Lynette Fortune

Nov 4, 2023 | cbc.ca | Lynette Fortune |Laurence Mathieu-Léger |Steven D’Souza

Catherine McClarty still has nightmares about her arrest two years ago during an anti-logging protest on Vancouver Island and her experience with a controversial RCMP unit that's been accused of improper use of force, neglect of duty and more. As part of ongoing protests against logging of old-growth forests in the Fairy Creek watershed, the 47-year old took part in one of the largest acts of civil unrest in Canadian history.