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WEDNESDAY
APRIL 16 2014 www.burnabynewsleader.com
The sun came out for some tropical fun on Saturday at Swangard. See Page A3
BCA votes to protect incumbent politicians Mass member sign-ups deemed unfair Wanda Chow
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Lucas Fleming and Andrew Burden make their feelings known about Kinder Morgan’s plan to expand its pipeline at a rally at Westridge Park on Saturday. They’re afraid the pipeline will run right underneath the path they walk to school.
Protesters rally against pipeline project Mario Bartel
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It was unseasonably warm Saturday when more than 300 people rallied against the proposed expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline and climate change at Westridge Park. The rally was a waypoint in a march that started earlier at Forest Grove Park. It followed about six kilometres of the pipeline’s planned route through North Burnaby to Westridge Marine Terminal. At Westridge, protesters met a flotilla of like-minded people aboard boats
in Burrard Inlet. Wilderness Committee, Sustainable But first they caught their breath, SFU and even the Vancouver Folk and a lot of sun, at the park. The Song Society. park is steps away from Many carried signs that homes that were coated in said “Big oil is killing us,” or crude oil when a construction “Clean water worth more to crew pierced Kinder Morgan’s us over dirty oil.” Some wore pipeline in 2007. costumes. One had black The rally was organized by charcoal smeared over his Burnaby Residents Opposing face and arms to symbolize STEWART Kinder Morgan Pipeline an oil slick. Expansion (BROKE). But Kennedy Stewart, the it attracted representatives from MP for Burnaby-Douglas, said environmental groups like the the rally sends a strong message to Vancouver Ecosocialist Group, the National Energy Board as it
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prepares to begin public hearings into Kinder Morgan’s application to expand its pipeline from northern Alberta to Burnaby. “It’s the people of the community standing up and saying we’re going to be listened to,” said Stewart, who’s been an outspoken critic of the project. “There’s no more fooling the public.” Stewart said the ever-changing pipeline route is evidence that public opposition is having an effect.
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The Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA) has taken steps to protect incumbent candidates from being knocked out by mass sign-ups of new party members. The decision was made at its annual general meeting last month. In it, incumbents who choose to run for re-election for mayor, council or school board have been endorsed and will not have their nominations challenged. Openings created by someone stepping down will be contested as in the past. That includes large numbers of new BCA members recruited specifically to vote in a particular candidate. It’s that strategy that the move is meant to counteract. BCA president Gord Larkin said in an interview that all incumbents went through a vetting process with the party’s executive. The decision to endorse the incumbents passed at last month’s AGM with 75 to 80 per cent of the vote. Larkin said Coun. Richard Chang will not be running for council again. Please see PEOPLE, A4