Hope Lompe
Journalist | Parksville, Vancouver Island |
English
About Hope Lompe
Hope is a fourth-year journalism and political science student at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and a news reporter for The Runner, KPU's student newspaper. In 2024, she won a KPU Journalism and Communications Studies departmental award for her commitment to climate change journalism.
This summer, Hope will be covering northern Vancouver Island thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.
Fire probably not the cause of Chilcotin landslide: experts
Scientists are cautioning against a rush to pin the blame on wildfires alone — despite a climate-linked rise in both wildfires and fire-associated landslides in B.C.
A sink-or-swim moment for on-land fish farming
Industry hurdles like secure supply of hatchlings, a future-proof feed supply and regulatory challenges for new entries to the market, have limited the prospect of a thriving land-based farming industry.
Feds slow-walk promise to help protect killer whales
Federal government slow-walks 2019 promise to implement recommendations that could protect Southern Resident Killer Whales.
Non-profit housing fund preserved more than 380 homes on Vancouver Island
The Rental Protection Fund is providing grants to two non-profits to purchase affordable rental housing in Port Hardy, Campbell River, Duncan and Parksville.
Fishing communities welcome B.C. intention to reform licensing and quotas
The province says it’s moving toward an owner-operator system for quota and licenses as part of the Coastal Marine Strategy unveiled last week.
A fifth of a louse — environmental groups push for improvement in salmon farm rule change
A coalition of environmental groups is urging Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier to strengthen those conditions under the new licensing agreements that will last until the end of this decade.
B.C.’s vital Indigenous-led auxiliary is expanding
The nations that make up the Coastal Nations Coast Guard Auxiliary are dotted up and down B.C. 's coastline and islands, making them uniquely poised to quickly respond to emergencies when government agencies aren’t available.
‘A long time coming’ B.C. joins other coastal regions with Coastal Marine Strategy
In a provincial first, British Columbia announced a comprehensive vision co-developed with First Nations to improve management of shared marine resources.
Fish harvesters help research rising acidity of oceans
Scientific research is expanding along the B.C. coast to better understand the effects of ocean acidification, and how to respond. The B.C.-based Tula Foundation recently announced 11 grant recipients will be working on the problem locally.
Chronicling 30 years of island preservation movements on the Salish Sea
A Q&A with award-winning author Sheila Harrington on her new book chronicling 30 years of conservation movements on British Columbia’s Gulf Islands.