B.C. Activist Group Opposed to Old Growth Logging Says it Spray-Painted Vancouver Landmarks

Tia Riley — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 23:22:53 +0000

An activist group opposed to old growth logging in B.C. says it has been spray-painting Vancouver tourist attractions and landmarks as an act of civil disobedience.

The Save Old Growth group said targets have included the Gastown steam clock, artist Douglas Coupland’s Digital Orca sculpture, the Olympic torch, Science World and the CBC’s offices.

The group, which distributed a photo of the steam clock covered with slogans, said it painted the messages as a reminder of what it called the B.C. government’s “broken promises” on logging.

This day 25 years ago, along with other @Greenpeace activists, I stood with the Nuxalk First Nation & was arrested by Canadian police after a 19 day blockade preventing logging of old growth temperate rainforest in B.C.
The #GreatBearRainforest is now protected. #ActivismWorks pic.twitter.com/4Z4oahNfbw

— Cllr. Cristíona Kiely (@Cristiona_Kiely) June 24, 2022

Constable Tania Visintin said in a statement that Vancouver police are “investigating the mischief to the steam clock.”

Save Old Growth said its actions coincided with Overshoot Day, which is designed to mark the date when humanity has used up all biological resources the planet is capable of regenerating each year.

A blockade put up by activists who say they are fighting to save old growth forests on Vancouver Island will be allowed to continue for another three weeks.

The B.C. Supreme Court granted a three-week adjournment for the protesters’ legal team to build their defense. pic.twitter.com/DXjwGOS1Pu

— APTN News (@APTNNews) March 6, 2021

The group was previously behind road blockades, but said at the end of June it would “de-escalate” such actions and instead turn to other tactics.

Those road blockades saw dozens of people arrested and triggered major traffic disruptions in Vancouver and elsewhere.

MPs Meet with James Topp and Other Key Freedom Movement Figures

Tia Riley — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 02:57:48 +0000

Dean Allison introduces James Topp and his journey to Ottawa in the House of Commons. Later he and other MPs including Leslyn Lewis, Cheryl Gallant, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Jeremy Patzer Ryan Williams, Alex Ruff, and other Conservative MPs met with James Topp and other key Freedom Movement figures including Tom Marazzo and Danny Bulford today in a Parliamentary building in Ottawa.

Conservative MPs that attended the meeting: Marilyn Gladu, Arnold Viersen, Dean Allison, James Bezan, Melissa Lantsman, Dan Muys, Ted Falk, Leslyn Lewis, Alex Ruff, Jeremy Patzer, Jamie Schmale, Martin Shields, John Barlow, Ryan Williams, Warren Steinley, Damien Kurek, Gerald Soroka, Scott Davidson, Chris Warkentin, Corey Tochor, Tako van Popta, Cheryl Gallant and
Kerry-Lynn Findlay.

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B.C. Activist Group Opposed to Old Growth Logging Says it Spray-Painted Vancouver Landmarks

MPs Meet with James Topp and Other Key Freedom Movement Figures