Protesters pack up with a win after camping in Nova Scotia forest for over 200 days
The group found an ample amount of rare lichen among the trees slated for logging, requiring enough buffer zones to make over half of the area protected.
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The group found an ample amount of rare lichen among the trees slated for logging, requiring enough buffer zones to make over half of the area protected.
A group of people camped out in the snowy Nova Scotia wilderness to save a patch of forest have received their first piece of positive news since they started in early December.
Where most of Lubec saw a bridge, Joel Ross saw a chance to dispel the holiday gloom.
Forestry protestors who were arrested in December are claiming victory this week after a Nova Scotia judge’s decision, but the company involved in the matter says the judge made the right call.
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 ...