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Protesters return to Eagleridge Bluffs
by CBC News •
Tuesday May 30, 2006 at 06:00 AM
The Eagleridge Bluffs protesters were back on Monday. About 60 of them returned to the controversial construction site in West Vancouver just days after their tent city was taken down and 23 of their number were arrested by police.
Protesters return to Eagleridge Bluffs CBC News The Eagleridge Bluffs protesters were back on Monday. About 60 of them returned to the controversial construction site in West Vancouver just days after their tent city was taken down and 23 of their number were arrested by police. Some protesters went into the woods on Monday, in an effort to stop the logging. (CBC) The Coalition to Save Eagleridge Bluffs opposes the province's plan to build a new section of the Sea to Sky Highway through the area for the 2010 Olympic Games, claiming the environmental implications of the construction were not thoroughly reviewed. Protest spokeswoman Liz Bird said activists decided to return after work crews spent the weekend cutting down trees on the bluffs. There are two groups of protesters now. The people who were arrested Thursday were on one side of the off-ramp, across the road from the gate to the construction site. The protesters decided to return after listening to a weekend of logging on the bluffs. (CBC) They were complying with their release order, which said they cannot get too close to the site of their former protest camp. But there was also a larger group of about three dozen people with protest signs next to the gate to the construction area. They were trying to stop logging crews from going to work. Police prevented them from getting into the closed-off area, and there were no arrests. Later in the day, the protesters packed up their signs and went home. The protesters say the highway project will destroy a sensitive wetlands area, and they plan to continue their fight until the provincial government agrees to stop the highway construction through the bluffs, a favourite site for hikers and other nature lovers.
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