Fairy Creek Protests

• RCMP has spent $6.8M so far enforcing Fairy Creek injunction, docs show

  The RCMP has spent more than $6.8 million enforcing a court injunction against anti-logging protesters camped out at the Fairy Creek in B.C.

  Environment

  Dec 20, 2021
  
• Old-growth logging protests highlight a change in this BC NDP government

  The so-called “war of the woods” in Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island saw mass arrests and thousands of people protesting regularly at the legislature.

  Commentary

  Oct 14, 2021
  
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• NDP’s Singh faces Fairy Creek protesters during campaign stop in Toronto

  Singh told the handful of demonstrators in the Toronto riding of Davenport that it's important Indigenous people lead any decisions about resources on their traditional territory.

  Canada

  Sep 16, 2021
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• Climate change cited as reason to deny injunction extension in B.C. old-growth dispute

  Teal Cedar Products wants to extend the injunction by one year, until Sept. 26, 2022.

  Environment

  Sep 15, 2021
• 27 more arrests at B.C. old-growth logging protest

  RCMP enforcement of a B.C. Supreme Court injunction against blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on Vancouver Island continued this weekend.

  Environment

  Sep 12, 2021
• BC RCMP’s acting commanding officer open to independent agency oversight after Fairy Creek protests

  Meanwhile, protesters shut down Victoria's Johnson Street Bridge on Monday afternoon demanding accountability from police. 

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2021
• Arrests, protests in B.C. mark one-year anniversary of Fairy Creek blockade

  Dozens of police officers carried out what protesters claim is the most significant enforcement action yet, targeting protest encampments near the Fairy Creek watershed.

  Environment

  Aug 9, 2021
• Opponents to stage hunger strike to protest old-growth logging on Vancouver Island

  Opponents of old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island say they will stage a hunger strike until they can meet with B.C. Premier John Horgan and Jonathan Wilkinson.

  Environment

  Jun 13, 2021
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• ‘Pretty frustrated’: Teal-Jones says it wants to get back to work amid old-growth protests

  Teal-Jones Group holds a valid and legal licence to harvest timber in the Fairy Creek watershed, and the company argues that activists are putting hundreds of jobs at risk.

  News

  May 30, 2021