Loggers Protest Environmentalists

From CTV.ca:

"37 loggers have enacted a hunger strike in protest of the protestation of logging in Walbran valley by environmental activists. The loggers peacefully blockaded the protesters, vowing not to eat anything until they could once again roll their trucks into the Walbran and log. "We decided to exercise our civil rights, and see if through this reckless act of moral fortitude we could move the public and achieve their sympathy" said Reg Alsingbud, a logger for 17 years and long-time admirer of Ghandi. " Woodcor Enterprises company owner Gareth Knechbroth, the company with development rights to the land, has echoed the sentiments of his contracted employees, and wants to remind everyone that there will be an organised protest which will begin at Centennial square and descend on the Victoria Legislature Buildings next Thursday. "With the will of the people you can achieve anything" added Knechbroth.

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