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‘It’s part of their gamesmanship’: mayor Kinder Morgan threatens to pull out of pipeline expansion if it doesn’t get ‘clarity’ by the end of May Lauren Boothby
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Kinder Morgan is asking for “clarity” from the provincial and federal governments by May 31, or it says the Trans Mountain pipeline extension will not be built. CEO Steve Kean told investors Monday the company needed “final clarity” to go forward with the pipeline, with assurance they could complete construction efficiently through British Columbia without the “threat” of additional requirements from the provincial government. Proposed restrictions on transporting diluted bitumen and the B.C. government’s consistent vocal opposition to the project have created uncertainty around its viability, he said. “Given where we are, we cannot change the season in Canada when we can do certain work.We need that clarity by May 31.That’s what it is.We don’t think of it as something that is extendable,” he said. “We have been successful in our court actions to date, but we can’t build a project in a courthouse.” Continued on page 3
ON GUARD: President of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, centre, was among the Indigenous leaders who led a blockade at the
gates of Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby terminal on Saturday. On Sunday, Kinder Morgan announced it was halting non-essential work and spending on the pipeline expansion project until it could guarantee it would be able to complete construction efficiently through British Columbia. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
THE CHANGING CITY
Three more towers proposed for Metrotown Lauren Boothby
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The skyline at Metrotown could continue to rise should three new highrise buildings be approved, removing four three-storey walk-ups and 211 units of housing in the process. Council reviewed a series of preliminary
rezoning requests Monday night, including applications to build highrise residential buildings at 4960 Bennett St., 5900 Olive Ave., and on the shared property of 6366 Cassie Ave. and 6433 McKay Ave. All four existing buildings were built in the ’60s. Several similar properties in the Metrotown neighbourhood have been purchased and redeveloped into highrise luxu-
ry condominiums following changes to the Burnaby’s Metrotown Downtown Plan last year. The proposals are still in the initial stages and will return to council at a later date with further details prior to first readings and public hearings. Mayor Derek Corrigan said it’s too early to come to any conclusion about these pro-
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posals but noted that owners of older buildings in Metrotown may find holding on to them difficult as their taxes increase with the value of land, without the ensuing increase in value of the building. “It’s a situation that happens in all different areas, and you can stall development as we’ve done in Metrotown for many years, Continued on page 8
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