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ELEPHANTS AND TIGERS, OH MY!
Dageraad owner Ben Coli’s twins Louise, left, and Oscar were dressed for the occasion on Sunday at Dageraad Brewing’s Halloween-themed pumpkin/beer event. The family-friendly event included an afternoon of pumpkin carving, candy, grilled cheese from Cheeses Crust, cider and, of course, beer. Coli called the event a smash hit, with about 100 people stopping by. In all, about 40 pumpkins were carved, he added. For more photos from the event, go to www. burnabynow.com. PHOTO CHUNG CHOW
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Mayor says oil boss tried to bully him By Tereza Verenca
tverenca@burnabynow.com
Kinder Morgan Canada tried to bully the City of Burnaby, according to Mayor Derek Corrigan. Corrigan said Ian Anderson, the company’s president, stopped by his office last Wednesday “to complain” about the permitting process around the $7.4-billion
Trans Mountain expansion project. He told the NOW Anderson put pressure on him “to do something.” “I explained to him that I can’t interfere. ... It’s a regulatory function,” the mayor said. “He was disappointed. He basically told me he was going to go to the NEB, and I said, ‘Well, you’ve had success there on almost every occasion. I’m not surprised you’re going there, but I don’t see any rea-
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son for the National Energy Board to intervene. Our staff are doing their job.’” An interview request with Anderson has yet to be returned. The next day, Oct. 26, the Texas-based company announced it has asked the NEB to proceed with construction in Burnaby without local permits. In a statement, Kinder Morgan said it spent “many months” working “in good
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faith” to obtain municipal permits – efforts that were “without success.” “The city’s failure to act in a timely manner raises serious issues of jurisdiction that we are compelled to bring to the board’s attention,” read the statement. Kinder Morgan said its doors remain open to the City of Burnaby and it “would
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