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Over 1,100 Arrested as Activists Block Fairy Creek Logging Road

8/6/2026

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Forest defenders blocked a logging road on Vancouver Island as a company prepared to harvest old-growth trees.
Forests minister Ravi Parmar will seek another deferral if a Pacheedaht agreement is not reached before the September Fairy Creek deadline.
More than 1,100 activists were arrested at Fairy Creek blockades, where the temporary protections they won expire in September.

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Forest defenders blocked a logging road on Vancouver Island as a company prepared to harvest old-growth trees.
Forests minister Ravi Parmar will seek another deferral if a Pacheedaht agreement is not reached before the September Fairy Creek deadline.
More than 1,100 activists were arrested at Fairy Creek blockades, where the temporary protections they won expire in September.