Old Growth Logging
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3 arrested as B.C. RCMP resume enforcement against Fairy Creek old-growth logging blockadeRCMP said Teal Cedar Products had reported "numerous violations of persons obstructing, impeding and interfering with" work the Fairy Creek watershed.EnvironmentAug 15, 2023
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B.C. study links policy changes and logging patterns, shows targeting of old growthClimate change is compounding the historical loss of B.C.'s old-growth forests in areas where the highest-value trees have already targeted first, a new study shows.EnvironmentOct 3, 2022
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Environmental groups give B.C. failing grades on old-growth forest protection planB.C. environmental groups say the province is failing to make good on its 2020 promise to protect old-growth trees.EnvironmentSep 9, 2022
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New report suggests proposed old-growth deferral areas in B.C. are being loggedAccording to Stand.earth, more than 55,000 hectares of proposed protected land is at "imminent risk" of being logged, is currently being logged or has already been cut.EnvironmentAug 30, 2022
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Save Old Growth on the defence after B.C. judge likens tactics to ‘using people as cannon fodder’A B.C. judge wrote that protester Ian Schortinghuis "appears to be the type of person these groups entice and basically use as sacrificial lambs for their causes."EnvironmentAug 29, 2022
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Old growth protesters spray-paint B.C. landmarksAn activist group opposed to old growth logging in B.C. says it has been spray-painting Vancouver tourist attractions and landmarks as an act of civil disobedience.EnvironmentJul 28, 2022
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Old-growth logging opponents to end B.C. highway blockades“Major traffic disruptions will end today,” environmental group Save Old Growth said, adding it would switch tactics to public outreach and events.CanadaJun 29, 2022
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B.C. wants First Nations consensus before old-growth logging deferred on shared landsThe British Columbia government wants First Nations to reach consensus before logging is deferred in old-growth forests on shared Indigenous territories.EnvironmentMay 28, 2022
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Old-growth logging protesters dump manure at B.C. premier’s constituency officeThe group is demanding B.C.'s NDP government bring in legislation to immediately end all old-growth logging in the province.EnvironmentMay 25, 2022
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B.C. man ends hunger strike against old-growth logging after 31 daysHoward Breen, 68, ended the strike after experiencing cognitive decline and losing nearly 40 pounds, according to environmental group Save Old Growth.EnvironmentMay 1, 2022
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