Old Growth Logging Protest

• 3 arrested as B.C. RCMP resume enforcement against Fairy Creek old-growth logging blockade

  RCMP said Teal Cedar Products had reported "numerous violations of persons obstructing, impeding and interfering with" work the Fairy Creek watershed.

  Environment

  Aug 15, 2023
  
• Anti old-growth logging protesters glue themselves to door of Vancouver hotel

  Howard Breen is on day 29 of his hunger strike to get a meeting with Minister of Forests Katrine Conroy. Vic Brice is on day six of his hunger strike.

  Environment

  Apr 29, 2022
  
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• Bear spray causes burns at B.C. old-growth logging protest camp

  RCMP say a can of bear spray that overheated caused chemical burns to one person and breathing troubles for others who were aboard a bus near the Fairy Creek protest site.

  Environment

  Nov 12, 2021
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• More arrests at anti-old growth logging blockades in B.C.

  RCMP have arrested another 11 people at blockades set up to prevent old-growth logging on southwestern Vancouver Island.

  Environment

  Jun 23, 2021
• RCMP make 8 more arrests at Vancouver Island old-growth logging blockades

  Mounties have arrested eight more people camped near old-growth forest logging areas west of Victoria.

  Environment

  Jun 20, 2021
• Red paint splattered on statue of Queen Victoria at B.C. legislature

  "Safe, peaceful and lawful protest is permitted under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Vandalism is not," police said in a media release.

  Crime

  Jun 11, 2021