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HALIFAX A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has issued a permanent injunction against a blockade of logging roads in southwestern Nova Scotia. Justice Kevin Coady says in a written decision issued Thursday that Westfor Management Inc. established a strong case against Extinction Rebellion, and that the forestry group would suffer irreparable harm if the blockades were permitted to resume. The protesters set up camps on logging roads near the Caribou River on Oct. 21, saying they were protecting the habitat of endangered mainland moose. On Dec. 10, an interim injunction was granted ordering them to stop the blockades, and five days after that, the RCMP arrested nine people and the two roads were reopened. ....
Posted: Jan 26, 2021 6:14 PM AT | Last Updated: January 26 Protestors set up two blockades in Digby County last fall on industrial logging roads, and were forced to abandon them in December due to a court order. (Nina Newington) The lawyer arguing for the continuance of a court order against protesters who have been trying to stop clear cutting in public forests says the protesters end goals don t justify their means. WestFor Management Inc., a forestry consortium that works with 13 lumber mills in Nova Scotia, brought a motion to Nova Scotia Supreme Court last year that forced protesters to abandon two blockades on logging roads in Digby County. ....
Posted: Dec 16, 2020 12:21 PM AT | Last Updated: December 16, 2020 Nine people were arrested Tuesday for continuing to block logging roads in Digby County after a court-ordered injunction ordering them to stop.(Nina Newington) The Nova Scotia RCMP have arrested nine people for disobeying a court-ordered injunction and continuing to block logging roads in Digby County in an effort to protect what they say is an endangered mainland moose habitat. In a release, the RCMP said they attended a site on Langford Road in New France on Tuesday and took four men and five women into custody for civil contempt of an injunction order. They were released from custody and will appear in court at a later date. ....
HALIFAX Nova Scotia RCMP have arrested nine people who had been blocking logging roads in southwestern Nova Scotia in a protest aimed at protecting mainland moose habitat. RCMP say they attended a site on Langford Rd. in New France, N.S., Tuesday morning, to enforce a court-ordered injunction against demonstrators impeding a logging project. Activists with the Extinction Rebellion group had been blocking logging roads at the site since Oct. 21, saying they were attempting to protect the habitat of endangered mainland moose. On Dec. 10, Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Glen McDougall issued a temporary injunction ordering the group blocking the roads in Digby County to allow cutting contractors for the WestFor consortium to enter the area with their equipment. ....
HALIFAX A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has issued a temporary injunction to end a blockade of logging roads in southwestern Nova Scotia. The injunction issued Thursday by Justice Glen McDougall orders the group blocking the roads in Digby County to allow cutting contractors for the WestFor consortium to enter the area with their equipment. Activists with the Extinction Rebellion group are blocking roads at the Rockypoint Lake site and the Napier Lake sites. The injunction for the sites southeast of Weymouth says it remains in force until a hearing for a permanent injunction is heard on Jan. 26 and 27 in Halifax. ....