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Global climate strike gains thousands of supporters across Vancouver
October 6, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Content warning: mentions of forced assimilation On Friday, September 15, thousands marched across Vancouver as part of a global initiative, Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels, to protest against climate change. The march started at Vancouver City Hall and ended at the Vancouver Art Gallery, where song, dance, and speeches took place. Vancouver’s climate strike joined dozens of countries and hundreds of cities around the world in protesting fossil fuels, pollution, and climate inaction. Co-hosting Vancouver’s strike was the organization Sue Big Oil, an initiative to hold politicians and lobbyists accountable for consequences derived from…
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Western Canada Marine Response Corporation responds to fuel spill on Tsleil-Waututh territory
March 14, 2021Written by: Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer On February 22, the Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC), who work to clean marine spills, responded to a fuel spill on the Burrard Inlet caused by an oil tanker. The spill took place on…
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Forum raises concern tank farm poses “catastrophic” risk
July 9, 2018Written by: Cecile Favron, Peak Associate Dozens of concerned citizens gathered to discuss links between the potential for a devastating fire on Burnaby Mountain and the Kinder Morgan tank farm expansion at Simon Fraser University on June 28. “The…
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BC moves to block Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, provinces square off
February 12, 2018British Columbia moved to block the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion through the announcement of its new plan to limit any diluted bitumen, or dilbit, from entering the province via the pipeline. The announcement prompted a domestic trade war…
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Tanks farms, pipelines, and the safety of the SFU community
November 29, 2016Hidden in plain sight Upon starting your post-secondary studies at Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus, you might not notice at first that it is located above a tank farm. It is tucked away just below the Gaglardi Way and Hastings…
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April 3, 2016Editor's note: The Peak recognizes Burnaby Mountain as unceded Coast Salish territory. However for simplicity we will refer to the land as Burnaby Mountain throughout this article. On top of Burnaby Mountain, SFU could have been a shining example of…
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Pipeline protesters gather despite Kinder Morgan injunction
November 18, 2014Want to add an aural element to your reading experience? Listen to CJSF's recordings of protester singing and interviews: [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/177530713" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" height="100" iframe="true" /] Pipeline protesters gathered once again at survey sites in the Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area yesterday afternoon…
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