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Death threats, graffiti aimed at camp Anti-pipeline protesters on Burnaby Mountain are facing hostility Lauren Boothby
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Although protesters on Burnaby Mountain have been seeing some support from people in the community, hostility appears to be growing toward those staying at the camps outside the Trans Mountain terminal. The Burnaby RCMP is following up with a man after he allegedly issued death threats against occupants of the Indigenous watch house east of Trans Mountain’s tank farm in April, the NOW has learned. Over the weekend, occupants of Camp Cloud also reported their structures were vandalized, with intimidating messages in black spraypaint popping up overnight Friday, telling the group to “go home,” “f*** off” and “protesters not welcome.” In response to a question about escalating action against protesters, Burnaby RCMP said they will respond as necessary. “The RCMP will take appropriate action in response to criminal offences, federal law violations and provincial regulatory offences, within the usual limits of police discretion,” said Cpl. Daniela Panesar in an email statement sent to the NOW.
MESSAGES ON THE MOUNTAIN: Graffiti on one of the tents at Camp Cloud outside Trans Mountain’s terminal on Burnaby Mountain, with the word “not” painted over with a red heart by a resident of the camp. PHOTO LAUREN BOOTHBY
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RODENT CONTROL
You live in the third rattiest city in B.C. Cornelia Naylor
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Low-income renters aren’t the only ones being displaced by big condo tower projects in Burnaby. Rats are also on the move because of heavy building construction in the city, according to pest control company Orkin
Canada. Burnaby ranked third in the company’s Rattiest Cities rankings this year. Only Vancouver and Victoria – at first and second respectively – are rattier, according to the list. The rankings are based on the number of residential and commercial rodent treatments Orkin performed in 2017.
Reasons for the high number of rat calls in certain cities include plentiful water sources, high population densities, older buildings, organic waste programs – and construction, according to the company. “Construction displaces the rats, so they’re going to scatter,” area manager Trine Butler told the NOW. “It doesn’t necessarily mean we’re getting more rats, but you’re
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