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OctOber 18 2013 www.burnabynewsleader.com she’s been nominated for three junos and wrote the score for a youtube sensation that’s out of this world. and now she’s coming to the shadbolt. See page A18
Three concussions too many, family says Wanda chow
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benjamin Zielinski is one of two greenpeace protestors chained to the entrance gate at Kinder morgan’s westridge terminal in north burnaby on wednesday.
Greenpeace protest shrouded in fog Mario bartel
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Greenpeace has plenty of experience throwing a protest. In more than 40 years of environmental activism, members of the international organization have sailed ships into stormy waters to stop whaling, scaled landmarks, buildings and bridges to unfurl huge banners and bring attention to their various campaigns. They account for every contingency; protestors wear
appropriate safety equipment, sites are chosen for maximum visibility, spokespeople are available to tell their story. But one thing a group of 16 Greenpeace activists who infiltrated Kinder Morgan’s Westridge terminal in North Burnaby early Wednesday morning didn’t plan for was the fog. As two protestors, Keith Stewart and Benjamin Zielinski, sat on the cold, dewy pavement chained to the terminal’s main entrance gate, the
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rest of their colleagues scaled the facility’s two huge storage tanks to unfurl banners and paint a message, while others attached themselves to equipment like the main pumping station that moves crude oil that has traveled through Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to tankers in Burrard Inlet. The only problem was, for most of the morning nobody could see them as the inlet was shrouded in heavy fog. 4x1.25_book_drive_ad_final.pdf The activists entered the facility in
the pre-dawn, said Stewart, to “send a message to the Prime Minister and Premier [Christy] Clark that the coast is not for sale.” The group is against efforts by Kinder Morgan and another company, Enbridge, to expand their pipelines through British Columbia to ship Alberta crude oil to markets overseas. The protest was timed to coincide with Wednesday’s Speech from the Throne in Ottawa to open Parliament, said1:20 Stewart. 1 12-03-05 PM Please see GreeNpeAce prOteSt, A3
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A family and coach are calling for an increased focus on safety and preventing head injuries after a Burnaby teen suffered his third soccer-related concussion last month. Burnaby Selects under-16 goalkeeper Jayden Maharaj, 15, was playing in a match against SurreyGuildford United on Sept. 28 “A low cross came in and I went to pick it up and I had it in my hands and a few seconds later a player on the other team ran into me.” The other player was bigger and his shoulder went into Jayden’s head, twisting him around. “It was a dirty tackle, it should’ve been a red card but it was only given a yellow.” Jayden recalled after being hit he couldn’t move and was having trouble opening his eyes and keeping them open. He couldn’t stand up on his own and was walked off the field after a few minutes. “My mind was just racing even though my body was motionless,” he said of those first moments after the hit. “I was just scared because I knew this might be the one that might end my career.” It was Jayden’s fourth concussion. see behAvIOur, A3