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Environmental watchdog concerned for land disturbance, spills from proposed oil pipeline

Northwatch says the 3,300-kilometre project could disturb land and water bodies and warns a rupture could release crude oil.

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Not everyone is enamoured with the prospect of a crude oil pipeline coursing through Northern Ontario. While Northern mayors see the local economic spinoffs of a proposed 3,300-kilometre-long pipeline to move Alberta crude oil to refineries in Sarnia, environmental advocacy group Northwatch sees “all risk and no rewards” based on the uncertainties surrounding such a massive infrastructure project.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are pushing for a new 3,300-kilometer pipeline that will extend from Hardisty, Alberta to Sarnia, Ontario.

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Alberta and Ontario have unveiled the proposed route for a 3,300-kilometre pipeline linking the two provinces, capable of transporting the equivalent of 500,000 barrels of crude oil per day. The “Northern Shield” would connect Hardisty, a small Alberta town considered Canada’s main oil distribution hub, to Sarnia, Ontario, which has refining capacity and is directly connected to existing energy and marine infrastructure. Ontario Premier Doug For…

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Northern Ontario Business broke the news on Tuesday, July 7, 2026.
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