The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Wednesday, Nov. 30
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NOTLEY TO HEAD TO B.C. TO SELL PIPELINE MERITS: Alberta Premier Rachel Notley will head to B.C. next week to promote Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Notley says she wants to respond to opponents who link the pipeline to the issue of climate change and an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. She says her government’s climate change leadership plan has effectively delinked those issues. Notley’s government has passed, or is in the process of passing, sweeping changes to environmental, electricity, and tax rules to reduce Alberta’s greenhouse gas emissions and move toward renewable energy sources. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that federal approval of Trans Mountain would not have been possible without Alberta’s plan.
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