PoliticsWest Coast pipeline: Carney, Smith announce next steps as decision deadline arrives

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are set to announce next steps Thursday at 11 a.m. ET in Fort McMurray, Alberta, as Ottawa faces a deadline to decide whether the proposed West Coast oil pipeline should receive a national-interest designation. The project could carry up to one million barrels of Alberta crude a day to British Columbia’s coast.