend $4.5 billion on Trans...
Annette Francis APTN News While the federal government believes the $4.5 billion purchase of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline is good for Canada, federal opposition parties don’t quite agree....
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Trudeau says he won’t use ‘tricks’ to ram through pipeline construction
The Canadian Press Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pouring cold water on Alberta’s suggestion that the federal government use legislation or a court appeal to get construction started quickly on the...
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