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Anti old-growth logging protesters block major road in Vancouver Easter Monday morning

Click to play video: '‘Save Old Growth’ protestors block Grandview Highway during Monday commute'
‘Save Old Growth’ protestors block Grandview Highway during Monday commute
A 'Save Old Growth' blockade on Grandview Highway Monday morning has ended with arrests. The road has now reopened but the interruptions lasted several hours making for a busy morning commute. Our Andrea Macpherson was there when RCMP moved in – Apr 18, 2022

The anti old-groth logging group Save Old Growth says its supporters are blocking all lanes of Grandview Highway at Boundary Road in Vancouver Monday.

It says one person is on top of a tall ladder and another person has glued their hand to the roadway.

They say 80 of their supporters have been arrested in a series of similar blockades on Highway 1 on the North Shore and in Burnaby, Victoria and Revelstoke since January.

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The group aims to force the provincial government to ban all logging of old-growth trees, not all logging in general.

https://twitter.com/saveoldgrowth/status/1516071778786766849

Click to play video: 'Anti-logging demonstrators briefly block Lions Gate Bridge during morning commute'
Anti-logging demonstrators briefly block Lions Gate Bridge during morning commute

On its website, Save Old Growth said the blockades are “part of an ongoing escalation to demand an end to old-growth logging.” Arrests are to be expected.

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