Federal Court of Appeal rules Trans Mountain pipeline challenges will be heard

The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled six of 12 requests for permission to challenge the second approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline project will move ahead on an expedited basis. The ruling was announced just after noon Wednesday. It says the allowed challenges are limited to the narrow issue of the adequacy of the consultation with Indigenous Peoples and related issues. The federal government has twice approved a plan to twin an existing pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast. Last year, t