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Opponents relocate quarters Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
Pipeline opponents have vacated Burnaby Mountain but are now camping out at the entrance to Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Marine Terminal. A handful of anti-pipeline activist have been staying in a tent just a stone’s throw from the terminal gates on Bayview Drive. “We’re here to observe and bear witness to what’s happening,” said Victoria resident Sergei Van Hardeveld. Van Hardeveld, who was part of the original Kinder Morgan protests on Burnaby Mountain, said people have been at the new camp 24 hours a day for a couple of weeks. Their large tent is stocked with food and bedding and has crudely fashioned windows with views of the Burrard Inlet. Protesters Page 4
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Standing watch: Sergei Van Hardeveld, at right, is one of the pipeline opponents camping out 24/7 at Kinder Morgan’s Westridge Marine Terminal. Van Hardeveld was part of the original Kinder Morgan protests on Burnaby Mountain. Those camps were vacated last month.
City hopes graffiti plan will gain traction City’s community policing committee wants acid-based graffiti products controlled Cayley Dobie staff reporter
Burnaby’s fight against acid-based graffiti could soon have the support of municipalities across the province following a
motion passed at the community policing committee meeting in December. Members of the committee voted in favour of drafting a resolution requesting the provincial government regulations that would control the access and sale of products used by graffiti vandals in B.C. The resolution would be sent to the Union of B.C. Municipalities as well as the Lower Mainland and Local Government Association.
Graffiti vandalism has been a major concern for the City of Burnaby since 2006 when the mayor’s task force on graffiti was created. The city, along with the Burnaby RCMP, have taken numerous steps to stopping vandals but in late December 2013 and earlier last year, staff noted there had been an increase in acid-based graffiti vandalism. Using acid to vandalize property is especially damaging as it can’t be painted
over or removed. Property vandalized by the acid would have to be replaced, city staff noted. Margaret Manifold, senior social planner, told the committee both the city and RCMP’s education approach to the problem of graffiti vandalism has worked well thus far. As part of the education, staff on the city’s task force on graffiti visited a shop Graffiti Page 8