Kinder Morgan resumes work after Burnaby Mountain protesters arrested

21/11/14
Author: 
Jenny Uechi and Mychaylo Prystupa
Sut-lut, a a Sḵwx̱ú7mesh elder who started the sacred fire onsite and contributed a wooden carving to the camp site, has been arrested.

RCMP arrested 14 protesters on Burnaby Mountain this morning and are enforcing Kinder Morgan's injunction against pipeline opponents (according to activists, the number of protesters arrested is closer to 20). Kinder Morgan crews are now reportedly back at work on the mountain. 

"I'm really sad. I've been fighting tears all morning," said Lynne Quarmby, an SFU scientist who is one of six citizens that Kinder Morgan has filed a multi-million dollar civil suit against.

"The injustice of it all. I know police are doing what they need to do. It's just the whole process is unjust."

"These are really good people who are really the leaders of our society...They're leading the way for the society we need to go, and they're being arrested," she said.