BURNABY, B.C. — An 84-year-old retired librarian says she's willing to violate a court injunction and go to jail as she and other anti-pipeline protesters take a stand against fossil fuels by interfering with survey work in Burnaby, B.C.
Barbara Grant joined activists near Burnaby Mountain on Tuesday to demonstrate against Kinder Morgan's proposed plan to nearly triple its pipeline capacity to transport Alberta oil to British Columbia.
Grant says she has the support of her three children and three grandchildren, some of whom have joined the protest as crews drilled two bore holes into Burnaby Mountain before a decision on the project by the National Energy Board.
Grant says she may walk past a no-go line on the mountain later Tuesday and risk being arrested to make a point against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
She says B.C. stands to gain little from any pipeline project that would jeopardize the environment if there's an oil spill from more tanker traffic.
At least 78 people have been arrested since last week, and most of them have been charged with civil contempt.
