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EDMONTON -- Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is urging United States President-elect Joe Biden to reconsider his reported decision to block the Keystone XL pipeline extension when he takes office on Wednesday. On Sunday, CTV News reported Biden planned to sign an executive order to scrap the US$8 billion-cross-border pipeline that would transport 830,000 barrels of oil from Hardisty, Alta. Source

Unifor members have voted to approve General Motors Canada's plan to invest $1 billion in an electric vehicle plant in southern Ontario. The national union's 1,900 Local 88 members voted online Sunday on a tentative deal with the automaker to transform GM's CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont. Source

INGERSOLL, ONT. -- Unifor members have voted to approve General Motors Canada's plan to invest $1 billion in an electric vehicle plant in southern Ontario. The union's 1,900 Local 88 members voted online Sunday on a tentative deal with the automaker to transform GM's CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont. Source

INGERSOLL, ONT. -- Unifor members at CAMI Assembly in Ingersoll, Ont. made it official Monday by ratifying an agreement to convert the plant to Canada's first electric vehicle manufacturer. "We got a ratified deal which is fantastic," says Mike Van Boekel, Unifor Local 88 plant chair. Source

Last week, the Alberta government was still hoping to convince the new U.S. administration of the benefits of building the Keystone XL pipeline — jobs, energy security and post-pandemic stimulus among them. Whether or not they got to make their pitch, it may not matter much now. Source

LONDON -- Trucks owned by U.K. shellfish firms descended on Britain's Parliament Monday to protest the Brexit-related red tape they claim is suffocating their businesses. About a dozen large lorries - one bearing the words “Brexit carnage!” - drove past the Houses of Parliament in central London and parked outside Downing St. Source

A timeline of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project: July 2008: TC Energy Corp. -- then called TransCanada Corp. -- and ConocoPhillips, joint owners of the Keystone Pipeline, propose a major extension to the network. Source

OTTAWA -- Transport Canada has announced that it will allow the return of Boeing Max aircraft to service in Canadian airspace on Jan. 20, concluding the government's review process. The planes will be permitted to fly as long as they meet conditions specified by Transport Canada in December, including allowing pilots to disable a faulty warning system that was found to be central to the crashes in 2018 and 2019. Source

Boeing's 737 Max has been approved to fly again in Canadian skies starting Wednesday, ending a 22-month grounding following a pair of fatal overseas crashes that cost 346 people their lives and did serious damage to the company's reputation. Source

OTTAWA -- The annual pace of housing starts in December fell compared with November, according to Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. The monthly seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts for all areas in Canada, excluding Kelowna, B.C. Source