Prosecutors in B.C. have withdrawn cases against nearly 150 protesters who were arrested for participating in a blockade around old-growth logging on Vancouver Island after a judge this year found Mounties did not read the full text of a court order to the group.
A statement from the B.C. Prosecution Service on Thursday confirmed cases against 146 protesters have been dropped because their ability to succeed was “placed in doubt” by a ruling that acquitted protester Ryan Henderson in February.
“Those cases are now concluded as a result of this ruling,” read an email to CBC News.
The confirmation comes hours after the Supreme Court of Canada said it
