Tori Fitzpatrick
Journalism Practicum Student | Vancouver |
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About Tori Fitzpatrick
Tori Fitzpatrick is completing a practicum with Canada's National Observer as part of the Master of Journalism program at the University of British Columbia. She has a Bachelor of Science from Dalhousie University, where she majored in Biology and minored in Environmental Science. She is passionate about covering the environment, climate and wildlife.
How conservationists are pushing back against a West Coast invader
A non-native plant species is invading the marsh and tidal mudflats along the Fraser River delta in B.C. A group of conservationists is fighting to control its spread.
Climate change strains the health-care system. How we treat patients is part of the problem
A new guide aims to educate doctors on how to reduce environmental impacts of the care they provide.
As Earth smashes temperature records, Canadians get a taste of a hotter world
On Monday, the global average temperature reached a record high of 17.01 C. The next day, the record was broken by another 0.17 C, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer. Scientists predict Wednesday’s temperatures might surpass both of these.
Could wildfires wipe out Canadians’ access to home insurance? It’s complicated
Canadian homeowners facing wildfires, floods and other extreme weather events don't have to worry about companies pulling out of the country's home insurance market, experts say — at least not yet.
Environmental advocates slam ‘insufficient’ efforts to cut climate pollution
On the two-year anniversary of a heat dome that killed 619 people, environmental advocates issued a plea to B.C. Premier David Eby to slash greenhouse gas emissions in line with climate targets the province has set for the end of the decade.
How can Canada transition away from the forestry industry?
Climate change, pests and unsustainable harvesting have left the Canadian forestry industry vulnerable. But as wildfires across the country decimate large swaths of Canada’s remaining forests, a Vancouver non-profit is helping companies find alternatives to pulp and paper-based packaging.
Telus partners with Australian company to install 5,000 EV chargers across Canada
Drivers will be able to recharge up to seven kilowatt-hours for free, which equals 40 to 50 kilometres of driving range and takes 15 to 20 minutes of charging, according to Jolt.
Fighting climate change by reconnecting to ecosystems in our own backyards
Climate change does not recognize borders. Proof can be found in the smoke from Canadian fires that recently fouled the air in the United States and the catastrophic flooding of B.C.’s Sumas Prairie when the Nooksack River in the U.S. burst its banks in 2021.
Communities band together to save the river that sustains them
B.C.’s Fraser River or stɑl̓əw̓, as it is called by the Kwantlen and Katzie First Nations, is under siege. Climate change is warming its waters and aquatic species are suffocating from supercharged plant growth fed by fertilizer runoff from agriculture.
‘I'll never forget that low, sad feeling’
As wildfire approached a neighbouring community, April Glaicar grabbed her camera. What she witnessed was “alarming.”