WASHINGTON—A U.S. judge has ordered Enbridge Inc. to pay an indigenous band in Wisconsin US$5.1 million and to remove the Line 5 pipeline from its property within three years. The decision late Friday by district court Judge William Conley stops short of immediately shutting down the controversial cross-border oil and gas line. Conley says a…

The continued operation of Line 5 is “non-negotiable,” says Alberta’s energy minister. The comments come after a Michigan judge ruled in favour of Enbridge Inc. on Aug. 18, in the company’s long-running dispute with the state over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline. Judge Janet Neff said the case belongs in federal court, marking the second time in…

Commentary We may soon need to lay Ottawa to rest, following its decision to deny itself the necessities of life. The fateful die was cast last month after the Enbridge energy company made what it believed to be an urgent and uncontroversial application to the Ontario Energy Board to replace a corroded 65-year-old natural gas…

The price of natural gas is set to increase in Ontario starting July 1, the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) says. The OEB said Thursday that has approved Enbridge Gas Inc.’s June 3 application to increase the rate due to shortages in North American natural gas supplies and “uncertainty in the global energy landscape.” OEB also…

WASHINGTON—The federal government is once again urging a Michigan judge to keep Line 5 operating while it works with the United States on negotiating an end to the impasse over the controversial cross-border pipeline. Gordon Giffin, the former U.S. ambassador to Canada who is serving as Ottawa’s counsel of record, filed a fresh amicus brief…

WASHINGTON—Enbridge Inc. and the state of Michigan are facing off in court once again in the latest chapter of the ongoing Line 5 pipeline saga. In new court documents, state Attorney General Dana Nessel is reprising her argument that the dispute over the cross-border gas line belongs in state court. And Calgary-based Enbridge says Michigan’s…

WASHINGTON—Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. scored a key victory in the Line 5 dispute Tuesday as a judge in Michigan rejected the state attorney general’s bid to get the dispute over the cross-border pipeline kicked out of federal court. U.S. Circuit Court Judge Janet Neff issued the long-awaited written ruling late Tuesday, agreeing with Enbridge that its…

Court documents filed by the federal government say planning is well underway for bilateral talks in the dispute over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline. A proposed motion filed last week in U.S. District Court in Michigan says the first formal negotiating session between the two countries will happen “shortly.” Canada decided last month to invoke…

OTTAWA—Canada is formally invoking a 1977 pipeline treaty with the United States in a bid to prevent Michigan from turning off the taps to Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline. Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said in a statement Monday that the transit pipeline treaty “guarantees the uninterrupted transit of light crude oil and natural gas liquids…

WASHINGTON—Ottawa is stepping up its fight with Michigan over the fate of the Line 5 pipeline. The federal government filed court documents today to formally oppose Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s effort to shut down the cross-border energy link. Whitmer has given Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. until Wednesday to shut down Line 5—a demand the company says it…