Premier Eby tells Carney it's unacceptable B.C. has been cut out of pipeline talks

VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he told Prime Minister Mark Carney "how unacceptable" it was for Alberta and Saskatchewan to talk with the federal government about a potential pipeline without input from his province.

Eby says such treatment would not happen to any other province, adding that he expects Ottawa to include B.C. and Coastal First Nations as full participants in any future talks.

The premier's comments come as the federal government and Alberta are said to be finalizing a memorandum of understanding that could include a pipeline from Alberta to B.C.'s northern coast, along with exceptions to the ban of tankers off the coast.

Eby declined to say what steps his government would take to stop such a pipeline, which he previously said could threaten thousands