Pipeline protesters return to Burnaby Mountain despite 26 arrests … – Vancouver Sun

November 21, 2014

METRO VANCOUVER – From his perch 10 metres up a tree, a lone protester held the last vigil on Burnaby Mountain, alternately taunting police and asking them not to Taser him because he’d fall out and hurt himself.

For hours, Jakub Markiewicz held not only the police at bay but also survey workers from Kinder Morgan, who want to puncture the mountain’s tough skin to find out if they can bore a new oil pipeline through it.

It was at this place that Kinder Morgan’s hopes for a new Trans Mountain pipeline has met the fiercest public opposition. The company has applied to the National Energy Board for a permit to twin its Alberta-B.C. line, and wants to carry out exploratory drill holes.