Old-Growth Logged in Cathedral Grove
-Richard Boyce While the logging company claims that there is a buffer of 300 metres between the falling area and the internationally renowned park, the reality is that the buffer is actually the...
View ArticleCathedral Grove Logging Blocked by “Frogs” and “Mice”
Early Monday morning, Vancouver Islanders placed a symbolic roadblock across an active logging road in Cathedral Grove next to MacMillan Provincial Park. Volunteers with Friends of the Grove (FROG)...
View ArticleProtesters threaten to disrupt logging near the border of Cathedral Grove
Julia Caranci, Canwest PORT ALBERNI — Protesters are threatening to interfere with operations near the border of Cathedral Grove Park using non-violent means. But some reports suggest plans to log...
View ArticlePiece of Vancouver Island has pricetag of $25 million
Timber company selling Capes Lake Chuck Chiang, Calgary Herald Those looking for their ultimate wilderness playground — complete with lakes, lush B.C. rainforests, hiking access to the Comox Glacier...
View ArticleCompany Logging Cathedral Grove 25% owned by BC Government
-Richard Boyce, Island Lens Cathedral Grove is under attack again, this time by a company that the BC government owns 25% of through a numbered company in Manitoba. Does the public know that the same...
View ArticleInterior’s trees get a better deal
Times Colonist Vancouver Islanders were reminded this week of how terribly the provincial government betrayed them in allowing vast tracts of land to be removed from tree farm licences. In the...
View ArticleRevisit of tree farm licence issue requested
Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist When Arnie Campbell thinks of what the Juan de Fuca electoral area has lost due to removal of private land from tree farm licences, he gets hopping mad. Looking at how...
View ArticleWCWC hopes for big turnout at protest
Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist Western Canada Wilderness Committee is hoping to beat records set by 1993 protests against logging in Clayoquot Sound by holding the largest environmental rally ever seen...
View ArticleAncient mindsets can destroy ancient forests
What’s left of the province’s magnificent old-growth forests must be protected Ken Wu, Special to Times Colonist This Saturday, British Columbians may see one of the largest — if not the largest —...
View ArticleJudge: Province failed in duty to consult First Nations on removal of lands...
Shayne Morrow, Canwest News Service A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled the province fell critically short in its obligation to consult and accommodate Hupacasath First Nation in the removal of 70,000...
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