High Bar First Nation signs agreements with owner and operator of proposed pipeline expansion project – CFJC Today Kamloops
Jan 6, 2026
CLINTON, B.C. — A First Nation north of the Village of Clinton has signed a pair of agreements with an energy delivery company that has a proposed pipeline expansion project crossing into its territory.
Llenllenéy’ten (High Bar) First Nation (HBFN) announced it signed a relationship agreement and project benefits agreement with Westcoast Energy Inc. (Enbridge). The agreements were signed on Nov. 27, 2025, but the announcement was made in a news release issued Tuesday (Jan. 6).
HBFN was involved in a Canada Energy Regulator hearing regarding Enbridge’s Sunrise Expansion Project. According to the regulator, the project involves building nearly 137 kilometres of 42-inch diameter natural gas pipeline, with new stretches of pipeline proposed to be built near Williams Lake, south of 100 Mile House and near Savona.
