Nekaneet Cree Nation Chief Alvin Francis says the Keystone XL pipeline will allow him to pursue long-term financial stability for his 551 registered members.

Canadian company TC Energy needs the permit to continue building the long-disputed pipeline from Canada across U.S. rivers and streams.

U.S. District Judge Brian Morris did not immediately rule following an almost four-hour hearing that also included arguments over whether President Donald’s Trump’s authorization of the border crossing was legal.

Pipeline sponsor TC Energy will need the permit for future construction across hundreds of rivers and streams along Keystone’s 1,930-kilometer route.

Line 3 starts in Alberta and clips a corner of North Dakota before crossing northern Minnesota en route to Enbridge's terminal in Superior, Wisconsin.

North Dakota regulators say the Keystone pipeline leaked more than 9,000 barrels of oil in the northeastern part of the state.

The Trans Mountain pipeline protest movement made its way through the B.C. capital Saturday against the decision to green light the project.

However, in Alberta and Atlantic Canada, more than 60 per cent of survey respondents would support an increase in oil tanker traffic around B.C.'s South Coast.

TransCanada Corporation abandoned the $15.7-billion project more than a year ago, after the National Energy Board modified the environmental assessment process.

Premier Scott Moe believes the impact will be severe on Saskatchewan’s economy.