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City of Burnaby issues eviction notice to pipeline protest camp

Some residents of the Forest Grove neighbourhood are asking the City of Burnaby to remove two protest camps at gates of Trans Mountain’s terminal on Burnaby Mountain.

Camp Cloud. Photograph By LAUREN BOOTHBYSome residents of the Forest Grove neighbourhood are asking the City of Burnaby to remove two protest camps at gates of Trans Mountain’s terminal on Burnaby Mountain. Protesters parked a camper van dubbed “Camp Cloud” outside the gates of the terminal last fall. Since then, that camp has grown to include two campers, one large main structure, a cabin, and several small tents. Another structure, the “carving cabin,” currently under construction. Photograph By LAUREN BOOTHBY

The City of Burnaby has issued an eviction notice to the Camp Cloud protest camp outside the Trans Mountain pipeline tank farm on Burnaby Mountain.

The notice is ordering campers to immediately take down the entire camp, including trailers, wooden structures, a shower and a two-storey carver’s cabin currently under construction, according to city manager Lambert Chu.

Chu said the city has been unsuccessful in bringing the camp under compliance, as it continues to violate multiple bylaws. He said previous requests for campers to snuff out a ceremonial fire have become more urgent now that there is a fire ban in place.

He said the city is seeking legal advice to determine what it can do to enforce the eviction notice. Chu said he is unsure if and when the Burnaby RCMP would be called in to forcibly remove protesters.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled that both Camp Cloud and the nearby Watch House have the right to remain on Burnaby Mountain.

Earlier this week, Mayor Derek Corrigan told the Now that the city was readying to crack down on Camp Cloud.

“This has gone far beyond simply peaceful protest to a point where people in the community, justifiably, have had enough,” he said.

Campers said they would not comply with requests to put out their fire or take down structures.

Police were on scene when bylaw officers gave the notice to campers this morning simply to keep the peace, according to an RCMP spokesperson.

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