RCMP say they have begun enforcing a court injunction banning blockades of logging activities in an area of western Vancouver Island. In a statement, RCMP say they are temporarily controlling access to the Fairy Creek watershed area northeast of Port Renfrew as they enforce the civil injunction. The statement says the controls were imposed Monday to allow loggers with Teal-Cedar Products to start work. A checkpoint on a forest service road leading to the area will remain in place until the company has completed its work. The RCMP say enough police officers are in the area to keep the peace. Protesters have had blockades at the Fairy Creek watershed since last summer. …The B.C. Supreme Court issued the injunction April 1. …Teal-Jones vice-president Gerrie Kotze said… The company plans to harvest a small area at the head of the watershed, well away from the San Juan River.

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