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[UPDATED] Kinder Morgan attempting to ban anti-pipeline protesters

Company suing protesters, seeking injunction to keep opponents away from survey work
Burnaby Mountain
Karl Perrin, a member of BROKE, chats with another protester at the makeshift camp on Centennial Way Wednesday, before the face off between Kinder Morgan and the anti-pipeline protesters.

UPDATE: The hearing for the injunction was adjourned till Wednesday, Nov. 5. More than 100 people packed the courtroom last Friday, and the defendants have raised more than $16,000 through an online crowdsourcing site to help cover their legal fees.

Anti-pipeline protesters are scrambling, trying to find lawyers for a Friday afternoon hearing, now that Kinder Morgan is seeking an interim injunction banning them from Burnaby Mountain and beyond.  
Kinder Morgan, which needs to resume survey work for a new route for the Trans Mountain pipeline, served five protesters with legal papers Thursday afternoon.
"Just to let you know that Kinder Morgan served papers this afternoon on myself, as a representative of BROKE, and several others to stop us from protesting on Burnaby Mountain in the Conservation Area, Drummond's Walk Stoney Creek and elsewhere," wrote Alan Dutton, a member of Burnaby residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion, in an email.
The legal move follows Wednesday's heated confrontation on Burnaby Mountain, where protesters shouted foul language at Kinder Morgan workers, driving them out of the woods when they showed up to work. One protester then chained himself to the underside of their work vehicle.
The NOW contacted the Trans Mountain media line, and the person answering was not able to provide any information about the legal papers.
The NOW spoke with SFU microbiology professor Lynne Quarmby, who was among the protesters on the mountain Wednesday. Quarmby was among a handful of people served and summoned to appear in court on Friday.
"It's a bullying tactic. I have been standing in a public park. I have not trespassed. The RCMP have been by to chat with us. No one said a word to us about trespassing. Kinder Morgan is claiming we're trespassing," she said.
Quarmby, who was trying to line up a lawyer Friday morning, said she was served with three inches of paper. According to Quarmby, Kinder Morgan is seeking an injunction and suing for damages, interest and lost costs. There's also a claim of assault mentioned in the papers.
BROKE has found a lawyer, according to Dutton, but the group will need to raise money to cover the legal costs.
"Once again we see that Kinder Morgan is attempting to block our access to our land and against Burnaby bylaws," Dutton wrote. "We need to rise up and stop this travesty and protect our rights to freedom of assembly."
The people served are Dutton, Quarmby, Stephen Collis, Mia Nissen and Adam Gold. There is a group of unknown protesters also names in the suit. The type of application Kinder Morgan is seeking will prevent anyone from protesting against the pipeline work.
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