Judith Lavoie
Reporter
@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
What Canada Can Learn From Germany’s Renewable Revolution
7 min. readChanging from an energy system powered by fossil fuels to one based on renewable energy...
B.C. Not Prepared for Climate Change Disasters, Not On Track to Cut Emissions: Auditor General
B.C. is woefully unprepared to deal with climate change catastrophes, despite recent floods, droughts and...
The Weaver-Horgan LNG Kerfuffle Explained
B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver becomes downright indignant at suggestions he has retreated even...
B.C.’s Fugitive Gas Pains: Report Calls for Crackdown on Biggest Polluters
A potent, heat-trapping gas is being released into the atmosphere from B.C.’s oil and gas...
How a U.S. Company is Suing Canada for Rejecting Quarry in Endangered Whale Nursery
When a Canadian federal-provincial environmental review panel ruled in 2007 that a proposed quarry would...
B.C. Quietly Releases Emissions Update That Shows It’ll Blow 2020 Climate Target
Figures in a B.C. greenhouse gas inventory released quietly before Christmas show emissions have risen...
B.C. Bans Grizzly Hunt for Trophies and Meat, But Indigenous Practices to Continue
As Valerie Murray realized she was witnessing the end of grizzly bear hunting in B.C....
Mining Company Loses 5-Year B.C. Lawsuit Meant to ‘Silence’ Critics
The Wilderness Committee has won a landmark defamation case brought against it by Taseko Mines...
B.C. Coughs Up Fracking Report Four Years Late and Only After It Was Leaked to Journalist
Hundreds of gas wells could be leaking methane and potentially contaminating groundwater, according to a...
