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BROKE hosting public pipeline meetings

Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion is hosting two town hall meetings in anticipation of the Sept. 30 deadline to submit comments to the federal government’s pipeline panel. The first meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m.
Kinder Morgan pipeline
The City of New Westminster is concerned about a range of issues related to the proposed twinning of the Trans Mountain Pipeline - including potential impacts on the Brunette River and the fire department's ability to respond to a pipeline-related emergency.

Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion is hosting two town hall meetings in anticipation of the Sept. 30 deadline to submit comments to the federal government’s pipeline panel.

The first meeting is Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. at Forest Grove Elementary. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation will conduct a traditional welcome. Robyn Allan, an economist and intervenor in the pipeline hearing, will speak along with Rueben George from the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Holly Arntzen will perform music. The school is at 8525 Forest Grove Dr.

The second meeting is on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 6:45 p.m. at the Firefighters’ Banquet and Conference Centre. Audrey Siegl from the Musqueam Nation, will lead a traditional welcome. Guest speakers include climate change activist Kate Hodgson and Seth Klein from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Deputy fire chief Chris Bowcock and Dipak Dattani, the city’s deputy engineering director, will be at the event for a joint presentation. The centre is at 6515 Bonsor Ave.

The federal government’s three-person panel already came to Burnaby to collect feedback on Kinder Morgan’s pipeline expansion, but people can still submit comments by email or via an online survey at www.nrcan.gc.ca.