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.
Ottawa nixes restock requests for contentious B.C. fish farms
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has rejected two recent applications by Cermaq Canada to transfer 1.5 million fish to the company’s Venture Point and Brent Island sites following a decision by Ottawa last year to phase out salmon farms in the Discovery Islands by July 2022.
'It didn't have to be this way,' Wilson-Raybould said of Kamloops residential school
The unmarked graves at a Kamloops residential school are testimony to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's failure to make progress on his promise to radically shift Canada’s relationship with Indigenous people, says Independent MP and former Liberal justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould.
Ottawa outlines its $647M strategy to save Pacific salmon
Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan revealed the initial framework and guiding principles for Ottawa’s $647.1-million Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative (PSSI) announced in the 2021 budget.
Activists won't decamp as First Nations temporarily defer logging in Fairy Creek, Walbran
Chiefs from three First Nations in B.C. announced a historic declaration of sovereignty in their territories and old-growth logging deferrals in the Fairy Creek and Walbran watersheds Monday.
Can luxury brands drive B.C. old-growth logging out of business?
While a pitched battle is underway to save old-growth trees on the West Coast, a B.C.-based non-profit is conscripting a contingent of luxury brands that are pledging to eliminate packaging made from the world’s ancient and endangered forests.
Indigenous guardians vital to Canada’s conservation goals, environment minister says
It’s clear Canada has much to learn from Indigenous Peoples when it comes to conservation and stewardship, said Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, hours after announcing $600,000 in funding on Thursday for 10 new First Nations Guardians initiatives.
Anti-logging protests heat up as Premier Horgan unveils new plan
B.C. unveiled its vision for future forestry policy and while it includes a plan to share access to timber and supports for First Nations and forestry communities, it's unlikely to quell the swell of protests aimed at protecting old-growth forests.
'Our people need healing': We Wai Kai elder on children's residential school grave site
"These tragic happenings are still engraved in our minds, our bodies, our soul and our spirit,” said We Wai Kai elder Alberta Billy, days after the remains of 215 Indigenous children were confirmed at a B.C. residential school.
B.C.’s viral big tree on truck would still be logged today, conservationists say
A photo of a massive Sitka spruce on a logging truck went viral this week. Despite the B.C. Ministry of Forest's comments, Sierra Club BC says the giant tree is still not safe under B.C.'s new big tree protections.
Ottawa dollars can save B.C.'s old-growth forests
An environmental coalition is calling on B.C. government to take advantage of available federal funding to protect old-growth forests, support forestry communities and end its current war in the woods.