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Conservation groups put ministers on notice over Southern Resident killer whales
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Conservation groups put ministers on notice over Southern Resident killer whales

April 5, 2018July 30, 2021

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
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Government must protect orca habitat: court

February 10, 2012May 23, 2021

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
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The whales, the minister, and MacDuffee

August 23, 2011May 23, 2021

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
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DFO seeks to undo important precedent for at-risk species

January 17, 2011May 23, 2021

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
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Ruling demands DFO do more for orcas

December 19, 2010May 23, 2021

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
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Feds failing to protect killer whale habitat, court rules

December 9, 2010May 23, 2021

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
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Legal victory offers hope for killer whales

December 7, 2010May 23, 2021

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
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The Halls of Justice: Day 1

June 16, 2010May 23, 2021

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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