He says one person is at the top of a high staircase and another person is stuck in the street. They say 80 of their supporters have been arrested in a series of similar blockades on Highway 1 on the North Shore and in Burnaby, Victoria and Revelstoke since January. The group aims to force the provincial government to ban all logging of old trees, not all logging in general. Opposite side of the road. Ambulances caring for a person with a blanket who has his hand very stuck on the road. @GlobalBC @CKNW @ AM730Traffic pic.twitter.com/dZf7vgLvo8 – Andrea Macpherson (@AMacOnAir) April 18, 2022 The story goes on under the ad Breaking – Save Old Growth has blocked all 5 lanes west of Grandview Highway on Boundary road. One person is stuck on the road and another person on a staircase in the middle of the road. pic.twitter.com/wEidcyOVC6 – Save Old Growth (@saveoldgrowth) April 18, 2022
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0:41 Anti-logging protesters briefly block the Lions Gate Bridge during the morning movement Anti-logging protesters briefly block the Lions Gate Bridge during the morning movement – April 6, 2022
On its website, Save Old Growth said the blockades were “part of an ongoing escalation to demand an end to the deforestation.” Arrests are expected. © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
