TOPIC: FAIRY CREEK
Green Party deputy leader gets jail time for Fairy Creek protests
Angela Davidson, known as Rainbow Eyes, received a sentence of 60 days in jail for her actions during the 2021 Fairy Creek protests. She was convicted earlier this year of criminal contempt of court.
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Fairy Creek protester condemns 'colonial system' before receiving jail sentence
Angela Davidson, also known as Rainbow Eyes, spoke to the CBC News before receiving a 60-day jail sentence for her role in the 2021 Fairy Creek old-growth logging protests. When asked about her part in the protests, Davidson said she would do it again to protect the planet and old-growth forests.
Cases dropped against 146 Fairy Creek protesters over RCMP's failure to read full injunction at arrests
Prosecutors in B.C. have withdrawn cases against nearly 150 protesters who were arrested for participating in a blockade around old-growth logging on Vancouver Island after a judge this year found Mounties did not read the full text of a court order to the group.
B.C. professor pushes to protect marbled murrelet habitat in old growth
The marbled murrelet has been listed as "threatened" for decades as habitat loss on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border adds to its precarious existence.
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Fairy Creek: Inside the largest protest in Canadian history | About That
Two years after protests against old growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed in British Columbia erupted, consequences are still being felt. Arrested activists are battling court cases and the logging company is still seeing an economic impact. Producer Kieran Oudshoorn spoke with protesters about the effectiveness of the fight, and shares their reflections with Andrew Chang.
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Fairy Creek: Inside the largest protest in Canadian history
July 3, 2023 | Two years after protests against old growth logging in Fairy Creek, B.C., activists are battling court cases and companies are feeling economic impacts. Andrew Chang and CBC's Kieran Oudshoorn discuss the protest’s legacy.
B.C. extends deferral of old growth logging in Vancouver Island's Fairy Creek watershed
The B.C. government says it has reached an agreement with the Pacheedaht First Nation to defer old-growth logging for another two years in Vancouver Island's Fairy Creek watershed, which is located in the First Nation's territories.
Fairy Creek old-growth protesters celebrate as a slew of contempt charges are withdrawn
The B.C. Prosecution Service says it has withdrawn contempt charges against 11 old-growth logging protesters accused of breaching a court injunction during blockades at Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island.
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B.C. judge ends injunction against Fairy Creek protests
Protesters on Vancouver Island are celebrating a court ruling in their favour after a B.C. Supreme Court judge denied an application to extend an injunction order against their logging blockades in the Fairy Creek area.
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Trudeau challenged on B.C.’s Fairy Creek logging by First Nations protesters
Dozens of Indigenous protesters gathered outside Justin Trudeau's hotel in Vancouver in one of multiple protests held this week against old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek area on southern Vancouver Island.
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B.C. First Nations call for pause to old-growth logging in Fairy Creek
Three B.C. First Nations want forestry workers to temporarily stop cutting old-growth trees on their traditional territory on Vancouver Island.
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Protesters chain themselves up to protest old-growth forest logging
Protesters are camping out in trees and chaining themselves to whatever they can to continue to fight against the logging of old-growth forests in Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island.
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Forest management questioned amid B.C. logging protest
British Columbia RCMP have arrested more protesters trying to stop the logging of the Fairy Creek old-growth forest on Vancouver Island. The protests also accompany growing calls for better forest management by the province.
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30 arrested at B.C. protest over old-growth forest logging
More than 30 activists were arrested on Vancouver Island over the weekend as they protested logging in Canada's last old-growth forest.
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The divisive fight over Vancouver Island’s old-growth trees
A fight to protect old-growth trees from logging on Vancouver Island has some activists risking arrest by defying a court order to leave several protest camps. The Fairy Creek dispute has also pitted members of a local First Nation against its leadership.
John Horgan's environmental legacy under scrutiny as his tenure as B.C.'s premier ends
As John Horgan's tenure as B.C.'s premier comes to an end Friday, many of those most affected are reflecting on his government's legacy on environmental policy.
1 year into injunction enforcement at Fairy Creek blockades, 100s of protesters await trial
In the year since RCMP began enforcing an injunction against protests near the Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island, 403 people have been charged with contempt of court, 49 people have either pleaded or been found guilty and one person has been acquitted, a CBC analysis has found.
Fairy Creek protesters' bid to have charges stayed is 'simply not the way justice is done': Crown lawyer
A lawyer for the Crown says a court application asking for a stay of proceedings against those arrested at old-growth logging protests on Vancouver Island is flawed and has no chance of succeeding.
David Suzuki apologizes for saying pipelines could be 'blown up'
Environmentalist David Suzuki has issued an apology after saying last weekend that "there are going to be pipelines blown up" if government leaders neglect to take action on climate change.
Alberta premier says environmentalist David Suzuki incited violence with pipeline comment
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is standing by his accusation that environmentalist David Suzuki was inciting violence with comments made at a climate change protest on Saturday.
Fairy Creek documentary makes its debut at Whistler Film Festival
The documentary Before They Fall, directed by Cam MacArthur, is about the Fairy Creek blockades and the protection of B.C.'s old-growth forests.
Fairy Creek protesters vow to stay in the woods, despite bad weather and court injunction
Rain, wind and hail have pummelled the forests of southwest Vancouver Island, where anti old-growth logging protesters are camped out. Some have left since the summer, but those who remain have rain gear and campfires and say they’ll stay until the forest is protected.
Judge grants temporary injunction at Fairy Creek, citing economic harm to logging company
Lawyers for Teal Jones appeared in court Friday to argue for an interim injunction against old-growth logging blockades on southern Vancouver Island, while the company appeals a Supreme Court decision that put an end to its original injunction.
Protesters against old-growth logging dig in as company appeals denial of court injunction
A decision by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge refusing to extend an injunction against old-growth logging protesters did little to release pressure in the dispute as all sides hold steadfast to their positions.
Judge ends injunction against Fairy Creek protests, citing 'substantial infringement of civil liberties'
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has denied an application to extend an injunction against old-growth logging blockades on southern Vancouver Island, writing that the actions of RCMP officers have put the court's reputation at risk.