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Fest hits all the right notes
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Concertgoers at Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival enjoy the sunshine. This year, organizers estimate about 4,500 people turned out for the event.
Jacob Zinn staff reporter
Fifteen years into the Burnaby Blues & Roots Festival and things couldn’t be better for the city’s annual music spectacle. Jared Bowles of the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts said Saturday’s festival was one of the best that the city has put on, with Deer Lake Park once again serving as a beautiful setting for the all-day event. “We were really, really pleased with everything,” said Bowles, who estimated attendance at 4,500 people, about the same as last year. “We had a great turnout, the weather was perfect, the bands were awesome and everything went according to schedule. “Every year, we have different challenges with anything happening outside in the elements, but it was almost flawless this year. It was fantastic.” Show stealers included Irish song-
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stress Imelda May and Canadian altrock trio Wide Mouth Mason, who gathered quite the midday crowd at the Westwood Stage, while headliners Big
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Sugar and New Brunswick folk artist Matt Andersen wowed the audience as the sun set. “It was just a great day,” said Bowles.
“What more can you ask for?” Check out our review of the show and photos from the outstanding performances on page 12.
KINDER MORGAN SAYS IT HAS THE RIGHT TO WORK ON BURNABY MOUNTAIN
City launches legal challenge over access Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
The City of Burnaby is launching a constitutional challenge with the National Energy Board in the legal battle over Burnaby Mountain, while Kinder Morgan is arguing federal law gives it the right to work on the land. The city’s lawyer, Gregory McDade, is calling for a fair hearing on the issue.
“The idea that in the 21st century that the federal government can just bulldoze through a community deserves some debate,” he told the NOW. Kinder Morgan wants to survey Burnaby Mountain for a proposed route for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but the city, which is opposed to the project, has not yet granted the company permission to do so. Kinder Morgan has two outstanding applications filed with
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the city, which is waiting on more information before making its decision. Much of Burnaby Mountain is cityowned land and a designated conservation area. In late July, Kinder Morgan sent a letter to the NEB, arguing it had the right to work on Burnaby Mountain, according to the National Energy Board Act. The city’s main counter-argument, filed last week, is the act should not override
local jurisdiction and bylaws. “The constitutional question is: Can the company just pick any place they want and get (access) automatically or do they need to comply with municipal rules and bylaws,” McDade said. “This isn’t just a property issue. Where they are trying to build a helicopter pad and do drilling is in a conservation area – that would contravene municipal bylaws. … This is Pipeline Page 4
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