When protesters blocked the southern lanes of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge during Thursday’s trip, some drivers appeared to be very disappointed.
The six protesters, with the Save Old Growth group, were abducted from the side of the bridge by some travelers.
Vancouver police were soon on the scene to release the protesters and allow the movement to move again, police said.
2:06 Frustrated drivers clash with protesters on the Ironworks Memorial Bridge Frustrated drivers against protesters on the Iron Workers Memorial Bridge
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“Demonstrators who block vital parts of infrastructure, such as bridges and major intersections, are endangering and endangering the safety of the rest of society,” Const said. said Tanya Visintin.
“We know that these incidents have disappointed the public, and we thank everyone for their patience as the VPD responds to this protest.”
A 24-year-old woman was arrested and taken to prison, Visintin added.
The Save Old Growth group recently staged protests on a number of roads in British Columbia.
This is his tenth direct action in Vancouver this month, and 84 people have been arrested in the province since January in Vancouver, Revelstoke, Victoria and Nanaimo.
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“It simply came to our notice then. We will not stop until the government passes legislation to stop all types of logging, “said Julia Torgerson, a spokeswoman for the group in a statement.
“This is not a big demand, we have only 2.7% of the old production growth. Killing the last of these ancient trees is a death sentence for millions of Canadians due to an ecological collapse. “
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A member of the group, Howard Breen, is on the 21st day of his hunger strike and will stop drinking fluids in protest of Earth Day, which is risky for his life, the group said.
Another member, who is on the 28th day of his hunger strike, said the hundreds of people who died in the heat of last summer show that humanity is not doing enough to fight climate change.
“We are entering the darkest era of human history and we are facing mass starvation as we approach the average global temperature by two degrees. The British Columbia government is helping to destroy the country, “Brent Eichler said in a statement.
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The ban on protests against old trees on Vancouver Island was extended in January until next fall by a decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal, which overturned a lower court decision.
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A panel of three judges upheld the appeal of the forest company Teal Cedar Products Ltd. of a decision of the Supreme Court of British Columbia rejecting the company’s request to extend the order by one year.
– with files from The Canadian Press
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