VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has approved a legal order to extend temporary protections to an old-growth forest on Vancouver Island even as the minister of forests acknowledged that the RCMP are investigating reports of tree spiking in
the area.
"I want to be very crystal clear to British Columbians, anyone who goes out and spikes a tree, puts the lives of forestry workers on the line, risks their safety, potential death each and every day, I want to condemn these actions," Parmar told reporters on Wednesday. The Fairy Creek area received international attention in recent years due to protests after logging permits were granted in 2020. This allowed the cutting of timber, including old-growth trees, in areas in and around the Fairy Creek watershed.
It said that while they have measures to detect spiked logs, one made it through and the blade hit the metal spike, destroying the saw and nearly hitting a worker, which could have killed him.
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