With protesters gone, clearing of Parker lands resumes
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Monthly Digital Subscription
$1 per week for 24 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $4.00 plus GST every four weeks. After 24 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.00 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
Monthly Digital Subscription
$4.75/week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
*Your next subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $16.99 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $23.99 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 19/09/2017 (2951 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A bulldozer is clearing the forest on the Parker lands, just days after protesters took down their camp after a judge ordered them off.
The machine could be seen on Tuesday pushing down trees at the edge of the development that was cleared in July before protesters set up camp on the 45-acre south Winnipeg property.
“We’re distressed and saddened the cutting of the forest has been resumed,” said Patricia Robertson, a spokeswoman for the protesters. “We are obeying the judge’s injunction, but we believe it was based on a narrow ruling of property rights.”
Robertson said the group plans more court action to try again to stop the clearing of the area.
“We’ve not given up. We believe the developers are in violation of city regulations,” she said.
Protesters took down their camp on the Fort Garry property on Sept. 15 before the 6 p.m. court-imposed deadline.
A Court of Queen’s Bench judge had ruled last week the protesters were illegally camping on private property.
Justice James Edmond said: “The law of private property rights in Manitoba must be enforced. Protesters do not have the right to protest on private property… Protesting on public thoroughfare is permitted.”
The site is owned by Gem Equities Inc., which received the property in a land swap with the City of Winnipeg in 2009.
Andrew Marquess, owner of Gem Equities, and a spokesperson for the city could not be reached for comment on Tuesday.
kevin.rollason@freepress.mb.ca
Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
Every piece of reporting Kevin produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
Every piece of reporting Kevin produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber.
Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
Related Articles
Parker lands protesters seek legal defence fund
Advertisement Advertise With Us
History
Updated on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 5:59 PM CDT: Full write through