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Conservation groups put ministers on notice over Southern Resident killer whales

2018 April 52024 July 8

Media release: Conservation groups are putting the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans on notice as the groups race to secure protection for endangered Southern Resident killer whales…

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Government must protect orca habitat: court

2012 February 102024 July 8

Victoria Times Colonist
By Judith Lavoie

The federal government is legally bound to protect killer whale critical habitat, the federal Court of Appeal ruled Thursday…

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The whales, the minister, and MacDuffee

2011 August 232024 July 8

FOCUS online By Briony Penn

Taking on the federal fisheries minister in the Canadian courts with Ecojustice lawyer Margaret Venton, and backed by eight other ENGOs, is applicant Misty MacDuffee of Raincoast…

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DFO seeks to undo important precedent for at-risk species

2011 January 172024 July 8

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 17, 2011

VANCOUVER — Environmental groups vowed today to fight DFO’s appeal of a decisive and precedent-setting Federal Court ruling that declared that DFO must protect critical habitat of killer whales…

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Ruling demands DFO do more for orcas

2010 December 192024 July 8

By Sean McIntyre – Gulf Islands Driftwood
Published: December 15, 2010

A coalition of environmental groups from coastal BC is celebrating a federal court’s Dec. 7 decision that confirms DFO failed to protect critical habitat for resident killer whales…

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Feds failing to protect killer whale habitat, court rules

2010 December 92024 July 8

By Jeff Nagel – BC Local News
Published: December 07, 2010

Conservation groups say they’ve won a major court decision that will force the federal government to do more to protect critical habitat for B.C.’s resident killer whales…

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Legal victory offers hope for killer whales

2010 December 72024 July 8

Media Release, December 7, 2010

Federal Court rules DFO failed to protect B.C. resident killer whale critical habitat. Conservation groups, represented by Ecojustice, have won a landmark decision…

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The Halls of Justice: Day 1

2010 June 162024 July 8

The ancient Goddess of Justice, Themis, stands with her scales; an avenger in her earliest portrayals, but evolved to wear a blindfold in more recent times to represent the principles of modern law. For me, today’s goddess of justice is standing in the middle of a federal courtroom in downtown Vancouver, conveying the facts and…

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