The BC–Alberta Wine Feud Is Creating All Kinds Of Drama

    Pipelines and wine. What fun.

    Lauren Strapagiel
    by Lauren Strapagiel

    BuzzFeed Staff

    Alberta and British Columbia are having a bit of a fight at the moment.

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    Here are the basics. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants to expand the Trans Mountain pipeline. This pipeline would bring bitumen from Alberta to the BC coast, but BC wants to put new restrictions in place that would slow down the project.

    In retaliation, Alberta has moved to block the import of wines from BC. Notley said the province imports 17 million bottles of BC wine every year, so it's not a totally empty gesture.

    It's all been very dramatic, and no one is winning. But on the bright side, Twitter is lit.

    Joey Oberhoffner @oberhoffner

    And to think, after all this time I imagined the great Alberta/BC War would be over who was responsible for Nickelback.

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    First of all, how very Canadian of us to fight this way.

    Lauren Hunter @HunterAtHome

    Failure to pass a pipeline has led Alberta to ban BC wine. In Canada, we're so polite we fight with fruits.

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    And how wonderful that this whole thing is so pun-able.

    Chris Henderson @ChrisHenderson

    It appears trade relations between Alberta and BC have hit a new Merlot. #AbLeg

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    Because what good is a feud without puns?

    Courtney Theriault @cspotweet

    There is no winner in the BC- Alberta #pipewine war. Both sides will feel the champagne.

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    Meanwhile the rest of Canada is over here like:

    Douglas Hunter @DWHauthor

    The rest of Canada watching BC and Alberta

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    Over on Reddit, everyone is just very sorry.

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    "I for one am going to enjoy a nice grass fed Alberta steak with a glass of lovely BC wine tonight," one person wrote, inspiring a whole thread of people wishing we could all just get along.

    Although others are supporting BC wines with a whole host of hashtags like #PinotNotPipelines and #ToastTheCoast.

    Équiterre ONG @equiterre

    🏔🍇> Alberta boycotts British-Columbia wine in reaction to BC opposition to Trans Mountain #KinderMorgan pipeline 🚫>… https://t.co/r1unFaTKVZ

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    Lots of people are sharing their BC wine purchases as a way to take a stand against pipelines.

    Aurore Fauret @uneaurore

    I’m in Montreal, QC and I bought BC wine because I support the opposition to the Kinder Morgan pipeline.… https://t.co/HuEbfvt8jW

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    Others say this is just pitting Big Oil against the small business owners who are part of BC's wine industry.

    Mike Hudema @MikeHudema

    Alberta's #BCWine boycott is about a politician bullying small businesses on behalf of a giant Texas oil company be… https://t.co/XM5TqDIVqJ

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    It's getting feisty.

    brushmeble @Brushmeble

    #toastthecoast. #bcwine #supportbcwine #pinotnotpipelines. Take a drink of this B.C. Wine Alberta premier.

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    And people are wondering if the giant pile of snow currently being dumped on Calgary is merely coincidence.

    Warren Dean @CTVwdean

    Did BC send us this moisture which caused all this snow because of the #BCWine stuff @RachelNotley ?? 🤔 #yycsnow… https://t.co/6A6ZpC7AGl

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    What will be boycotted or banned next? When can we just go back to getting along? Only time will tell.

    KEIRON DUNCAN @KeironDuncan

    BC and Alberta , can't we just all get along?

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