Fairy Creek

• Old-growth logging dispute: Judge temporarily extends Fairy Creek injunction

  Justice Douglas Thompson said Friday it will be a matter of weeks before he provides his written decision on the request for a year-long extension.

  Environment

  Sep 17
• Protesters claim vehicles being illegally towed from area near B.C. old-growth blockade

  Protesters claim that tow trucks have illegally removed more than 40 vehicles from the area, and were impounded — with a cost of $2,500 for their return.

  Environment

  Sep 16
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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
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• 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
• 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
• B.C. old-growth logging protests having political impact, says UBC expert

  Since May, the RCMP have enforced a court injunction granted to the Teal-Jones Group, the forestry company that holds the harvesting license in the area.

  Environment

  Aug 29
• Police deploy pepper spray, 2 injured, as tensions escalate at Fairy Creek blockade

  The RCMP says one protester and one police officer were injured on Saturday while arrests were being made on a road leading into the area.

  Environment

  Aug 22
• 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
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• Toronto, Vancouver Island protests shine spotlight on media access, freedom of the press

  Police and politicians' efforts to limit public access to events in Toronto and Vancouver Island have cast a spotlight journalists and spurred concerns over freedom of the press.

  Canada

  Aug 4
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• B.C. First Nation condemns actions of Fairy Creek protesters who cut down small trees

  The Pacheedaht First Nation called the protesters' actions 'disrespectful and anti-social,' and said no public trees in the territory can be cut down without their permission.

  Canada

  Jul 27