A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted an injunction against protesters who have been blocking a forestry company for eight months from operating on Vancouver Island.  The Surrey-based logging company Teal-Jones sought an injunction in February to move protesters off logging roads in the Fairy Creek watershed, near Port Renfrew, B.C. The protesters want to preserve what they say is the last unlogged watershed on southern Vancouver Island, outside of protected parks. They have erected eight blockades at various sites since August to stop the company from building a road into the watershed… and to prohibit logging in the area. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Frits E. Verhoeven approved the company’s injunction application Thursday, along with the police powers to enforce it, and ruled the defendants must cover the legal costs. Anyone blockading the roads would be in contempt of court and could be arrested and charged. [Additional coverage below:]

• Protesters have no plans to leave Fairy Creek logging blockade despite [Times Colonist]
• Company wins injunction to go ahead with logging in Fairy Creek watershed [Global TV]
• Teal-Jones wins court ban on Fairy Creek old-growth blockades [National Observer]