71-year-old grandfather climbs tree to protest Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

By Beth Leighton / The Canadian Press
BURNABY, B.C. — A 71-year-old grandfather says he is perched 30 metres up a tree overlooking Metro Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet as he begins a mid-air demonstration against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Speaking from a hammock strung from the branches, Terry Christenson said he selected the tree because it is inside the boundary of the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby, B.C., the facility where oilsands crude arrives by pipeline and is shipped overseas.…

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April 30, 2019

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