"It's ridiculous that it's taken over three years now fighting for the costs to be covered for an oil spill in our harbour," said Mayor Gregor Robertson.
As a country we have often found accommodation on issues that strain the national fabric, but on carbon pricing we get only grenades and firewalls, writes Tim Harper.
First Nations court challenges that allege inadequate consultation and seek to overturn federal and B.C. approval of the $7.4-billion Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion have been overshadowed by recent debate on federal and provincial powers to regulate oil transport.
The leader of a union representing about half of B.C.'s First Nations, supported by two of Metro Vancouver's largest cities, vowed on Monday to continue protesting the Kinder Morgan pipeline.
