Judith Lavoie
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@LavoieJudith Judith Lavoie is an award-winning journalist based in Victoria, British Columbia. Lavoie covered environment and First Nations stories for the Victoria Times Colonist for more than 20 years and is now working as a freelancer. She previously worked on newspapers in New Brunswick, Cyprus, England and the Middle East. Lavoie has won four Webster awards and has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award and a Michener Award.
Stories by Judith Lavoie
Controversial Jumbo Ski Resort rises from the dead and heads to court
4 min. readAfter almost three decades of planning, the fate of a 6000-bed luxury ski resort in...
B.C. First Nation launches first ever case to extend Aboriginal title to ocean
Dzawada’enuxw First Nation takes fight against salmon farms to B.C. Supreme Court
Washington ends transfer of infected farmed salmon into ocean pens
U.S. move prompts criticism of Canada's lax rules after research confirms link between disease in...
Minister’s inaction on B.C.’s endangered caribou ‘egregious’: federal court judge
Citizens shouldn’t have to file a judicial review to force Environment Minister Catherine McKenna to...
B.C. introduces legislation to protect free speech from intimidation lawsuits
Lawsuits designed to financially cripple small organizations or intimidate citizens into silence will no longer...
B.C. Grants Cermaq Permit to Apply 2.3 Million Litres of Pesticide to Clayoquot Sound Salmon Farms
The province has given the go-ahead for Cermaq Canada to use up to 2.3 million...
Ancient Glass Sponge Reef Smothered By Salmon Farm Waste in B.C.
As Tavish Campbell dropped his remote camera into the water close to a salmon farm...
Gwich’in Call on Canadians to Speak Out Against Trump’s Arctic Drilling Push
Canadians are being urged to fight against a push by U.S. President Donald Trump to...
Caribou on the Brink: B.C. Herd Reduced to Three Females Points to Failure to Protect Endangered Species
The much-studied South Selkirk mountain caribou herd is teetering on the brink of extinction. That...