The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday, Nov. 13, edition that a key executive in charge of Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline is retiring, dealing a blow to the company's efforts to build support for the project in British Columbia. The Globe's Jeff Lewis writes that Janet Holder, who served as executive vice-president of Western access, is leaving Enbridge effective Dec. 31, the Calgary-based company said in a statement Wednesday. Ms. Holder was put in charge of the $7.9-billion oil pipeline in 2011. She was featured in a series of television commercials touting her B.C. roots and the project's benefits. Enbridge said the project would continue under the leadership of project president John Carruthers. Ms. Holder's departure comes two months after Enbridge said the pipeline was unlikely to start in 2018 as originally planned. The controversial project, approved last December by a panel of federal regulators, would transport up to 525,000 barrels a day of oil sands-derived crude oil to a new supertanker port at Kitimat, B.C., giving Canada's oil industry its first major access to Pacific markets. Enbridge shares shed 29 cents to close Wednesday in Toronto at $51.94.