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In a statement Monday, the prosecution service said it has concluded there is a substantial likelihood of conviction for criminal contempt and a strong public interest in prosecuting criminally the alleged breach of the injunction. Since August 2020, members of the Rainforest Flying Squad and other environmental activists have set up moving blockades in their bid to prevent logging and road-building in old-growth forests. Kathleen Code, spokeswoman for the Rainforest Flying Squad, said Monday the decision won’t stop protesters, and merely serves to relieve Teal Jones of the financial burden of having to prosecute people of “having to find people and serve them properly.”
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In a statement Monday, the prosecution service said it has concluded there is a substantial likelihood of conviction for criminal contempt and a strong public interest in prosecuting criminally the alleged breach of the injunction. Since August 2020, members of the Rainforest Flying Squad and other environmental activists have set up moving blockades in their bid to prevent logging and road-building in old-growth forests. Kathleen Code, spokeswoman for the Rainforest Flying Squad, said Monday the decision won’t stop protesters, and merely serves to relieve Teal Jones of the financial burden of having to prosecute people of “having to find people and serve them properly.”
B.C. Civil Liberties Association leader resigns after controversial social media post
Harsha Walia, Executive Director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, addresses a news conference in Vancouver, B.C., Wednesday, January 15, 2020. The executive director of the B-C Civil Liberties Association has resigned from her job following a controversial post on social media. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward July 16, 2021 - 7:15 PM
VANCOUVER - The executive director of the B-C Civil Liberties Association has resigned following a controversial post on social media
Harsha Walia came under fire for a Tweet about the burning of two Roman Catholic churches after the discovery of what are believed to be unmarked graves at a former residential school in Kamloops, in which she added: Burn it all down.