The judge made the comments during the sentencing hearing for Ian Schortinghuis, who was arrested after three separate protests in Metro Vancouver.
Provincial court judge Laura Bakan had harsh words for Save Old Growth during the June 30 sentencing hearing for Ian Schortinghuis, a 30-year-old protester who was arrested after blocking key Metro Vancouver thoroughfares and bridges in three separate protests in April and June.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Vancouver Sun, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Five days later, Schortinghuis and four others blocked a crosswalk at Grandview Highway and Boundary, impeding the entrance to Highway 1. Save Old Growth’s earlier campaign of a series of blockades on major B.C. roads and highways to call for an end of old-growth logging in the province involved protesters risking arrest and the ire of frustrated motorists .Article content
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