Burnaby Now February 4 2015

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Caring for animals in need Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

Staff at the Burnaby Veterinary Hospital spent a recent Sunday providing free care for animals at the SPCA. During the Jan. 25 event, the clinic provided an estimated $20,000 to $25,000 worth of procedures for cats and dogs needing homes. “They have nobody else,” said Claudia Richter, head veterinarian and co-owner of the clinic. “There are just some animals left behind and they don’t get the proper care they need.” Richter, and clinic co-owner Trent McClements, started Vets in Action in 2013, providing a full day of free care for the SPCA. “Our plan was to have a clinic that was really involved in the community and to give back to the community,” Richter said. This past Sunday marks the second time she and her staff have donated a day’s work. They did 11 Animals Page 4

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Canine cuddles: Veterinary assistant Kelsi Williams comforts one of the dogs receiving free care at Burnaby Veterinary Hospital during a special care clinic for animals from the SPCA.

Kinder Morgan drops suit against protesters Jennifer Moreau staff reporter

Kinder Morgan is dropping its multimillion-dollar civil suit against all five Burnaby Mountain protesters and is willing to pay their court costs. Kinder Morgan announced its latest legal move in a Fridayafternoon press release stating the

company has filed a “unilateral discontinuance” of the suit that’s been hanging over the heads of five protesters. Stephen Collis, Lynne Quarmby, Alan Dutton, Mia Nissen and Adam Gold were all named in the suit filed when Kinder Morgan sought an injunction to stop people from interfering with survey work for the Trans

Mountain pipeline expansion. Unilateral discontinuance means Kinder Morgan may have to pay the protesters’ court costs and the suit will be dropped whether they agree or not. Jason Gratl, lawyer for Nissen and Gold, said the news was hilarious. “The timing is not coincidental,” said Gratl, who suspected

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Kinder Morgan would rather pay his clients’ court fees than hand over information he requested on Gold and Nissen. “My clients imposed a (time) limit of Jan. 30 for production of the plaintiff’s documents – all documents dealing with the plaintiff’s communication with their contractors, including their public relations consultants and their private

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