The Capital Regional District is asking the public to weigh in on the idea of widening sections of the Galloping Goose and Lochside regional trails, along with adding lights.The section being . . .
Two protesters locked themselves under a pile of rocks to block the path of loggers near Port Renfrew. [Norman Galimski]
A baby grabs the outstretched finger of an RCMP officer at a police checkpoint near Port Renfrew as tree sitters protested old-growth logging on southern Vancouver Island. As of Wednesday, police had arrested an estimated 112 people while enforcing a court injunction. [Norman Galimski]
Seniors protest the logging of old-growth forest near Port Renfrew on Wednesday. [Norman Galimski]
A protester is locked into place with a sleeping dragon, a homemade contraption to trap a persons arm in the ground to block the path of loggers, near Port Renfrew. [Norman Galimski]
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VICTORIA As the warm, dry weather of summer approaches, firefighters up and down Vancouver Island are preparing for the start of wildfire season. Though the current fire danger rating in Greater Victoria is low to moderate, fire services in the region want people to know that as forest floors dry out, it only takes seconds for a spark to become a blaze. It will dry out quite quickly so the chances of a wildfire go up dramatically, said Langford Fire Department assistant chief of fire protection, Lance Caven. With COVID people want to be outside, they want to be out in nature and we just need them to be really diligent, he said.
A commentary by the past chair of Grumpy Taxpayer$ of Greater Victoria, a citizen’s advocacy group for municipal taxpayers. The words of Pythagoras, an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher and . . .