A Protester Was Injured In The Blockade Of The Pat Bay Highway

Save Old Growth conservation group says one of its members remains in hospital Tuesday after protesters blocked a section of Patricia Bay Highway in North Saanich, BC, on Monday.
The north lanes of the highway were blocked for an hour before the RCMP managed to clear part of the blockade and open a lane to traffic.
Traffic delays continued on the highway for several more hours, during which a protester sitting on a ladder at the spot fell and was injured.
On Tuesday, Save Old Growth said one of its members, Trevor ‘Red’ Mckelvie, fell from a height of about 20 feet after an angry passenger removed one of the ladder supports.
An online fundraiser was set up to support McKelvey’s recovery.  The GoFundMe campaign says the man broke his pelvis and needed “high-risk” surgery, six months to a year to recover, and that he was facing possible complications in his life.
“This is a life-threatening catastrophic injury,” Save Old Growth organizer Sophia Papp said in a statement.  “We do not want to risk our lives bothering people, but that’s the end of it.”
“Business, as usual, has put us on a global trajectory and it is up to our government, the greatest legislative power, to act in the interest of the people’s future; that includes protecting the old forests,” he said.
An old logging protest is pictured on the Pat Bay Highway on June 13, 2022. (CTV News)
On Tuesday, Save Old Growth said it would “continue to block roads” in BC.  until the provincial government ends the logging of old forests in British Columbia.
In addition to the blockade on Vancouver Island on Monday, two blockades have been set up in Vancouver by Save Old Growth on Monday and Tuesday.
The RCMP reports that the blockade of the Patricia Bay Highway has led to the arrest of five people involved in the protest.
The Mounties say a separate investigation into the ladder incident itself is also ongoing.