According to Sgt. Chris Manseau, a media relations officer with the RCMP, a group numbering between 50 and 100 people arrived at the McClure Forest Service Road checkpoint and asked police for permission to perform a ceremony at a location beyond the temporary access control area. They promised that they would return, they were allowed to proceed. After the ceremony the group stopped at the checkpoint and refused to leave, blocking traffic in both directions. The court-ordered injunction was read to the group and they were provided with an opportunity to leave peacefully or face arrest. About 14 individuals were subsequently arrested. They were transported to the Lake Cowichan RCMP Detachment for processing.
Arrests on Vancouver Island over old-growth logging blockades tally 22 on Saturday
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Police arrest seven more protesters at the Fairy Creek anti-logging blockade
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