Seven activists arrested on Kinder Morgan barge

This activist-submitted photo shows seven people on Kinder Morgan’s drilling barge Monday morning with an anti-Kinder Morgan banner. The Burnaby RCMP arrested seven people Monday for boarding the barge, which the company is using to conduct underwater drilling for soil samples. Photograph submitted to Burnaby Now.

Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby Now, January 18, 2016

Police have arrested several activists that occupied a Kinder Morgan drilling barge near the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby Monday morning.

According to anti-pipeline activist Adam Gold, two protesters boarded the barge Sunday and stayed overnight. More protesters arrived to join them and bring supplies Monday morning. That’s when police showed up and removed the group.

Activists claim they’ve “shut down” Kinder Morgan’s geotechnical operations in Burrard Inlet

Xenoa Skinteh indicated his displeasure with the barge in Burrard Inlet before direct action took place today. Photo submitted to Georgia Straight.

by Charlie Smith, The Georgia Straight, January 17th, 2016

Activists have issued a news release claiming that they’ve seized a drilling barge near Westridge Marine Terminal. Around noon, it was boarded by two activists.

“Under the consent of Tsleil-Waututh Hereditary Chief Tulsii’m Kia’palanexw and Wei-Wai-Kay Hereditary Chief Geh-Soh-Giliach, Gigamaie, work crews contracted by Kinder Morgan undertaking offshore geotechnical operations on the Burrard Inlet by Westridge Marine Terminal, were shut down at approximately noon this morning by Hereditary Chief Geh-Soh-Giliach, Gigamaie and Xenoa Skinteh,” the news release states. “Both people were involved in the Autumn Resistance of 2014 on so called Burnaby Mountain.”