Fairy Creek crackdown leads to more arrests, protests Thursday
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.
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RCMP begin crackdown on Fairy Creek blockade
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.
One of Canada’s biggest carbon sinks is circling the drain
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.
B.C. catches flak over rise in old-growth logging approvals
B.C. talks big about protecting old growth, but a recent study shows otherwise.
Trophy photos put B.C.’s wolf hunting rules in the crosshairs
In February, a B.C. trophy hunter made headlines after posting Instagram photos of herself holding two local wolves she had killed. Outrage at her actions was matched only by people’s disbelief when they learned she was technically working within the confines of the law.
Pacheedaht Nation wants Fairy Creek old-growth blockade to leave territory
The Pacheedaht leadership does not welcome old-growth activists within its territory on south Vancouver Island, and it is the nation's right to determine how forestry resources will be used, read a statement from elected and hereditary chiefs on Monday.
Whole trees being logged for biofuel, report reveals
New research shows that large volumes of trees have been logged specifically for the province's wood pellet industry since 2010.
Fairy Creek blockade to save old-growth watershed gets three-week reprieve
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Power granted a request by the blockade’s legal team for more time to assemble materials necessary for a defence against the injunction.
Battle over pristine Fairy Creek old-growth forest heads to court Thursday
Protesters attempting to protect some of the last stands of old-growth forest on southern Vancouver Island are facing arrest if a logging company gets court approval to disband their camps this week.
Wolf culls will not save endangered caribou in Western Canada: study
A government-sponsored wolf kill in Western Canada has had "no detectable effect" on reversing the decline of endangered caribou populations, a study says.
Sunshine Coast community members raise concerns over logging
“Our issue is that they are cutting too much lumber in too small an area in too short a time,” said Rick Craig, president of the North Lake Residents Association.
Wood pellets from clear-cut, old-growth forests may not be carbon neutral
Clear-cutting old-growth forests to produce wood pellets to replace fossil fuels in electricity generation would release more carbon into the atmosphere than it would save “for many decades,” according to a new scientific study.
Trump’s Plan to Plant a Trillion Saplings Misses the Forest for the Trees
As a means to address climate change, it’s a complete cop-out.
BC wants its forests saved
In the midst of the climate and species extinction emergencies, a growing number of concerned British Columbians are speaking out about the destruction of the province's old-growth temperate rainforest.
These scientists explain how caribou habitat is altered by ‘highways for wolves’
Yan Boulanger, Marc-André Parisien and Katalijn MacAfee sat down with National Observer in Ottawa on Nov. 1 to discuss their research into boreal caribou, and the habitat that supports them.