Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have announced the route for a proposed 3,300-kilometre pipeline to transport oil from Western Canada to refineries in southern Ontario.
The west‑to‑east crude oil pipeline project, dubbed the “Northern Shield Energy Corridor,” would extend from the town of Hardisty in east-central Alberta through Regina and Winnipeg and on to Sarnia, Ont., Ford said at a July 6 press conference with Premier Danielle Smith.
The premiers made the announcement in Alberta, where they were attending the Calgary Stampede.
The pipeline project stems from an agreement Ford and Smith made at last year’s Stampede to explore an energy corridor linking the two provinces. Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan signed a memorandum of understanding weeks later….