Documents presented in private consultations with local communities show three potential paths, one starting near Fort McMurray, Alta. and the other two starting near Fort Saskatchewan, just northeast of Edmonton. The documents identify six ports in northern B.C. to which a pipeline could extend. All of the six fall under the federal tanker ban. The Alberta government did not answer questions about whether the routes are currently under consideration. (CBC News, The Logic)

Talking point: Alberta has not yet publicly disclosed the exact routes it is evaluating for its proposed one-million-barrel-per-day oil pipeline. It aims to submit its proposal to the federal Major Projects Office by July 1. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and industry experts have argued that a pipeline terminating at a deep-water port, such as Prince Rupert, would let Alberta crude be loaded onto the largest oil tankers, reducing shipping costs to major growth markets such as India. By comparison, the marine terminal serving the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion can only accommodate mid-sized tankers.