Alberta suspends electricity talks with B.C. over pipeline fight

By: Kelly Cryderman & Shawn Mccarthy & Mike Hager, The Globe and Mail | Feb 1, 2018

The battle over the flow of oil to the West Coast has ratcheted up with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declaring that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will be built, and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley suspending electricity-purchase talks with B.C. - a move she says could cost that province almost half-a-billion dollars a year.