A last-minute notice from the RCMP on changes to where enforcement of the Fairy Creek protests was being carried out prevented effective media coverage on May 25, 2021. 

Ricochet Media journalist Michael Simkin was denied access to the site of an RCMP raid on May 21, 2021, at Braden Main and 2000 Road, near Fairy Creek. 

Capital Daily managing editor Jimmy Thomson was denied access to the Caycuse protest camp at the site of an imminent police raid on May 17, 2021. 

While reporting for Ricochet Media, Kyle Darling and Michael Simkin were denied access to the Caycuse protest camp in old-growth forest on southern Vancouver Island, at the site of an imminent police raid on May 17, 2021. 

While reporting for Ricochet Media, Michael Simkin and Kyle Darling were denied access to the Caycuse protest camp in old-growth forest on southern Vancouver Island, at the site of an imminent police raid on May 17, 2021.