A group of people representing eight provincial environmental and community organizations are demanding a moratorium on all harvesting on Crown land until the Lahey Report recommendations are fully implemented.
Brandon Sun By: The Canadian Press
HALIFAX - Three people arrested for blocking traffic on Halifax s MacDonald Bridge in October 2019, including the climate protest organizer, have been fined $237 each.
Members of Extinction Rebellion, protesting issues related to climate change, march to the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Three people, including a climate protest organizer arrested for blocking traffic on the MacDonald Bridge in Halifax in October 2019, have each been fined a total of $237. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
HALIFAX - Three people arrested for blocking traffic on Halifax s MacDonald Bridge in October 2019, including the climate protest organizer, have been fined $237 each.
Trio of protesters fined for blocking Halifax bridge over inaction on climate change
They were among a group of 18 people arrested four hours after the protest began at the MacDonald Bridge in October 2019
Feb 16, 2021 12:38 PM By: Canadian Press
HALIFAX Three people arrested for blocking traffic on Halifax s MacDonald Bridge in October 2019, including the climate protest organizer, have been fined $237 each.
The Nova Scotia Crown Prosecution Service confirms the fines for refusing to leave private property when instructed to do so were issued during an appearance in Halifax provincial court on Feb. 9.
Patrick Yancey of Extinction Rebellion Nova Scotia was one of those fined and says the trio argued that their actions were justified to avert the emergency posed by the climate crisis.