Vancouver faces another legal challenge over tree removal in Stanley Park

By Tiffany Crawford
The Vancouver Sun
February 12, 2025
Category: Forestry
Region: Canada, Canada West

The city of Vancouver and the park board are facing another legal challenge over the controversial removal of thousands of trees in Stanley Park. The Stanley Park Preservation Society filed a petition this week in B.C. Supreme Court seeking a judicial review and calling for an injunction to stop logging in the park. The Vancouver Park Board began removing a third of Stanley Park trees in late 2023. …Four individuals filed a civil lawsuit last year against the city, park board and the consulting firm B.A. Blackwell and Associates alleging negligence. No date for trial has been set in that case. The latest suit seeks to halt removal of trees that have not been properly documented to be hazardous, which the society alleges involves most of the trees being removed. …“So we believe the snags are not dangerous and there’s no reason they should be targeted,” he said.

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