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Anti-pipeline activists mark one year of treetop occupation in Burnaby

Anti-pipeline activists mark one year of treetop occupation in Burnaby

Tim Takaro first ascended the trees of the Brunette River Conservation Area on August 3, 2020. Over a year later, he and other protesters still occupy the treetops. Takaro, an SFU professor and retired physician, is one of the leaders of StopTMX, the group behind the lengthy treetop protest of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. "We have to stop building new fossil energy infrastructure or we are going to face even more death and destruction than we've already seen," Takaro said.