trans mountain pipeline
Activists protest recent TMX agreement at Burnaby City Hall
February 10, 2025By: Olive Visser, Peak Associate Content warning: brief mention of violence against an Indigenous person. On January 28, climate activists and community members gathered at Burnaby City Hall to oppose the city’s recent community contribution agreement with Trans Mountain Corporation. The agreement involves an expenditure of $20.1 million from Trans Mountain to support the development of “emergency response and safety planning” for the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project (TMX). It also prevents the city and Trans Mountain from speaking negatively about each other. The federal government purchased the Trans Mountain expansion project in 2018. Many have criticized its parallels to…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: May–June
May 22, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Arts in the Garden Where: 13 garden spaces in the North Shore When: May 27 and May 28, 12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. What better way to spend a sunny day than at a community…
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Hug the mountain protests against Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
August 22, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer On May 7, members of climate organisations such as Save Old Growth, Protect the Planet, and SFU350 formed a human chain around Burnaby Mountain to hug the mountain. The protest aimed to create awareness…
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What to know what’s wrong with policing? Compare the treatment of Indigenous land protectors to the trucker convoy response.
August 3, 2022By Olivia Visser, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of police brutality and anti-Indigenous violence Police shouldn’t take public stances on political issues, yet they do on a regular basis. Beyond displaying on-duty support for controversial symbols like the thin blue line,…
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What Grinds Our Gears: The gondola getting more attention than the pipeline expansion
March 10, 2021by Madeleine Chan, Opinions Editor Ever since a Burnaby Mountain gondola seemed like a very real possibility, broadcast news, web, and social media have been non-stop. Their focus is valid, not having ignored Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP) issues for…
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