Cross Posted From CBC
A protest at Charlottetown’s province house that included symbolic gifts of hemlocks trees turned nasty for MLAs on Friday.
The demonstration was designed to be a statement about the realignment of the Trans-Canada Highway between Bonshaw and New Haven. The protesters say the new highway is unnecessary and harmful to the environment. They are particularly concerned about the fate of a number of hemlock trees in the path of the highway that are estimated to be 200 years old.
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