VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Opponents of pipelines across BC and oil tanker traffic along the coast are planning another round of demonstrations in the province tomorrow.

The protests are part of the Defend Our Coast day of action slated for more than 60 communities.

Sit-ins or rallies are planned for MLA offices including many on the Lower Mainland, Okanagan, southern Interior, northwest coast and in central and northeastern BC.

Many of the events are slated for noon, but the demonstration in Prince George is planned for 5 p.m.,while protesters will gather outside Environment Minister Terry Lake’s Kamloops constituency office at 3:30 p.m.

Regulatory hearings are mulling a plan by Enbridge to build an 1,100 kilometre dual pipeline from Alberta to the BC coast, carrying bitumen for shipment overseas while pumping condensate back to Alberta.

Kinder Morgan has also applied to expand its pipeline, which moves oil from Alberta to the West Coast via the Trans Mountain network, crossing southern BC to a refinery and port in Burnaby.