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Protesters arrested at B C old-growth logging blockades may face criminal contempt charges

  VICTORIA People arrested for breaching an injunction against old-growth logging blockades on southern Vancouver Island may face criminal contempt charges. The BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) says it has reviewed material provided by the RCMP and logging company Teal Jones and has concluded there is “a substantial likelihood of conviction for criminal conviction in a sufficient number of cases.” More than 445 people have been arrested while blockading forestry workers in the Fairy Creek and Caycuse watersheds. Activists have maintained roving blockades in the area to prevent the logging of ancient forests since last summer. The BCPS told a Duncan, B.C. courtroom Monday that there “is a strong public interest in prosecuting criminally the alleged breaches of the injunction.”

Prosecution service considers criminal contempt charges for Fairy Creek logging protesters

In a statement Monday, the prosecution service said it has concluded there is a substantial likelihood of conviction for criminal contempt and a strong public interest in prosecuting criminally the alleged breach of the injunction. Since August 2020, members of the Rainforest Flying Squad and other environmental activists have set up moving blockades in their bid to prevent logging and road-building in old-growth forests. Kathleen Code, spokeswoman for the Rainforest Flying Squad, said Monday the decision won’t stop protesters, and merely serves to relieve Teal Jones of the financial burden of having to prosecute people of “having to find people and serve them properly.”

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