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Protests play out on social media mario bartel
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Squamish elder Sut-Lut is escorted into the injunction zone by Burnaby RCMP so she can tend to the sacred fire that has been allowed to burn near the Kinder Morgan worksite on burnaby mountain.
Life on protest line settles into routine mario bartel
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Every morning Sut-Lut, an early childhood educator from the Squamish nation, climbs out of an RCMP police vehicle behind the protesters gathered at the yellow tape across Centennial Way that marks the court-ordered work zone for Kinder Morgan survey crews. An officer gently hooks her arm in his and escorts her through the throng and past the tape. A few minutes later she returns to fetch two volunteers to join her.
The ritual is a marked contrast built by protesters from being to Sut-Lut’s first encounter with extinguished. Her effort was RCMP on Thursday, when she was rewarded with her hands behind her one of dozens of back and plastic protesters arrested zap straps around as police enforced her wrists. Staff Sgt. Andy LeClair, rCmP the injunction that Four days into I wasn’t sure what this was had been in place the protests at the going to look like. But... I’ve since last Monday. injunction zone on been thoroughly impressed. She laid herself on Burnaby Mountain, a “protector totem” each side of the being carved by First Nations’ yellow tape has fallen into a routine. artists to prevent it from being The protesters gather at the moved and a sacred flame burning corner of Centennial Way and at the month’s long encampment Burnaby Mountain Parkway at
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10:30 a.m. Names are recorded in a binder of those willing to walk underneath the tape and get arrested for civil contempt. The group then marches up the hill to the line. On the other side of the tape, the police stand shoulder to shoulder awaiting their arrival. Relations between the two sides are, for the most part, cordial. When it’s raining, as it was on Monday, everyone is just trying to stay dry.
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As anti-pipeline protesters make their daily trek up Centennial Way to join those keeping vigil at the site where survey crews from Kinder Morgan are taking soil and rock samples, their fight is being played out on social media to the world. #BurnabyMountain has been one of the top trending topics on Twitter since Burnaby RCMP began enforcing the injunction restricting where protesters could go on Burnaby Mountain. That means it’s one of the most talked about topics in the country, surpassing other popular subjects like the American Music Awards (#AMAs2014) and even #BuffaloSnowstorm. The protesters’ Facebook page, Burnaby Mountain Updates, had more than 10,000 likes as of Monday. The protests’ social media presence has been fuelled by a number of protesters, supporters and media who are working their fingers furiously on their mobile devices, posting live updates, photos and videos as each day’s events play out. please see Some, A3