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This is a photo of the strike, being held outside the Vancouver Art Gallery. Numerous people are gathered outside the gallery, holding signs that show support for the climate protest. The largest signs, placed behind the speakers, read “Frack Free BC.”
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Global climate strike gains thousands of supporters across Vancouver

Olivia Sherman October 6, 2023

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 fracking and oil. The David…

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Western Canada Marine Response Corporation responds to fuel spill on Tsleil-Waututh territory

Dev Petrovic March 14, 2021

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 the Tsleil-Waututh Nation’s territory and…

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Forum raises concern tank farm poses “catastrophic” risk

Cecile Favron July 9, 2018

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 pipeline is proposed to be…

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BC moves to block Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion, provinces square off

EIC February 12, 2018

British 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

EIC November 29, 2016

Hidden 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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EIC April 3, 2016

Editor'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

EIC November 18, 2014

Want 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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