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
‘It’s An Environmental Law-Free Zone’: B.C. Auditor General Asked to Investigate Unregulated Placer Mining
5 min. readPlacer mining kills fish, damages streams, poses a risk to drinking water and jeopardizes Indigenous...
Canada’s Upcoming Fish Farm Rules Likely to Prop Up Industry, Critics Warn
As the federal government considers bringing in new laws to govern fish farms, there is...
‘Last Stand’ Film Documents B.C.’s Role In Accelerating Demise of Mountain Caribou
Film producer, biologist and wildlife photographer David Moskowitz was shocked to find that old-growth logging is...
Seeking the Science Behind B.C.’s Wolf Cull
Even if you live on Vancouver Island you’re not likely to have seen the elusive...
Canada’s Governments Don’t Have Real Plans to Fight or Adapt to Climate Change: New Audit
Canada talks the talk, but fails to walk the walk on climate change, according to...
Mismanagement of Canada’s Largest National Park Is Attracting International Scrutiny. Here’s Why.
One year ago, after scathing reports by international agencies, the federal government promised to better...
The Race for Adaptation in an Increasingly Acidic Salish Sea
Underneath the picturesque Salish Sea there are churning currents, with water swooshing in from the...
B.C. Moves Ahead With Review of Controversial Environmental Assessment Process
There are so many problems with B.C.’s current environmental assessment process that a review, announced...
Some Federal Scientists Still Not Free to Speak About Work Under Trudeau Government
Remember the bad old days when federal scientists were muzzled by the Harper government and,...
