LAKE COWICHAN – Police on Vancouver Island say an area where protesters set up camp in August in an effort to block old-growth logging has been cleared, allowing the forestry company to resume its operations.

RCMP had begun enforcing a court-ordered injunction on Tuesday that prohibited anyone from blocking or interfering with forestry activities in the Carmanah Valley, with most protesters leaving peacefully, while four were arrested.

But the Mounties say that the next day they found several people had either attached themselves to structures or set up in what they describe as a “tree sit.”

Police say two women and a man were arrested on Wednesday, though they were later released with conditions and court appearances scheduled for January.

Following the arrests, police say the area wa

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