Northern Gateway

• RCMP chief breached duty by failing to respond promptly to watchdog report, judge rules

  RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki flouted the law by failing to respond promptly to a watchdog report about alleged spying on anti-oil protesters, a federal judge has ruled.

  Canada

  Jan 11
  
• RCMP collected licence plate numbers of people at United Church meeting, says watchdog

  A report from the RCMP civilian watchdog says police used plainclothes officers to collect licence plate details of people attending a protest workshop at the United Church.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2020
  
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• Watchdog reported on RCMP surveillance of Indigenous-led action in 2017. Mounties never responded

  A federal watchdog put the RCMP on notice three years ago after investigating how it monitors Indigenous-led action. The police force hasn't responded.

  Investigations

  Jul 10, 2020
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• Enbridge to receive $14.7M refund over scrapped Northern Gateway pipeline

  The Northern Gateway pipeline was supposed to connect Alberta's oilpatch to a port in Kitimat, B.C., but the plan came apart when the federal Liberals banned tanker traffic from British Columbia's northern coast.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2018
• CSIS gathered info on peaceful anti-oil groups, but only in pursuit of threats: watchdog

  Canada's spy service collected some information about peaceful anti-petroleum groups, but only incidentally in the process of investigating legitimate threats to projects such as oil pipelines, says a long-secret federal watchdog report.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2018
• Artist takes 20,000-km journey along B.C.-Alberta pipeline route. Both sides are wrong, he says

  "I actually think we can have our cake and eat it," said artist Andrew Wright.

  Environment

  Apr 8, 2018
• Early win for B.C. civil rights group in pipeline protest spying case heading to Federal Court

  The B.C. Civil Liberties Association has won an early victory in what could become a precedent-setting case that asks the Federal Court to rule on whether the Canadian Security Intelligence Service can spy on activists and whether its review body has the authority to issue gag orders to complainants.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2017
• Notley’s outlook for Kinder Morgan pipeline unswayed by B.C. vote

  Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the uncertain outcome of the British Columbia election should not change the fate of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

  Canada

  May 12, 2017
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• Line 3 replacement project approval gets mixed reactions in Sask.

  The $7.5 billion dollar replacement and expansion project will see up to 760,000 barrels a day from Hardisty, Alta. through Saskatchewan and Manitoba and down to Superior, Wisconsin.

  Canada

  Nov 30, 2016
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• Trans Mountain approval prompts anger in B.C.

  The federal cabinet's decision to approve Kinder Morgan Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has prompted a flood of outrage and promises of protests and court challenges in British Columbia.

  Nov 29, 2016