Pipeline TidbitsTidbit #1 CGL under attack. Millions of dollars in damage. Tidbit #2 TMX costs soar. Government will not fund the gap. What a chitshow.
>>>RCMP say they're investigating a "violent confrontation" at a pipeline construction site involving an unidentified group of about 20 people who allegedly threatened Coastal GasLink (CGL) employees and attending officers..."They confronted the employees, threatened them with axes and flares and other incendiary-type devices."...RCMP said the road was blocked with downed trees, tar-covered stumps, wire and boards with spikes. They say as they made their way along the road, people threw smoke bombs and fire-lit sticks....Further down the road, police say, there was extensive damage to heavy machinery and buildings. CGL said there was "millions of dollars in damage" but it is still estimating the final cost. Brown said the attackers used machinery at the site to damage buildings and the drill pad at the site. When officers arrived to investigate that damage, the attackers had already left, he said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-coastal-gaslink-bc-violence-investigating-1.6356257
>>>Cost of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion soars 70% to $21.4 billion...The federal government said Friday it will not put more money toward the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in spite of a newly disclosed price tag for the project that comes in 70 per cent higher than expected. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday that Trans Mountain Corporation — the Crown corporation that owns the massive oil pipeline — will need to secure third-party funding to complete the project, either through banks or public debt markets.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion-calgary-1.6357174