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They said Lake Cowichan RCMP and WorkSafe B.C. have been notified and the logging contractor is being asked to investigate the role of its employees in the incident, in which a young Indigenous man sustained minor injuries. Huumiis and Western also said they are appointing a special adviser to review the incident and that the United Steelworkers — the main union of Island forestry workers — is co-operating with the probe. TFL 44 Limited Partnership said all logging in the area has been paused pending the outcome of the investigations. Two cellphone videos taken by members of the Rainfores...

Meanwhile, increasing numbers of people, frustrated by the rate at which the province is protecting old-growth, are heading to the Fairy Creek blockades near Port Renfrew in the B.C. premier’s Vancouver Island riding. 

The Teal-Jones Group has an injunction, which was approved in court last week, that will result in contempt of court charges for demonstrators who do not clear blockades in one of four demonstration sites in the area when asked to by police. Wright said the company, which is the largest privately owned timber harvesting and primary lumber product manufacturing company in B.C., will likely try to enforce it once the snow has melted in some of the work-site areas. Roads will be need to be built to access the trees. “The judge was clear in his decision that blockades impeding our access to ...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer CHAD HIPOLITO/The Globe and Mail British Columbia’s forest industry should use this time of surging lumber prices and hungry markets to prepare for tough changes ahead, B.C. Premier John Horgan told corporate leaders on Thursday. The Premier avoided any direct reference to the growing conflict over old-growth logging practices...