Vancouver Island Logging

• Fairy Creek old growth protesters celebrate as contempt prosecution has ‘collapsed’

  The Crown is expected to withdraw charges against as many as 150 people, according to a lawyer representing the Fairy Creek protesters.

  Environment

  Apr 18, 2023
  
• 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
  
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• 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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• Another seven arrests at B.C. old-growth logging blockade

  A total of 158 people have now been arrested since RCMP began enforcing a British Columbia court injunction around old-growth logging on Vancouver Island.

  Environment

  Jun 3, 2021
• 5 more people arrested at anti-logging protest on southern Vancouver Island

  Police were on-site once again to read protestors a court injunction that prohibits activists from obstructing logging operations.

  Environment

  May 24, 2021
• Police operations continue at Fairy Creek B.C. logging protest

  An RCMP spokesman says there will be "police action" today as Mounties enforce a court injunction against an anti-logging blockade on southern Vancouver Island.

  Environment

  May 18, 2021
• Injunction sets stage for showdown over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island

  The B.C. Supreme Court granted logging company Teal-Jones an injunction Thursday to clear a months-long blockade from access to the Fairy Creek watershed near Port Renfrew.

  Environment

  Apr 1, 2021