RCMP Move to End Blockade Against Logging of Forest on Vancouver Island

A banner is held at the entrance to a new blockade that protesters formed near Port Renfrew, B.C., on May 11, 2021. The RCMP in British Columbia say the enforcement of a court injunction banning blockades of logging activities in the area has begun. Jen Osborne/The Canadian Press

PORT RENFREW, B.C.—The RCMP say they have begun enforcing a court injunction banning blockades of logging activities in an area of western Vancouver Island.

In a statement, the RCMP say they are temporarily controlling access to the Fairy Creek Watershed area northeast of Port Renfrew as they enforce the civil injunction.