This message, "cleaned" into the cement, appeared at various spots around Vancouver on Monday. It makes reference to the province’s Gateway Program - a green house gas emitting monster project of highway expansion.
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Hundreds attended two rallies this weekend to support the Livable Region strategy and oppose the gateway program.
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The “step it up” climate change rally in Vancouver, BC drew hundreds of supporters.
An overflowing crowd packed the East Delta Community Hall to hear speakers call for a stop to the South Fraser Perimeter Road, Deltaport Expansion and a halt to the province’s “Gateway Project.” Organizers estimated that close to a thousand people came to at least part of the rally.
Sphere: Related ContentThe recent Vancouver Sun editorial (“Gateway is important for our future economic well-being” March 22nd) repeated the big lie that Highway One expansion is necessary to accommodate truck traffic volumes.
In actual fact only 10% of the traffic on the Port Mann bridge is truck
traffic. If the other 90% of drivers were given viable public transit
options there would be more than enough room for truck traffic on the
existing bridge.
Protesters seemed to outnumber supporters at Olympic flag lighting ceremony in Vancouver. In the public viewing area the chants of the protesters drowned out the speakers for most of the ceremony. People chanted “Homes not Games,” “No Olympics on Stolen Native Lands,” and “No Justice, No Peace.”
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Betty Krawczyk was sentenced to 10 months in prison today for her involvement in protests against highway expansion at Eagleridge Bluffs. When observers of the proceedings attempted to ask questions about the extraordinary security measures in place, the court security responded by locking down the courts for almost two hours.
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CBC Radio is reporting that Harrie Hahanee has died. Perhaps she will be remembered as the first person to die as a result of protesting development around the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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At least 25 people braved the monsoon rains to participate in the “Stop Cooking the Planet” event outside Kevin Falcon’s breakfast speech. Kevin Falcon, BC’s transportation minister was discussing plans to increase BC’s greenhouse gas emissions by building more freeways.
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