By Ashley Joannou and Wolfgang Depner British Columbia Premier David Eby and First Nations have thrown up a wall of opposition to a proposed northern oil pipeline, after Alberta and the federal government signed a memorandum of understanding to work toward making it a reality. Eby said that the pipeline proposal was a distraction that had already cost B.C. another investment opportunity, dubbing it a potential “energy vampire” draining federal, Indigenous and provincial resources. He spoke in Victoria with most of his NDP caucus cheering him on from the steps of the B.C. legislature on Thursday. The memorandum of understanding, signed hours earlier by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary, commits Canada and Alberta to working toward a northern pipeline to B.C.’s coast, with Alberta…
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