Police clear Vancouver Island protest camp, allowing logging to resume in Walbran Valley

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Police cleared a Vancouver Island protest camp, allowing forestry activities to resume in the Walbran Valley after enforcing a court injunction. Six individuals were arrested for allegedly breaching the injunction. The protest aimed to block old-growth logging, but police removed structures and tree sits. The injunction was granted to Tsawak-qin Forestry Limited Partnership, co-owned by Western Forest Products and the Huu-ay-aht First Nations, following a B.C. Supreme Court ruling.


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