Over his tenure since 2008, Hicks brought in Official Community Plans and growth strategies for every area in the Juan de Fuca District, negotiated key parkland acquisitions and, hammer in hand, helped to build the area’s new office building at Otter Point. Hicks has the ear and friendship of Premier John Horgan, who is also MLA for much of Hicks’ territory, and is famous for his staunch defence of all things rural and being the lone political voice at the CRD board table for more than 4,500 residents. Hicks, 70, said Tuesday he’s not running in the October 2022 election, and wanted to announce early so others have time to consider running.
Old-growth in contentious Fairy Creek region could be worth more standing than logged
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Two protesters locked themselves under a pile of rocks to block the path of loggers near Port Renfrew. [Norman Galimski]
A baby grabs the outstretched finger of an RCMP officer at a police checkpoint near Port Renfrew as tree sitters protested old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island. As of Wednesday, police had arrested an estimated 112 people while enforcing a court injunction. [Norman Galimski]
Seniors protest the logging of old-growth forest near Port Renfrew on Wednesday. [Norman Galimski]
A protester is locked into place with a sleeping dragon, a homemade contraption to trap a persons arm in the ground to block the path of loggers, near Port Renfrew. [Norman Galimski]
Isitt tried to amend the motion, which he filed a month earlier, by removing all references to the Pacheedaht and Fairy Creek, and using more generic terms about supporting a transition away old-growth logging.
Isitt said Thursday he changed the wording after the CRD received a terse letter from the Pacheedaht saying it did not welcome the “unsolicited interference or involvement” from the region’s governing body. He will introduce the new motion at the next meeting.
CRD board chair Colin Plant wouldn’t allow the amended motion, citing procedure, and said Isitt’s original motion would start the next board meeting on May 26.