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Forests, Justice

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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Forests, Justice

Old-growth activists want fewer police powers at Fairy Creek; The RCMP want more

National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A slew of legal applications involving the contentious Fairy Creek old-growth blockades are moving forward in B.C. Supreme Court this week as the protest becomes one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in Canada.

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Forests, Indigenous Nations, Justice

Arrests continue at Fairy Creek, allegations of police violence surface online

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CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

There have been more arrests and more allegations of police brutality, as protesters continue to resist RCMP enforcement of a BC Supreme Court injunction order in the Fairy Creek Watershed.

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Forests, Justice

RCMP overrun the Fairy Creek logging blockades, arrest dozens of protesters

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CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, with contributions by Anastasia Avvakumova.

RCMP attempts to enforce the court injunction against logging protests at Fairy Creek ramped up on Aug 9.

In a press release issued later that day, the RCMP confirmed there were 33 arrests. There were another 23 more on Tuesday, Aug. 10 and 17 on Wednesday, Aug.11. The total number of arrests since the police action began last summer, was cited in the latter press release as 597.

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Forests, Indigenous Nations, Justice

Fairy Creek Blockade is far from over

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The Fairy Creek blockade is far from over and there is still a number of people from the Discovery Islands among the thousands going there. 

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