A documentary highlighting the 2021 Fairy Creek standoff makes its N.S. debut

HALIFAX — A documentary on British Columbia’s Fairy Creek blockade is making waves in Nova Scotia.

The documentary “Fairy Creek” covers eight months of 2021, when thousands of activists blockaded logging roads leading to old-growth forests on Vancouver Island, including the Fairy Creek watershed.

The documentary won the Best Canadian Feature award at the Planet in Focus Film Festival in Toronto this summer, and is now getting a Nova Scotia debut with screenings in Halifax, Tatamagouche, Inverness, Annapolis Royal and Wolfville.

Neal Livingston, an executive producer and Nova Scotia filmmaker, says he’s proud to see the excitement Nova Scotians have for the film and the connections they are making to the material.

Livingston says the film is especially timely for Nova Scotians as activists set up a blockade at Hunter’s Mountain in Cape Breton to protest against clear cutting of the forest.

In September, the province introduced an omnibus bill that would make blocking of forest access roads illegal and come with a fine of up to $50,000 and/or six months in jail.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 26, 2025

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