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VICTORIA Premier John Horgan gained some leverage this week over an old-growth logging protest that has been festering for months in his political backyard.
The battleground is Fairy Creek, a heavily forested watershed near Port Renfrew in the premier’s Langford-Juan de Fuca riding.
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The Teal-Jones logging group has been prevented from exercising its timber cutting-rights in the area since protesters set up a blockade in August. They have refused to budge, despite a recent court injunction.