B.C. unveiled its vision for future forestry policy and while it includes a plan to share access to timber and supports for First Nations and forestry communities, it's unlikely to quell the swell of protests aimed at protecting old-growth forests.
RCMP are wrong to silence media coverage of the Fairy Creek blockades trying to protect B.C.'s old-growth trees from logging, writes freelance writer and climate justice organizer Maia Wikler.
An environmental coalition is calling on B.C. government to take advantage of available federal funding to protect old-growth forests, support forestry communities and end its current war in the woods.
Canada’s National Observer, along with several other news organizations, is planning to file a legal application requesting the RCMP allow journalists fair access to cover the Fairy Creek blockades happening on Vancouver Island.
The forests around Port Renfrew, which are in the traditional territory of the Ditidaht and Pacheedaht First Nations, have had numerous blockades set up since August 2020.
Tensions are escalating at old-growth blockades on Vancouver Island as chainsaws started up in the Caycuse region Friday and a clash between protesters and police the day before was posted to social media.
RCMP unexpectedly arrested a number of old-growth activists with the Fairy Creek blockades inside the control zone near the Caycuse Camp early Thursday morning.
The RCMP are taking the first steps to enforce an injunction against the Fairy Creek old-growth blockades, but protesters worry new police control areas will limit public accountability around arrests.
Canada's continent-spanning forest used to remove massive amounts of CO2 from the air each year. It was a hugely valuable "carbon sink", slowing the pace of climate change and benefiting our logging industry.
