A new Alberta oil pipeline to B.C. is a step closer to reality

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A new pipeline carrying Alberta bitumen to southern B.C. has been declared a project of national interest. Ottawa will fast track approvals and consultations for the West Coast Pacific Link – drawing praise from industry and pushback from some First Nations and environmental groups. Also: New details of the botched execution of Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike. And: Canadian Joshua Kutryk is among four astronauts on a joint NASA-SpaceX mission to the International Space Station. Plus: India celebrates the “hero” pilot credited with preventing a Flydubai crash; Canada, the U.S. and other G20 nations talk trade in Milwaukee; and pollution alert! Would you wear a gadget that warns you of bad air?