A new Alberta oil pipeline to B.C. is a step closer to reality
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A new Alberta oil pipeline to B.C. is a step closer to reality

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 1, 202627 min
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A new pipeline carrying Alberta bitumen to southern B.C. has been declared a project of national interest. Ottawa will fast track approvals and consultations for the West Coast Pacific Link – drawing praise from industry and pushback from some First Nations and environmental groups. Also: New details of the botched execution of Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike. And: Canadian Joshua Kutryk is among four astronauts on a joint NASA-SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. Plus: India celebrates the “hero” pilot credited with preven...

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This is a CBC Podcast. I'm proud to announce that the Government of Canada is officially listing the West Coast pipeline, now known as Pacific Link, as a project of national interest. A first under the Carney Government's Building Canada Act, a project designed to take Alberta

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