Ada’itsx / Fairy Creek, Pacheedaht Territory: Award-winning authors Lorna Crozier and Sylvia Olsen visited Fairy Creek on Tuesday morning to offer their support, along with entrepreneur and BC Green Party co-founder John Kidder. “Everyone loved the poems Lorna read to us and the song John wrote,” said Diana Mongeau, one of the forest defenders who […]
The National Police Federation commissioned a survey and released a statement this week about public perception of Fairy Creek protestors. We note that the NPF survey itself shows that more than 75 percent of respondents agreed that protest is an important part of democracy, and almost 50 percent agreed that civil disobedience is necessary to […]
Scientists angry and appalled by lack of protection for endangered birds and biodiversity in Fairy Creek region’s old-growth forests Many endangered species inhabit the remaining old-growth forests that lie within and just outside Fairy Creek, as well as nearby in areas like Eden, the Walbran, Bugaboo and Caycuse, say a group of scientists. The biologists […]
Ada’itsx / Fairy Creek, Pacheedaht Territory: A young man was flown by helicopter to hospital last Saturday after being injured by RCMP officers. He appeared to have a serious neck injury, after being first forced to the ground with great pressure on the back of his head, then being held on the ground by the officer […]
August 10, 2021, Duncan – The BC Supreme Court has again confirmed that it is illegal for the RCMP to set up exclusion zones that block public and media access on public roads. In a written decision released August 9, 2021, Justice Thompson stated, “The RCMP’s action of blocking road access for the purpose of enforcing an […]
BUGABOO CREEK, VANCOUVER ISLAND, July 16, 2021 Despite tinder-dry conditions and high to extreme fire-danger ratings throughout Vancouver Island, logging continues in the Bugaboo region near Greater Fairy Creek. Satellite imagery shows that since Friday July 9, several hundred metres have been felled to provide road access for clearcut logging. This old-growth […]
TEAL JONES PROPOSAL COULD CAUSE BC TAXPAYERS TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF FOREST DEFENDERS’ PROSECUTIONS July 8, 2021, Duncan, B.C. – Teal Jones this week asked the court to invite the BC Attorney General (AG) to take on the ongoing prosecutions of forest defenders. This request will alleviate Teal Jones of the financial and procedural burdens of prosecuting more than a […]
June 5, 2021, Victoria BC On Tuesday, July 6, 2021, Teal Jones will be making application to the court to the BC Attorney General to, “assume conduct, on an ongoing basis, of contempt proceedings against all individuals who have been or who will be arrested for breaching the injunction; to undertake a review […]
Hail and rain bounced and dripped off the old-growth canopy of Eden grove and onto Jeremie’s wet painting. The streaks it left captured aspects of the forest, adding ridges to the cedar’s bark and a glistening to the canopy.
June 21, 2021: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Logging Continues in Ada’itsx / Greater Fairy Creek Rainforest and Other Old-Growth Areas Despite public expectations that ancient forests have been saved, old-growth logging continues in the intact, adjacent forests surrounding Fairy Creek. Activists say the old-growth logging deferral announced June 9th has changed little. While a […]