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  1. The Pipedreams Project wins grand prize, people's choice at Revelstoke Mountain Roots film festRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Revelstoke Times Review

    ... Faroe Des Roches and Ryan Vandecasteyen.A The film featured the story of three friends kayaking 900 kilometres from Kitimat to Vancouver in opposition to the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal.A Leaving the city behind for ...

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  2. B.C. First Nation reviews its Enbridge dealRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Red Deer Advocate

    ... the 43 B.C. and Alberta First Nations located along the proposed 1,177-kilometre pipeline route from Bruderheim, to Kitimat, B.C. a 10 per cent equity stake in the project, worth about $400 million. The Canadian Press contacted the more than 20 B.C. ...

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  3. Alberta-B.C. pipeline will break new groundRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Headwaters News

    Alberta-B.C. pipeline will break new ground The Northern Gateway pipeline proposed by Enbridge to move crude from Alberta's oilsands across British Columbia to a port in Kitimat, including a stretch through the Great Bear rainforest, one of the largest remaining virgin tracts of temperate rainforest in the world.

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  4. First Nation reviews its Enbridge dealRead the original story

    15 hrs ago | The Chronicle Herald

    ... B.C. and Alberta First Nations located along the proposed 1,177-kilometre pipeline route from Bruderheim, Alta., to Kitimat, B.C. a 10 per cent equity stake in the project, worth about $400 million. Enbridge spokesman Paul Stanway won't name the 20 ...

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  5. Catching out EnbridgeRead the original story

    18 hrs ago | The Galloping Beaver

    My friends and colleagues over at Tidal Station have taken the time to chop into the "marine plan" issued by Enbridge for their northern gateway pipeline transfer terminal at Kitimat.

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  6. Labour federation opposes pipelineRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Journal of Commerce

    The Alberta Federation of Labour is opposing construction of the Northern Gateway pipeline from the Alberta oilsands to Kitimat, British Columbia on the grounds that the construction jobs would only be "transitory," higher oil prices would result and jobs in refining would not be created in Canada.

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  7. Court ruling compels Ottawa to protect killer-whale habitatRead the original story

    22 hrs ago | Globe and Mail

    ... Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, which would see a new twin pipeline running from near Edmonton to a port at Kitimat, would result in some 225 tankers a year plying B.C.'s North Coast. And yes, killer whales live there. As uncomfortable as it is, ...

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  8. Canada welcomes China's investment in oilRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    ... that would overlook Enbridge's proposed tanker facility. The proposed pipeline would take oil to the nearby city of Kitimat, B.C., where tankers would transport the oil to China. Opponents fear pipeline leaks and a potential Exxon Valdez-like ...

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  9. Vancouver protesters denounce pipeline projectRead the original story w/Photo

    Aug 31, 2010 | Canada.com

    ... Gateway pipeline project, which would introduce hundreds of oil tankers into B.C. waters. Another rally was held in Kitimat. Members of ForestEthics demonstrate against Enbridge Inc. in downtown Vancouver on Tuesday, Aug. 31 as the energy company ...

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  10. B.C. First Nation reviews its Enbridge deal, others consider equity offersRead the original story

    Sunday | The Globe and Mail

    ... B.C. and Alberta First Nations located along the proposed 1,177-kilometre pipeline route from Bruderheim, Alta., to Kitimat, B.C. a 10 per cent equity stake in the project, worth about $400-million. The Canadian Press contacted the more than 20 B.C. ...

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  11. Regulator approves Enbridge pipeline tollRead the original story

    Friday Jan 27 | Canada.com

    ... thin the tar-like resource, an increase from 200,000 bpd. Enbridge has proposed a second condensate import line from Kitimat, British Columbia to Alberta, running parallel to its Northern Gateway pipeline project which would ship oilsands to the ...

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  12. Yaffe: Economic development will benefit First NationsRead the original story

    Apr 10, 2011 | Canada.com

    ... on or near their traditional lands. He specifically lauded the Haisla First Nation, which has become a partner in a Kitimat liquefied natural gas project "that will deliver training, employment and rich economic and social benefits to the community ...

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  13. Ontario First Nation wins injunction to stop gold drillingRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Feb 10 | The Toronto Star

    ... Rupert to support Hartley Bay First Nation's opposition to oil tankers coming in to their coastal community near Kitimat, the proposed destination of the pipeline. Judge Brown ruled she is mindful of Wahgoshig's position that refusing to enjoin ...

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  14. If pipeline can't go to Kitimat then we'll re-examine Rupert, says Enbridge CEORead the original story

    Friday Feb 10 | Lake Cowichan Gazette

    ... the best solution for Canada, but our information and our engineering studies and environmental studies suggest that Kitimat is the best location," Daniel said during an interview with Reuters in China. The company did include a plan for having the ...

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  15. Enbridge won't sweeten dealRead the original story

    Thursday Feb 9 | Canada.com

    ... the best. The $5.5-billion Northern Gateway would run 1,177 km from oil-rich Alberta across the Rocky Mountains to Kitimat on British Columbia's Pacific Coast. At Kitimat, the oil would be loaded on supertankers and shipped to the Pacific. Enbridge ...

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  16. Enbridge confident pipeline will be builtRead the original story

    Wednesday Jan 25 | Canada.com

    ... - estimated to take two years - for the $5.5-billion, 1,177-kilometre pipeline, which would run from Alberta to Kitimat, B.C. As part of that process, the company must consult with 45 native communities along the proposed route. Daniels said he ...

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  17. Stalling the development of natural resourcesRead the original story

    Friday Feb 10 | Coast Reporter

    ... concerns over this pipeline could be resolved if the pipeline were terminated in Prince Rupert instead of Kitimat. Oil tankers then would be accessing our western terminus on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and not at the end of the narrow and ...

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  18. Why Kitimat is key to Canada-Asia energy relationsRead the original story

    Thursday Feb 9 | The Japan News .Net

    Eyes across North America are on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's meetings in China, but the president of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada says it's the community of Kitimat on the British Columbia coast that is the one to watch to gauge whether the two countries can nail down a deeper energy relationship.

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  19. China Investment Deal in Canadian Oil Sands a Sell Out, Says Party LeaderRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Feb 9 | The Epoch Times

    ... of a consortium that is helping fund the regulatory and development costs of Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat, British Columbia, where tankers would take oil to Asia. Sinopec's money comes in exchange for guaranteed shipments via the ... 13 comments

  20. Celia Brauer: First Nations' right to stop a pipeline: A watershed moment for all of usRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Feb 9 | The Georgia Straight

    It has been an intense few weeks since the proposed Enbridge pipeline hearings kicked off in Kitimat on January 10.

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