Elders for old growth arrested as Fairy Creek blockade readies for winter – Mission City Record
As cold weather arrives, the number of people in the two remaining camps has dwindled
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As cold weather arrives, the number of people in the two remaining camps has dwindled
As cold weather arrives, the number of people in the two remaining camps has dwindled
A contingent of 30 "elders for old-growth" travelled down pitch black logging roads Thursday to stall road-building and the clear-cutting of forest giants near the Fairy Creek blockades.
Fairy Creek protesters say they are undeterred by a B.C. Court of Appeal decision to reinstate an injunction against them.Protesters have been trying to block old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek . . .
Fairy Creek old-growth activists are facing arrest after a logging company won a court order banning blockades defending some of the last tracts of ancient rainforest on southern Vancouver Island. Describing the protesters as “misguided,” B.C. Supreme Court Justice Frits Verhoeven granted forestry company Teal-Jones an injunction on Thursday prohibiting roadblocks at various entry points to its Tree Farm Licence (TFL) 46 near the community of Port Renfrew. But Fairy Creek supporters say the court order only fuels the fight to save the pristine forests and giant trees growing in the headwa...