{"id":784211,"date":"2026-07-06T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784211\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T16:40:10","slug":"premiers-smith-ford-unveil-proposed-west-east-oil-pipeline-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784211\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiers Smith, Ford unveil proposed west-east oil pipeline route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<br class=\"clr\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"posted\">By Canadian Press on July 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/caebc716962e7b574c788cb700a6e33cc7110217897afef52df9e3c838f8f711-400x256.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford cook pancakes at the annual Stampede breakfast in Calgary, Monday, July 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jeff McIntosh<\/p>\n<p>CALGARY \u2014 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Ontario Premier Doug Ford have unveiled a route for a proposed west-east oil pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>The two premiers say it would stretch 3,300 kilometres from Hardisty, Alta., to refineries in Sarnia, Ont., without crossing the U.S. border.<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario government says the line would move 500,000 barrels of crude per day and help reduce Canada\u2019s need to import refined oil.<\/p>\n<p>Ford joined Smith to make the announcement at the Calgary Stampede, after the two leaders were up bright and early flipping pancakes at Smith\u2019s annual premier\u2019s breakfast.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed pipeline stems from an agreement Ford and Smith made at last year\u2019s Stampede to study an energy corridor connecting the two provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has said the proposal has his support and would generate revenue needed to invest in health care, education and public safety.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s announcement comes days after Smith proposed another new pipeline route from her province to the British Columbia coast.<\/p>\n<p>That pipeline is at the heart of an energy deal Smith signed with Prime Minister Mark Carney, and Ottawa is expected to decide by October whether it will be fast- tracked through the federal review process.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>13<br \/> -12\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<br class=\"clr\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Canadian Press on July 6, 2026. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford cook pancakes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-784211","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\/784211","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=784211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}