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.

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.

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'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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Justin Trudeau is approving Kinder Morgan's proposal to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby, B.C.