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Property being illegally seized at Fairy Creek old-growth blockades, lawyers argue

National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Kimberly Murray faces a difficult dilemma after her vehicle was towed during an RCMP raid of the Fairy Creek old-growth blockades on Vancouver Island in early August. 

Aside from questions about whether the car was legally impounded, given it was parked outside the RCMP temporary exclusion zone off to the side of the road on Aug. 9, Murray is facing a $2,500 fee to get it back. 

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From the mouths of the defenders: A Fairy Creek chronology

CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter – Using interviews, video footage and written accounts, CKTZ News has drawn up a Fairy Creek chronology. 

“Vancouver was once covered in trees that had the girth of a good third of my house.  Those forests are gone,” Rainforest Flying Squad spokesperson Carol Tootill told CKTZ News. 

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