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Trans Mountain expansion

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PHOTOS: Vancouver's Kinder Morgan expansion protest

More than 300 people piped up against the pipelines at a Trans Mountain expansion rally in Vancouver, B.C. on Wednesday afternoon.
Stephen Collis, Vancouver, Poetry, Burnaby Mountain, Kinder Morgan

Poetry against the pipelines

"I’ve written about the desire for change in a world that is already rapidly changing — in ways that alarm us, or at least should alarm us."
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Oil spill in Burrard Inlet could cost Vancouver up to $1.2 billion: UBC report

A major oil spill in the Burrard Inlet could cost the city up to $1.2 billion in lost economic opportunities, according to a new UBC report. The UBC Fisheries Economics Research Unit...