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.
How one partnership preserves the natural beauty of the Sunshine Coast
The collaborative effort, run through the B.C. Parks Foundation, protects more than 250 acres of previously privately-owned land on the Salish Sea — home to a rare ecosystem of endangered coastal Douglas fir.
B.C. coastal strategy not enough to curtail waterfront development
Groups say the B.C. Coastal Marine Strategy should be the first step toward a law to protect coastal habitats from shoreline development, but similar attempts out east have not gone to plan.
First Nation and feds hatch plan to save sockeye
More than 50 years after the Gitanyow first raised concerns over the diminishing Kitwanga sockeye salmon population and halted harvest, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is building a hatchery for the species to be operated by the nation.
Employers given heads up in 70% of migrant worker inspections
70 per cent of federal temporary foreign worker inspections are announced to the employer prior to inspection, despite being triggered primarily by worker complaints
B.C. migrant workers suffer extreme heat: study
A study by UBC Centre for Climate Justice and Radical Action showed housing reforms are urgently needed for temporary foreign workers
Fires of 2023 burn holes in tourism operator pockets
The federal government says Canada's appeal as an international tourist destination has been damaged by the 2023 forest fire season — the country’s most destructive on record.
In this tiny Indigenous community, a clean power project is driving the economy
The Hesquiaht First Nation community of Hot Springs Cove is celebrating a long-awaited victory for energy security and the environment.
Sharp rise in temporary foreign workers in Canadian logging
Analysis of government data by Canada’s National Observer takes you through the rise in temporary foreign worker permit holders in Canada's forestry industry.
Our tires shed toxins that kill fish. Here's a partial fix
Scientists at the University of British Columbia are experimenting with ways to keep chemicals shed by vehicle tires from entering waterways and causing widespread coho salmon deaths.
Citizen scientists track the shift in B.C.'s seasons
Citizen scientists partner with the Ministry of Forests and VIU to understand how climate change is hitting Vancouver Island’s forests and plant species.