The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday, March 25, edition that Premier Danielle Smith has cast doubts about meeting deadlines in Alberta's memorandum of understanding with Ottawa, involving the building of a new oil pipeline to Canada's West Coast. The Globe's Jeffrey Jones writes that Ms. Smith says there is progress on two of four provisions set to be finalized by April 1, but the other two -- involving issues of carbon pricing and a CO2-capture project in the oil sands -- remain unresolved. Talks are ongoing. Under the MOU, Alberta's industrial carbon price will eventually increase to $130 per tonne in exchange for Alberta being exempted from federal clean electricity regulations. The MOU laid out a plan to have the Pathways project in Northern Alberta built by 2040 to achieve emissions reductions at date-specific intervals. That proposal came under new opposition on Tuesday, when a group of first nations leaders and members of rural communities said they had formed a coalition to fight the proposal, citing health and safety concerns. The group No CO2 Pipelines Alberta opposes a 600-kilometre pipeline that would transport carbon dioxide for underground storage, impacting indigenous and farming communities.