Posted: Mar 13, 2021 4:38 PM PT | Last Updated: March 14
Vancouver Police say two protesters were arrested after allegedly assaulting officers during an anti-pipeline railway blockade early Saturday morning. (Ryan Stelting)
Vancouver Police arrested two protestors Saturday morning after police officers were allegedly assaulted while trying to clear a demonstration that had blocked train tracks in East Vancouver for several hours.
The demonstration began late Friday night when a group called the Braided Warriors blocked a rail line near Renfrew and East Broadway in opposition to the expansion of a crude oil pipeline that extends from Alberta to Wisconsin.
VPD says the group of approximately 30 people violated an existing court injunction obtained by CN Police in 2020 after a similar protest blocked the rail lines for an extended period.
The land assembly on the sloped site is comprised of six single-family homes built between 1938 and 1951, and a single-storey office building constructed in 1960.
The proposal calls for a 12-storey tower at the intersection corner facing East Broadway, and a six-storey podium on the upward slope to the north of the tower along Renfrew Street.
Site of 2406-2484 Renfrew Street, Vancouver. (Studio One Architecture/Epta Development Corporation)
Site of 2406-2484 Renfrew Street, Vancouver. (Google Maps)
There will be 175 secured purpose-built rental homes, with 140 units used as market rental homes and 35 units set aside as below-market rental homes under the city’s Moderate Income Rental Housing Pilot Program (MIRHPP).