Truce called, wine flows again, in B.C.-Alberta trade war over pipeline
VICTORIA — The Alberta government accepted an olive branch from British Columbia and suspended its ban on the province’s wine Thursday in a dispute over the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley took the step after B.C.’s John Horgan said his government will ask the courts if it has the right to protect its environment by restricting diluted bitumen shipments through the province.
“I think it is fair to say that in a small way today B.C. blinked,” Notley told reporters at the legislature in Edmonton.
“B.C. is stepping back from the brink and abiding by the law, and this is a good thing.”