{"id":773580,"date":"2026-07-01T15:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/773580\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:48:18","slug":"alberta-planning-post-canada-day-pipeline-announcement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/773580\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta planning post-Canada Day pipeline announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY \u2014 It\u2019s the Alberta government\u2019s self-imposed deadline to submit its proposal for a new West Coast oil pipeline to the federal major projects office. <\/p>\n<p>But since it\u2019s Canada Day, the province is waiting a day to make what it calls a \u201cmajor announcement,\u201d while Energy Minister Brian Jean is also set to deliver a speech at the Calgary Petroleum Club on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to be in Alberta this week as well, with the Calgary Stampede set to begin on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>The Alberta government is acting as proponent for a plan to ship up to one million barrels a day to a yet-to-be-determined B.C. port, with no private-sector builder coming forward yet. <\/p>\n<p>The major projects office was set up a year ago to speed along infrastructure deemed in Canada\u2019s national interest. <\/p>\n<p>The province has said it aims to have shovels in the ground in September 2027, with pipeline startup in the mid-2030s.   <\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 1, 2026.    <\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Halifax as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=halifax.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778170930_778_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 It\u2019s the Alberta government\u2019s self-imposed deadline to submit its proposal for a new West Coast oil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-773580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}