Rochelle Baker
Journalist | Quadra Island |
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About Rochelle Baker
Rochelle Baker is the Quadra and Cortes Islands reporter for Canada's National Observer, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative of the Government of Canada. Rochelle has worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer in BC's Lower Mainland for over 10 years.
Green Party leader asks federal ministers to delay climate activist's looming deportation
If activist Zain Haq is deported to Pakistan on Saturday, Canada would become the first country in the world to deport a non-violent climate protester, says federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.
Feds invest $117 million to protect drinking water on B.C.'s Sunshine Coast
A new large-scale reservoir project in Chapman Creek watershed is getting millions in federal funds as climate change causes a string of severe summer droughts and stringent water bans on the southern B.C. coast.
Pierre Poilievre promises patriotism but stays vague about U.S. tariff threat
The federal Conservative leader's speech to a packed B.C. audience didn't address how he’d tackle incoming U.S. president Donald Trump’s promise to impose a potentially devastating 25-per-cent tariff on Canadian goods.
National project afoot to future-proof local workforces during climate transition
The new Community Transformations Project has pinpointed the Canadian communities and workforces most vulnerable to disruption with the global transition to a net zero economy.
Even federal government staff believe Canada’s ocean noise strategy lacks substance
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) staff were unimpressed with the proposed framework to address the surging problem of noise pollution, internal communications obtained by Canada’s National Observer suggest.
Salmon isn’t good with salt
Salt levels in streams as a result of winter road clearing can be ten times higher than regulated limits at sensitive stages of coho salmon development, UBC researchers find.
B.C.'s new clean-energy czar is a climate 'wild card'
B.C.’s new Energy Minister Adrian Dix could electrify the province’s low carbon economy if Premier David Eby’s NDP government opts to wean itself off LNG.
BC NDP and Greens ink new deal to stave off provincial Conservatives
The BC NDP Government and Green Party have hashed out new confidence and supply agreement focused on common ground rather than points of contention to bolster the NDP’s slim margin in the legislature after the recent election.
Vancouver Island community wants government held liable for ship-breaking pollution
Deep Water Recovery is facing another warning and threat of fines for its controversial Vancouver Island ship breaking operation on the shores of Baynes Sound.
Nine wind projects rolled out to meet B.C.’s surging clean energy demands
The province's new renewable initiatives are historic step forward in energy partnerships with First Nations, says BC Hydro.