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Whats happening in Fairy Creek? An explainer on the fight over B.C.s old-growth forests Protesters say they are trying to save the last intact watershed outside of a park or protected area on southern Vancouver Island, home to 1,000-year-old yellow cedars Author of the article: Nia Williams, Reuters Publishing date: Jun 06, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  2 minute read  •  Protesters stand on debris of a cutblock as Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers arrest those manning the Wa...

More than 30 activists were arrested on Southern Vancouver Island on Saturday, including a prominent environmentalist, as RCMP continue to enforce a court order to allow logging in the area.

More than 30 activists were arrested on Southern Vancouver Island on Saturday, including a prominent environmentalist, as RCMP continue to enforce a court order to allow logging in the area.

The nation pointed to recent incidents in active forestry areas of the Pacheedaht and Ditidaht First Nations, “where individuals associated with environmental non-government groups disrupted logging operations by putting safety at risk.” The decision follows a heated confrontation on Tuesday, when a group of loggers clashed with protesters near the Walbran ­Valley. A video recorded by the ­Rainforest Flying Squad showed the contracted forestry workers yelling racial slurs and acting ag...

by Contributor on Friday May 07 2021 Two cellphone videos taken by members of the Rainforest Flying Squad protest group early Tuesday afternoon showed a tense standoff between activists opposed to old-growth logging and about 10 members of a contracted logging crew who were trying to access a cut block. An altercation between logging contractors and activists in the Walbran Valley this week where an Indigenous man was allegedly assaulted and racial slurs hurled at pr...

They said Lake Cowichan RCMP and WorkSafe B.C. have been notified and the logging contractor is being asked to investigate the role of its employees in the incident, in which a young Indigenous man sustained minor injuries. Huumiis and Western also said they are appointing a special adviser to review the incident and that the United Steelworkers — the main union of Island forestry workers — is co-operating with the probe. TFL 44 Limited Partnership said all logging in the area has been paus...

Meanwhile, increasing numbers of people, frustrated by the rate at which the province is protecting old-growth, are heading to the Fairy Creek blockades near Port Renfrew in the B.C. premier’s Vancouver Island riding. 

The Teal-Jones Group has an injunction, which was approved in court last week, that will result in contempt of court charges for demonstrators who do not clear blockades in one of four demonstration sites in the area when asked to by police. Wright said the company, which is the largest privately owned timber harvesting and primary lumber product manufacturing company in B.C., will likely try to enforce it once the snow has melted in some of the work-site areas. Roads will be need to be built...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer CHAD HIPOLITO/The Globe and Mail British Columbia’s forest industry should use this time of surging lumber prices and hungry markets to prepare for tough changes ahead, B.C. Premier John Horgan told corporate leaders on Thursday...