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The City of Burnaby plans to turn to the courts and police to dismantle an anti-pipeline protest camp on Burnaby Mountain, where protesters refused to obey a city eviction order Saturday.

After the eviction order’s 72-hour deadline lapsed at 6 a.m. — with no police or city officials at Underhill Avenue and Shellmont Street to enforce it — protesters at “Camp Cloud” held a news conference where they reiterated their plan to stay put.

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On Wednesday, city officials ordered them to immediately remove all structures, trailers and vehicles, as well as put out fires, tear down a shower and leash their dogs.

Kwitsel Tatel, court monitor for the camp, said Camp Cloud will “exercise the charter right” to peaceful protest and said a sacred fire and structures built around the fire must remain there to support the protesters’ work to protect water.

“Camp Cloud will not be evicted,” she said. “We call for mutual respect of our Coast Salish laws.”