Logging
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Story of UBC researcher who found how trees ‘talk’ to each other headed to Hollywood'Arrival' star Amy Adams is set to portray forest ecology professor Suzanne Simard in an upcoming film co-produced by Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal.EnvironmentMay 30
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‘Pretty frustrated’: Teal-Jones says it wants to get back to work amid old-growth protestsTeal-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.NewsMay 30
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New tactics on display as B.C.’s old-growth logging dispute heats upMore than 130 people have been arrested so far at blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed on Southern Vancouver Island.EnvironmentMay 27
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Arrests surpass 100 at B.C. old-growth logging protests: RCMPPolice say 55 people were arrested Tuesday as they enforced a court injunction ordering the removal of blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging on Vancouver Island.CrimeMay 26
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More than 30 arrested at B.C. old-growth logging blockadesMore than two dozen people have been arrested on Vancouver Island as officers enforce a court injunction ordering the removal of blockades set up to protest old-growth logging.EnvironmentMay 23
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Arrests continue at B.C. old-growth logging blockadesAs of May 20, there have been 21 arrests made since the RCMP began enforcing the injunction on Tuesday, May 18.EnvironmentMay 21
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Seven more arrests at B.C. blockade opposing old-growth logging: RCMPOpponents of old-growth logging have re-entered a restricted area on southwest Vancouver Island and Mounties have returned to enforce a court injunction that orders their removal.EnvironmentMay 20
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RCMP arrest five more at B.C. anti-logging protestFive more people were arrested Wednesday as police continued to enforce a British Columbia Supreme Court injunction against anti-logging protesters camped on Vancouver Island.EnvironmentMay 19
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Tree poaching increases with lumber costs in B.C.Big trees, small trees, dead trees, softwoods and hardwoods have all become valuable targets of tree poachers in British Columbia as timber prices hit record levels.EnvironmentMay 16
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‘That’s a clear cut’: Residents in Kelowna-area neighbourhood outraged over loggingResidents of the Joe Rich area near Kelowna were stunned to learn that hectares of land near their homes appeared to have been mostly clear cut by a logging company.CanadaMay 13
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