Activists to appeal injunction against old-growth logging blockades on Vancouver Island
A group of activists maintaining blockades aimed at preventing old-growth trees from being logged have filed a notice to appeal a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that granted an injunction against them.
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Posted: Apr 29, 2021 8:41 PM PT | Last Updated: April 30
Protester Diana Mongeau sits at the foot of a ancient yellow cider in the Fairy Creek watershed.(Kieran Oudshoorn/CBC)
A notice filed this week with the B.C. Court of Appeal requests a hearing to argue the decision by Justice Frits Verhoeven should be set aside, and claims that he failed to properly balance public interest in the case.
It asserts Verhoeven erred in determining that the province s decision to approve a cutting permit comprising part of the Fairy Creek watershed northeast of Port Renfrew was a policy consideration that outweighs the public interest in preserving remaining old-growth forests in B.C.
Verhoeven had said in his April 1 written decision that the preservation of old-growth forests is a matter of public policy to be decided by government, while the public interest at stake was upholding the rule of law.
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A group of activists maintaining blockades aimed at preventing old-growth trees from being logged have filed a notice to appeal a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that granted an injunction against them.
The Rainforest Flying Squad argues the court erred when it granted Teal-Jones Group an injunction against the blockades set up to prevent the company from accessing parts of its forest tenure on Vancouver Island.
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A notice filed this week with the B.C. Court of Appeal requests a hearing to argue the decision by Justice Frits Verhoeven should be set aside, and claims that he failed to properly balance public interest in the case.
VICTORIA A group of activists maintaining blockades aimed at preventing old-growth trees from being logged have filed a notice to appeal a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that granted an injunction against them. The Rainforest Flying Squad argues the court erred when it granted Teal-Jones Group an injunction against the blockades set up to prevent the company from accessing parts of its forest tenure on Vancouver Island. A notice filed this week with the B.C. Court of Appeal requests a hearing to argue the decision by Justice Frits Verhoeven should be set aside, and claims that he failed to properly balance public interest in the case.
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