Save Old Growth protesters blocking traffic in Vancouver Wednesday
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In addition to the protests, two members of the group are on hunger strikes and demanding a public meeting with the minister of forests, Katrine Conroy.
Protesters are once again blocking Grandview Highway in Vancouver Wednesday.
The group is with Save Old Growth, which is demanding an end to old-growth logging through legislative change.
The group says it will not be deterred from escalating action, even though drivers and commuters are becoming frustrated by the disruption.
Last week, members of the group were dragged off by angry drivers after blocking the morning commute on the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge.
“This is our future now. People have been writing letters for 30 years, we’ve been signing petitions for 30 years and we’ve had enough. We’ve only got 2.7 per cent of the productive old-growth forests left and they need to be protected, end of discussion,” Julia Torgerson, a spokesperson for the group, said in a release.
This is the group’s 12th direct action on Vancouver highways in April. So far, 86 people have been arrested as part of these actions in B.C., according to the group.
In addition to the protests, two members of the group are on hunger strikes and demanding a public meeting with the minister of forests, Katrine Conroy. However, the minister has so far refused to meet with members of the group.
Howard Breen, 68, is on day 27 of his hunger strike and was admitted to the hospital recently after not ingesting any fluids for 50 hours.
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