Tag: Old Growth Blockades

No Arrests Yet After Protesters Dump Manure in Front of BC Premier’s Constituency Office Over Old-Growth Logging

VANCOUVER—Police are continuing to investigate possible vandalism and mischief charges after manure was dumped in front of B.C. Premier John Horgan’s constituency office on May 25. Staff Sergeant Beardsmore with the West Shore RCMP detachment, which is investigating the incident, confirmed to The Epoch Times that his detachment has a file open, but so far…


Weekend of Protests in Vancouver Highlight Range of Issues

VANCOUVER—From condemning pipelines, to denouncing legacy media, to shutting down Vancouver’s busiest highway over old growth logging, to protesting a TED Talks conference featuring Bill Gates, hundreds of activists rallied for a variety of causes in Vancouver this past weekend. On April 8, members of Save Old Growth interrupted rush hour traffic on Vancouver’s North…


RCMP Operations Continue at Logging Blockade on Southern Vancouver Island

PORT RENFREW, B.C.—An RCMP spokesman says there will be “police action” today as Mounties enforce a court injunction against an anti−logging blockade on southern Vancouver Island. The RCMP announced Monday that they are temporarily controlling access to the Fairy Creek Watershed northeast of Port Renfrew, enforcing the April 1 injunction that allows Teal-Cedar Products to…