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The British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed sentence appeals arising from criminal contempt convictions for blocking access to Trans Mountain worksites.
The court sentenced a contemnor in the Fairy Creek contempt proceeding to 70 hours of community work service and 12 months’ probation after considering loss of camping gear as mitigation.
The court sentenced Amy Soranno and Nicholas Schafer for a planned break and enter and mischief at a hog farm, rejecting discharges and imposing custody, probation, and ancillary orders.
The court granted Teal Cedar a further one-year extension of an interlocutory injunction, varied the application procedure, and awarded costs, finding ongoing harm and no change in the analysis.
Sentencing for criminal contempt after Dr. Timothy Takaro admitted breaching a Trans Mountain injunction by a public tree sit. The court imposed 30 days in jail.
Sentencing for criminal contempt arising from Fairy Creek injunction protests. The court held that lack of a guilty plea was not decisive and imposed probation and community work.
Youth contempt sentencing for blocking a logging road with a sleeping dragon led to 35 hours of community work service under the YCJA.
Sentencing for criminal contempt arising from a dangerous Fairy Creek protest stunt. The court held that altruistic motive reduced culpability but custody was still necessary.
The court found Janette McIntosh, Ruth Walmsley and Catherine Hembling guilty of criminal contempt for breaching a Trans Mountain injunction and sentenced each to 14 days' incarceration.
The Court of Appeal allowed Teal Cedar’s appeal and extended an injunction against logging blockades, holding criminal law availability was not a reason to deny civil relief.
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