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
Healing and hope: how Indigenous guardians are transforming conservation
6 min. readAustralia has reached its international conservation commitments through Indigenous Protected Areas, creating 3,000 jobs in...
Ottawa’s Wood Buffalo plan ‘not good enough’: First Nations
Canada’s largest national park is at risk of losing its status as a World Heritage...
Taseko Mines tells court Ottawa erred in rejecting New Prosperity mine
The company argues the project — twice-rejected at the federal level and opposed by the...
Coastal GasLink pipeline permitted through illegal process, lawsuit contends
The controversial gas pipeline at the centre of clashes between RCMP officers and Indigenous land...
Industry-hired experts downplay impacts of major projects: UBC study
A review of 10 recent environmental impact assessments in B.C. found professionals hired by companies...
Parks Canada shirks UN request for review of Site C dam impacts on imperilled national park
UNESCO issued a stern warning that, in order to keep Wood Buffalo National Park off...
Teck warned of federal charges under the Fisheries Act, financial documents reveal
The company has been put on notice regarding the persistent discharge of selenium pollution into...
‘We have been ill-prepared’: B.C. offers flooded Grand Forks businesses disaster relief six months in
A combination of climate change, clearcut logging and outdated emergency response practices are being blamed...
Grand Forks residents prep for winter in sheds, RVs after catastrophic flooding
Downstream of the southern province’s barren cutblocks, Grand Forks, British Columbia, was devastated by spring...
