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What we know about Air India plane crash so far

2025/6/12
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Alberta, Canada's main oil producer, seeks to diversify its oil export destinations due to trade challenges with the US. Premier Danielle Smith proposes a new pipeline to the Pacific coast, aiming to bypass US restrictions and tariffs. The plan includes a carbon capture project and hopes for private sector investment.
  • Alberta's plan for a new crude oil pipeline from Alberta to the Port of Prince Rupert.
  • Challenges in past pipeline projects due to barriers and regulations.
  • The existence of the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement despite trade tensions.
  • Alberta's efforts to improve trade relations with the US.
  • The potential for a referendum on Alberta's independence from Canada.

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A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 people crashes in a residential area shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India. We hear from Anita Mendiratta, a specialist on aviation.

And we look at how the premier of the Canadian province of Alberta - the landlocked neighbour of the United States - has put forward plans for a new crude pipeline from the province to the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia to export through the Pacific.