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Police say they have arrested four people during enforcement of a court injunction prohibiting anyone from blocking or interfering with forestry activities in the Carmanah Valley of southwestern Vancouver Island. A statement from the RCMP on Tuesday says a blockade of people, vehicles and wooden items had been established along the Walbran Forest Service Road for several months. The unnamed protesters had issued a statement on Aug. 25, saying they had put up large wooden sculpture of a cougar as part of their effort to block logging trucks, and calling for the permanent protection of ancient forests across British Columbia. The clearing of the protest camp by police follows a B.C. Supreme Court ruling in September that granted the injunction to Tsawak-qin Forestry Limited Partnership, which is co-owned by Western… <\/p>\n

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Police say they have arrested four people during enforcement of a court injunction prohibiting anyone from blocking or interfering with forestry activities in the Carmanah Valley of southwestern Vancouver Island. A statement from the RCMP on Tuesday says a blockade of people, vehicles and wooden items had been established along the Walbran Forest Service Road for several months. The unnamed protesters had issued a statement on Aug. 25, saying they had put up large wooden sculpture of a cougar as part of their effort to block logging trucks, and calling for the permanent protection of ancient forests across British Columbia. The clearing of the protest camp by police follows a B.C. Supreme Court ruling in September that granted the injunction to Tsawak-qin Forestry Limited Partnership, which is co-owned by Western... <\/p>\n

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