{"id":775441,"date":"2026-07-02T12:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775441\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:40:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:40:13","slug":"alberta-premier-smith-set-to-announce-details-of-west-coast-oil-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/775441\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta Premier Smith set to announce details of West Coast oil pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CALGARY \u2014 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to give details today about her government\u2019s proposed million-barrel-a-day oil pipeline project to the West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Smith inked an agreement with Prime Minister Mark Carney last fall.<\/p>\n<p>Their memorandum of understanding pledges to pave the way for a bitumen pipeline to the West Coast.<\/p>\n<p>It is tied to progress on a major carbon capture network by the province\u2019s biggest oil producers.<\/p>\n<p>Smith\u2019s announcement comes as the province prepares to hold a referendum this fall on separating from Canada.<\/p>\n<p>She says the deal with Ottawa can prove Canada can work, but those pushing for the province to quit Confederation say it cannot fix long-standing grievances.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 2, 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 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is expected to give details today about her government\u2019s proposed million-barrel-a-day oil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775442,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-775441","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\/775441","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=775441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}