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Arrests and a backhoe put an end to the Camp Cloud saga Story by Kelvin Gawley & Cayley Dobie
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amp Cloud is no more. Burnaby RCMP moved in on the pipeline protest camp outside of the Trans Mountain tank farm at Underhill Avenue and Shellmont Street early Thursday morning. Mounties arrived at about 5:40 a.m.Thursday and removed 11 individuals from the camp. Among those removed, five were arrested and processed before being released on a promise to appear.The NOW was one of only two media outlets to witness the arrests. At a press conference later on Thursday, the Burnaby RCMP said five of those arrested face breach of injunction charges. Tsastilqualus, one of the protesters, said there was panic at the camp when police arrived. “It was hard to stay calm because of the manner that they came in. I mean they came in breaking things down, they had helmets on, they all had guns on them, and we’re peaceful people – there was no reason for that to happen,” she said. Those who resisted, including Tsastilqualus, were taken away in sitting stretchers. “It went very smoothly,” said Burnaby RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Daniela Panesar. “Everything happened really smoothly. There were no injuries, no violence. It went very well.” The eviction of protesters from the camp came six days after B.C. Supreme
Court Justice Geoffrey Gomery granted the City of Burnaby an injunction ordering protesters to remove all structures, shelters and vehicles from the site within 48 hours – a time window that passed on Sunday. Of particular concern to Gomery was the camp’s sacred fire, which had been burning 24-7. “I’m very troubled by the fire,” said Gomery. “I think it’s been approximately a month since the Lower Mainland has seen any rain at all. I’m going to make that order, and I don’t think that there should be any significant delay in putting that fire out.” RCMP announced that a homeless mother and her two children were among those discovered living at the camp. Camp Cloud was set up in November outside the entrance to the Trans Mountain tank farm to protest the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline, which runs from Edmonton to Burnaby. Since then, Camp Cloud has grown from a single trailer to include a two-storey wooden structure, a cabin, an outdoor shower, more than a dozen tents and multiple vehicles and trailers. City of Burnaby director of corporate services Dipak Dattani told reporters the city has been trying for months to get Camp Cloud to abide by city bylaws to no avail. Continued on page 3
EARLY MORNING ARRESTS: Top photo: A man wearing a Camp Cloud shirt is taken away in handcuffs at around 6 a.m. after police raided the camp on Shellmont Street. Bottom photo: A woman known as Tsastilqualus refused to comply with officers so she was put on a stretcher and taken away. PHOTOS KELVIN GAWLEY
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