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The North Vancouver RCMP says it is preparing to apprehend the protesters hanging on a Vancouver bridge since Tuesday morning
"The RCMP is apprehending and detaining expel protesters who were suspended at Iron Workers Bridge, "Mounties said in a tweet. " Public safety is the priority, both for the protesters and for the police. "
Now performing at the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge where a dozen people form an "air blockade" in opposition to #TransMountain the left is the police, or some kind of specialized tactical team.You do not know who do you call for this kind of police intervention? pic.twitter.com/xuVuQuZPhq
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Seven people were hanging under the Ironworkers memorial bridge overhead. Burrard Inlet, forming what they call An "Air Blockade" to Prevent The Blockade, organized by Greenpeace Canada, is the latest in the ongoing efforts of the opposition against the pipeline expansion project that would have protesters hung at the Memorial Bridge. Ironworkers, blocking an oil tanker. They were protesting against the expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline. pic.twitter.com/prVANwSjdv
Among those who hang under the bridge is Will George of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation. The nation has already challenged the pipeline's expansion through formal regulatory processes, courts, and through public gatherings.
"I will do whatever it takes for people to know that this pipeline will not be built," George said in a telephone interview.
George said that he used to swing in the air after spending 18 years cleaning up the skyscrapers of downtown Vancouver
He said that by being part of the air blockade, he was giving the example to his son. the opposition of his community to the pipeline expansion.
The twinning of the Trans Mountain pipeline will almost triple its capacity, estimated at 890,000 barrels per day, and increase tanker traffic off the coast of British Columbia to 34 oil tankers a month, rising from about five. ]
"It does not bother me to stand aside and let it be known that tar sands bitumen will not go through my water, especially over 400 tankers a year. George said. 19659002] The seven people hanging in the hammocks are badisted by five people on the podium above. George said that when he heard the traffic on the bridge above him on Wednesday, he thought of everyone who was going to work for the day.
"They choose to live here because they like that And I'm here to protect what they like."
A tanker is waiting to leave
The blockade group said that he had managed to prevent an oil tanker from getting to sea. Anchored in Burrard Inlet, not far from the bridge, is a tanker called the Serene Sea. The blockade group said the tanker was due to leave for China on Tuesday.
A group of people hanging under the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge over Burrard Inlet in Metro Vancouver during a demonstration against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. (Chantelle Bellrichard / CBC)
A spokesman for Kinder Morgan said the tanker had been filling up crude oil at the Westridge Marine Terminal and that he was expecting suitable conditions at his location. designated mooring at the Port of Vancouver.
The spokesperson then wrote, in a statement sent by email, that the company respects the rights of people to demonstrate peacefully.
" It is unfortunate that the actions of these individuals caused disruption to ships and individuals transiting to and from the waters east of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge." , read the statement. The Port of Vancouver said it was monitoring the situation closely and that deep-sea vessels and other people can not go under the bridge when protesters are in place.
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