NOT EXACTLY A WARM RECEPTIONby Paul Rudan, editor, The Weekender, February 28, 1998
Protesting logging in Campbell River is like standing up in church and
screaming, "There is no God."
Tuesday's noon hour lunch crowd, more familiar with passing log trucks
and workers in plaid jackets, was greeted by placard carding island
residents who were protesting against banks who made loans to private
logging operations on Denman and Twin Islands.
"Get a job!" screamed a few people who drove by the protest.
Another woman cussed and hollered so loud at protesters you could have
probably heard her over a faller's chainsaw.
Those at the receiving end pretended not to hear. Others could not
understand the animosity.
"We're not against logging. We just want jobs for the future too," said
protest spokesman Guy Marion of Denman Island.
Alex Nichol of Campbell River said there must be sustainable logging on
both public and private lands. "When I see these guys out of work, I feel
sad," he said. "They have venom for us but they don't understand how they
arrived at their situation."
RETURN TO ARTICLES INDEX * MAIN INDEX