‘Protesting grandpa’ arrested after trying to snorkel into Burnaby pipeline facility

By Kelvin Gawley / Burnaby Now
Terry Christenson, 71, has previously scaled trees to protest Trans Mountain project

A self-styled “protesting grandpa” wearing a wetsuit and snorkelling mask was arrested early Wednesday morning as he tried to sneak onto a barge and climb a crane at the Trans Mountain pipeline’s Westridge terminal. Terry Christenson, 71, planned to unfurl a banner from the top of the crane reading “No tankers,” according to a press release from protest group Stand.earth.…

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July 10, 2019

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