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Five more arrested in B.C. old-growth logging protest

Five more arrested in B.C. old-growth logging protest | iNFOnews.ca
An excavator works in the background as police establish a checkpoint on McClure Main, a road that leads to the Caycuse blockade camp, in the Caycuse area on B.C.'s Vancouver Island, Monday, May 17, 2021. Mounties say five more people have been arrested on southern Vancouver Island during protests against old-growth logging. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jen Osborne

PORT RENFREW, B.C. – Mounties say five more people have been arrested on southern Vancouver Island during protests against old-growth logging.

RCMP say the arrests happened at an area called the Waterfall Camp, near Port Renfrew, B.C.

Three of those arrested Monday face civil contempt of court charges, while the other two face obstruction charges.

Police say 53 people have been arrested in total since an injunction started to be enforced last week.

Those arrested Monday were taken to Lake Cowichan RCMP for processing.

Activists say very little of the best old-growth forest remains in B.C. and Fairy Creek is the last unprotected, intact old-growth valley on southern Vancouver Island.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 24, 2021.

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