Insanity Reigns in Langford

This morning I read the news that Langford mayor Stew Young has decided to hold a second public hearing regarding plans for a huge development on the south side of Spaet mountain (aka South Skirt Mountain). The first public hearing was an absolute joke, and the Vancouver Island Community Forest Action Network (of which I [...]

One year later, RCMP investigator questions tree sit raid

by Zoe Blunt, submedia.tv
Complaints to the RCMP have triggered an investigation into a military-style police raid on a small protest camp in Langford last year. In January 2009, former RCMP internal investigator Curt Acheson met with half a dozen community members and promised full disclosure about the February 13, 2008 operation, which involved at least [...]

Lying Dirtbag Politicians in Langford Blame Treesitters for Cancellation of New Year’s Levee

(This is some bullshit that the City of Langford should not be able to get away with. Last year, after the New Year’s levee, they claimed that treesitters left muddy handprints all over the public washroom, which we thought at the time was a shocking lie. Now they’ve taken the lie one step further into [...]

Spencer Road blasting riles neighbours

So the annihilation of a mountain sacred to many continues, with pieces of hir raining down on the beings at hir feet, who have lived on the hem of hir slopes, who have loved hir, fought for hir, cried for hir. Now s/je cries on them, with them, pieces of hir sinking into the lake [...]

Langford wants crackdown on illegal campsites

Bill Cleverley, Times Colonist
Faced with mountains of garbage piling up in the woods and evidence linking illegal campsites to drug use and thefts, Langford wants to make its community safety officers special constables with the authority to go onto private property to detain and ticket trespassers as well as order them off the property.
“What we’re [...]

Bear Mountain Interchange becomes Bear Mountain Overpass: We Told You So

It’s been six months this week since 60 heavily armed RCMP Emergency Response Team members removed 3 tree-sitters and their ground crew from the site of the Bear Mountain interchange. Clearing of trees began less than an hour after the last protestor was removed. Blasting began soon afterwards and continues to this day.
I recently spent [...]

Crown drops all charges against five Spencer Road protesters

(The article is misleading as it does not clarify that Luke and Noah’s charges were stayed, while Ingmar and Nancy’s were dropped. The crown is not proceeding, but they can later. The threat of prosecution still hangs over their heads. And Ben’s court date is not until tomorrow, as far as we know.
So it’s a [...]

No Charges for Bear Mountain Tree-sitters

-from Zoe Blunt
The Crown won’t proceed on mischief charges for the people arrested at
the site of the Bear Mountain Interchange in Langford. Charges were
stayed for tree sitters Luke Woodyard and Noah Ross, and no charges
were laid against Nancy Powell and Ingmar Lee. Ben Isitt will find out
his fate on Thursday morning.

“Mischief” Delays Bear Mountain Blasting

by Zoe Blunt Guerrilla News Network
One year ago, a small group of environmentalists set up a tree sit in the path of a highway project. They demanded recognition of First Nations heritage sites and sacred caves and protection for wetlands and endangered species. This small act of civil disobedience has snowballed into a region-wide rebellion [...]

Bear above, Bare below

Environmental activist buys subsurface mineral rights to Bear Mountain, Spencer interchange properties
By Edward Hill – Goldstream News Gazette – March 28, 2008
It’s a crazy world.
Ingmar Lee, a vocal opponent of Bear Mountain and the Spencer interchange, has purchased the subsurface mineral rights to about half of Langford — including below Bear Mountain and the Spencer [...]