B.C. man hospitalized on 24th day of hunger strike to protest old-growth logging

NANAIMO, B.C. — A group protesting old-growth logging in British Columbia says one of its members has been hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike.

Save Old Growth says Howard Breen’s “death-watch team” noted he was experiencing blurred vision, loss of balance, back pain around the kidneys and possible heart problems.

It says one of Breen’s daughters, who is a nurse, assessed him at his home in Nanaimo and called an ambulance.

Breen said Saturday that he will continue his protest until Forests Minister Katrine Conroy agrees to a recorded Zoom meeting that would be available to the public.