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
‘When are they going to ensure the polluter pays?’: proposed B.C. mining reforms don’t go far enough
8 min. readA plan to update the province’s antiquated Mines Act will bring more independent oversight of...
‘Indicative of a truly corrupt system’: government investigation reveals BC Timber Sales violating old-growth logging rules
Two investigations, released under Freedom of Information laws, show a government agency ignored best practices...
‘This is not Canada’: inside the Tsilhqot’in Nation’s battle against Taseko Mines
A proposed copper and gold mine has been rejected twice by the federal government for...
How to stop trophy hunting? Buy up all the licences
Brian Falconer is more than happy to admit that he and his colleagues at Raincoast...
The government agency at the centre of B.C.’s old-growth logging showdown
BC Timber Sales has become a lightning rod for controversy, with many expressing dismay over...
‘This must be Canada’s last chance’: UN gives feds 18 months to save Wood Buffalo
Canada’s largest national park will be added to list of World Heritage in Danger without...
Tsilhqot’in Nation blockade to remain despite Taseko Mines retreat
Area in central B.C. pegged for open-pit gold and copper mine “as sacred to us...
Tailings dam failures linked to hefty bonuses for mine managers: report
Study of four catastrophic dam collapses — including one at B.C.’s Mount Polley mine —...
Why an international coalition is going all out to stop mining in B.C.’s Skagit headwaters
Imperial Metals, the company responsible for the Mount Polley tailings pond disaster, has applied to...
