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.
NDP pushing feds to fund school food program in April budget
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh called on the Liberals to deliver on an outstanding promise to create national school meal program backed with funding in the pending budget as he toured a Vancouver Island food bank on Wednesday.
Calls mount for crackdown on false fossil fuel ads
Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs are calling on the government to address misleading LNG ad campaigns that put B.C. climate change efforts at risk and suggest the fossil fuel is a solution to global warming.
Ottawa celebrates signing a watershed ocean treaty
Ocean conservation groups celebrated Canada's move but also urged the federal government to quickly ratify the accord aimed at protecting ocean life in shared international waters.
Is Ottawa changing its tune on LNG?
After championing LNG for years, federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is now suggesting that investing in B.C. LNG export schemes is risky as the shift to clean energy picks up speed. Climate critics hope B.C. and Ottawa take his advice.
UN kudos for Canadian project to climate-proof coastal estuaries
A West Coast estuary resilience project involving a dozen First Nations partners, academics and government scientists studying climate impacts and solutions for vital tidal ecosystems is getting global attention.
Oil and gas companies give up rights to West Coast offshore permits
Chevron ceding the last historical offshore oil and gas rights on the West Coast is a big step forward for ocean protection and an Indigenous-led conservation network on the B.C. coast, says Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
Rapid response needed to contain ‘zombie deer’ disease in B.C.
The dreaded arrival of chronic wasting disease in B.C. requires a big cash injection and rapid action by the province for any hope of stemming a widespread plague, say wildlife experts.
First Nations uneasy chronic wasting disease will weaken food security
Dubbed the zombie deer disease, CWD carries potential health concerns and far-reaching social, economic, and conservation impacts — especially for Indigenous populations that rely on hunting for traditional foods
Rays of hope for kelp and climate in south Salish Sea
While some kelp canopies in B.C.'s southern waters are withering with climate change, certain pockets are proving resilient and offer insights for the conservation and restoration of these critical hot spots of marine life.
‘Here we are talking about drought in February’
B.C.'s snowpack is 40 per cent below normal spurring action by watershed groups to buffer the rising risk of another extensive summer drought.