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Pumped up for pumpkins
Fall fling:
Grade 1 student Reuben Chase (middle) brandishes a prized pumpkin at a temporary pumpkin patch set up at South Slope Elementary/ B.C. School for the Deaf Wednesday.
Cornelia Naylor staff reporter
Kids at South Slope Elementary and the B.C. School for the Deaf (BCSD) took home pumpkins from their very own temporary patch Tuesday, thanks to a pair of enthusiastic parent organizers. Chris and Daniella Revitt, whose three daughters attend South Slope, organized a full-on fall festival on the school’s allweather playing field, complete with scarecrows, hay bales, hot chocolate, popcorn, music, bubble machines and 350 pumpkins dotted across the field. The Halloween celebration was made possible with about $1,000 in grants from South Burnaby Neighbourhood House and a few South Burnaby Vancity branches that pitched in. One reason for bringing the patch to the school was accessibility, according to Chris Revitt “There’s a lot of kids with disabilities and in wheelchairs,” he said, “and we’ve taken our own kids to pumpkin patches, and you know it’s just a mud fest. So they
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would never access that.” South Slope and BCSD principal Janice Nakatsu said parent involvement is
always a boon to schools. “It’s very nice having parents on board to organize the majority of the event,” she
said. “When there’s buy-in from parents, it’s just a bigger and better event. It was a lot of fun.”
Pipeline foes clash with Kinder Morgan Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
It was a tense Wednesday morning on Burnaby Mountain, as protesters faced off with Kinder Morgan work crews hoping to resume survey work for a new pipeline route through the conservation area. A group of roughly 40 peaceful protesters stood waiting on Centennial Way, ready to block the company’s work crews, while numerous media outlets and Burnaby RCMP stood by.
Kinder Morgan crews turned up at a clearing in the woods where the company wants to drill for soil samples. Protesters were already set up there, and more converged when word spread that Kinder Morgan was on the scene. “I’m a little bit surprised they showed up. They knew there was a lot of people here,” said Stephen Collis, an SFU professor and spokesperson for the protesters. “They are still forcing their way in. It’s the ultimate act of arrogance.” The Kinder Morgan workers were
accompanied by security, and it appeared some were either filming or taking photos. They parked on Pandora Street and approached from below, avoiding the group uphill on Centennial Way, and delivered a notice stating the company is authorized by the National Energy Board and the Federal Court of Canada to conduct work on the land. The protesters shouted – some using abusive language – before the workers left. Some protesters followed them out of the woods, and according to Kinder Morgan’s Greg Toth,
set up on Pandora Street. “One of them climbed on our vehicle and blocked our vehicle,” Toth said, apologizing to local residents for the disruption. The protester in question chained himself to the underside of the vehicle. Toth said the company is going to reassess what the next steps are, but he was not surprised by today’s events. “The protesters have been fairly forthcoming with their plans that they are Kinder Morgan Page 8
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