Another logging confrontation may be coming on Quadra Island.
On November 15, 2021 a little group of Quadra Island ‘grannies,’ calling themselves the Friends of Hyacinth Creek, shut down the Mosaic Forest Management logging operations in Tan Creek.
Continue reading No more logging Hyacinth Creek! says Quadra Grannies
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
An international student leading a controversial civil resistance campaign to end old-growth logging in B.C. is fearful the Canada Border Services Agency is looking to deport him.
Zain Haq, a co-founder of the Save Old Growth (SOG) protest group behind a recent series of highway blockades across the province, has been ordered to show up at a CBSA office.
The third-year history major at Simon Fraser University who hails from Pakistan is in Canada on a study permit, a document issued by Immigration Canada.
Continue reading Save Old Growth organizer fears his climate activism has made him a target for deportationNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Minutes after stopping a car on Vancouver’s Ironworkers Memorial Bridge to disrupt traffic Monday, protesters holding a “Save Old Growth” banner were arrested.
Continue reading Protesters kick off campaign to block roads, highways until B.C. bans old-growth loggingNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A young man who fell from a ladder after it toppled during a protest against old-growth logging on a Vancouver Island highway was undergoing surgery for a shattered hip Tuesday afternoon.
Protester Trevor Mckelvie fell about 20 feet to the pavement when the ladder he was balanced on collapsed not long after an angry motorist, held up by the blockade on the Patricia Bay Highway, broke pieces off a support structure Monday morning.
Continue reading Save Old Growth protester shatters hip during blockade
The Cortes Forestry General Partnership is currently focusing on wildfire fuel mitigation strategies.
While none have been large, there were recent fires on West Redonda, Read, Quadra and Sonora Islands.
“It’s highly possible that we can have a fire here,” said General Manager Mark Lombard.
Continue reading Focusing on wildfire fuel mitigation
