Trans Mountain Expansion

• A look at the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion’s milestones and setbacks over the years

  Here's a look back at the history of the Trans Mountain pipeline, and the milestones and setbacks it has experienced up to now.

  Canada

  Jan 31
  
• Regulator slows Trans Mountain proposal for higher shipping fees

  Canada's energy regulator says it won't rubber-stamp Trans Mountain's higher shipping fees. Those fees are needed to pay off the federally owned project's already ballooning debt.

  Economy

  Aug 8, 2023
  
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• Narrowed price discount for oilsands bitumen should boost cash flows in Q2: Analysts

  Analysts say a dramatic narrowing in the price discount for western Canadian heavy crude last quarter should mean healthy profits for oilsands producers.

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2023
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• Indigenous-led prospective buyer ‘not going away’ even as Trans Mountain costs spiral

  An Indigenous-led initiative is still pursuing ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline, in spite of the project's ballooning price tag.

  Canada

  Mar 17, 2023
• Dead salmon prompt federal fisheries team to inspect Trans Mountain expansion work site

  Trans Mountain crews began permitted work in the Coquihalla River at the start of the month, where spawning salmon have begun their run a few weeks earlier than usual.

  Environment

  Aug 10, 2022
• Woodpecker nest halts construction of Trans Mountain expansion near Bridal Falls, B.C.

  Trans Mountain Corp. says buffer zones around trees and vegetation have been marked with rope signs and flagging tape near where the red-breasted sapsucker was seen nesting.

  Environment

  Jun 22, 2022
• First Nations leaders renew call to stop B.C. pipeline projects as UN raps Canada

  Both pipelines have government permits and approvals from many elected band councils, but neither have obtained consent from all Indigenous peoples whose land they cross.

  Canada

  May 11, 2022
• Indigenous leaders, protesters gather in Vancouver to oppose Trans Mountain pipeline

  Rally planners say this marked the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began that Indigenous leaders have come together to publicly oppose the pipeline.

  Environment

  Apr 9, 2022
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• Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cost climbs 70%, now $21.4B

  The Crown corporation behind the massive project says the total cost has increased 70 per cent from its earlier estimate of $12.6 billion.

  Canada

  Feb 18, 2022
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• Will Ottawa get its money back on Trans Mountain? CER report raises fresh questions

  If Canada's oil production peaks in the next 10 years, it may be difficult for Ottawa to sell the pipeline back to the private sector as Prime Minister Trudeau intended.

  Money

  Nov 26, 2020