Article 5Q4RS Canada: win for anti-logging protesters as judge denies firm’s injunction bid

Canada: win for anti-logging protesters as judge denies firm’s injunction bid

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Leyland Cecco in Toronto
from on (#5Q4RS)

Judge blocks Teal Cedar Products' extension request and says police conduct on Vancouver Island has put court at risk

A provincial court in Canada has refused to extend an injunction against protesters demonstrating against old-growth logging, ruling that police conduct has been so troubling that to extend the order would place the court's own reputation at risk.

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