British Columbia's request for an injunction against Alberta's so-called turn-off-the-taps law is to be heard in a Calgary courtroom today.

During a simulcast on Global News Radio in Vancouver and Edmonton, both sides tried to find common ground.

"It's two kids kicking sand at each other in the sandbox, and we know the outcome," said the head of Tourism BC.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says it's "just dumb" that the Canadian economy is losing millions of dollars a day because the province can't get its oil to world markets.

A Manitoba senator says a proposal by Alberta's United Conservatives to pick up the legal tabs of pro-pipeline First Nations is an example of age-old ``divide-and-conquer'' tactics.

The federal Opposition leader is suggesting the Liberals have no intention of beginning the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion before next year's election.

Former U.S. vice president Al Gore says the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is destructive and should be stopped.

Deep price discounts for western Canadian heavy crude have convinced Husky Energy Inc. to reduce production from its oilsands operations. 

The B.C. government will be filing a reference case in connection to the dispute over the Kinder Morgan pipeline by April 30. Alberta's energy minister calls it continued "political games."

Economic damage will extend far beyond the fuel budgets of British Columbia residents if Alberta successfully enacts a bill allowing it to restrict oil and gas exports, observers say.