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Bob McHugh drives the Chuckanut, where scenic splendour is a constant distraction. See Page A9
Campaign trail tarred with ‘gay serum’ rumour BFC mayoral candidate denies any association with party Wanda Chow
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Protestor George Khossil wedges himself under a vehicle on Ridgeview Drive as a member of Kinder Morgan’s survey crew returns equipment to the back seat. The crew was chased from beginning its geotechnical surveying work at one of two bore holes on Burnaby Mountain Wednesday morning by protestors.
Pipeline surveyors ushered off mountain Protestors prevent crew from beginning work Mario Bartel
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Kinder Morgan is considering its next steps after crews attempting to carry out geotechnical survey work on Burnaby Mountain Wednesday morning were rebuffed by protestors. The pipeline company was making its first foray onto the mountain since the National Energy Board ruled last Thursday that
survey crews could have access to route to its Westridge Terminal on sites on the mountain provided Burrard Inlet. they give the City of Burnaby 48 In anticipation of the workers’ hours written notice. The company arrival groups of protestors have issued that notice on been mobilizing at Friday and expected an encampment work to commence built along Stephen Collis, protestor on Wednesday. Centennial Way I don’t know that they’re It said it needs near a spot where going to want to come to complete the Kinder Morgan barging in here in front of a lot of cameras. work to allow it crews planned to to determine if it drill a bore hole will be feasible to drill its proposed into the mountain to take soil and expansion of the Trans Mountain rock samples. Another group kept pipeline through the mountain en vigil at a second site in the woods on
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the mountain’s western slope, where crews had previously cleared a small stand of trees in preparation for the surveying work. Early Wednesday, the protest contingent seemed about equal in size to the media gathered to witness any sort of confrontation. Stephen Collis, a spokesman for the group of protestors calling itself “The Caretakers of Burnaby Mountain,” said that media presence made it unlikely anything would happen. Please see HARD TO SAY, A3
Incumbent school trustee Harman Pandher of the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA) couldn’t believe what he was hearing. While doorknocking last week, the Asian family who answered asked if it was true that students at Burnaby schools were being injected with a drug that would make them homosexual. “I was pretty speechless, you can’t make this stuff up,” Pandher said. “I’m angry at whoever’s putting it out there, but I have to feel sorry for whoever actually believes this.” Since then, he has heard that the people spreading the false rumour are identifying themselves as supporters of the opposing Burnaby First Coalition. “Burnaby First needs to denounce it if it doesn’t represent their party.” It appears the rumour is only being spread in the Mandarin-speaking Chinese community. Please see BFC SAYS WHOEVER’S, A32