Episode 15: Line 5

<p>It's been nearly 70 years since construction finished on what we now know as the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline. For decades, the pipeline has been sending oil from western Canada to Sarnia for refining. </p> <p>And it did so largely outside the attention of most Canadians. </p> <p>But that changed when Michigan Governer Gretchen Whitmer gave Enbridge a deadline to shut the pipeline down. </p> <p>That deadline came and went this week, with Enbridge saying that it will not shut the line down without a court order. </p> <p>So why is the battle over this pipeline so important?</p> <p>That's what the Blackburn News Podcast set out to learn in this episode, hosted by Craig Needles. </p>