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.
Salvaging the sacred from climate disaster
A new project hopes to train a Vancouver Island First Nations “strike team” to save and salvage cultural and sacred artifacts from the growing threat of fires and floods as the climate crisis advances.
Yukon River’s salmon runs likely to stay small while Indigenous Peoples’ sacrifice grows
The collapse of wild salmon is causing a current of pain that spans the length of the Yukon River, from its mouth at Alaska’s Bering Sea to the headwater’s in Canada’s Yukon territory 3,000 kilometres away.
MPs want U.S. co-operation on a cross-border plan to protect endangered Yukon salmon
Federal politicians are voicing concerns over the collapse of Yukon River salmon stocks and the urgent need to establish a game plan with American authorities just as a critical bilateral meeting gets underway this week.
West Coast MP wants Ottawa to ban plastic foam causing a wave of pollution
Polystyrene foam is a plastic blight for beaches and waterways and is harmful to birds, fish and other marine creatures, says B.C. MP Rachel Blaney, who has tabled a motion for the federal government to ban its use in floating structures, like docks and buoys.
Will B.C.’s shift to clean transportation take rural communities along for the ride?
Premier David Eby needs to make sure rural and First Nations communities get affordable intercity transit, so they aren't left stranded in the drive to establish B.C.'s clean transportation network, a growing climate coalition says.
Unchecked climate change puts Canada’s West Coast in hot water
Accelerating climate impacts on the ocean outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have localized and serious ripple effects along the B.C. coast, particularly in the Salish Sea.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada faces deluge of calls to improve ‘suspect’ science
The department is being flooded with calls for change after a parliamentary committee examined how the federal agency conducts, interprets and acts on its own science.
One island community’s answer to climate change? Feed everyone
Quadra Island's Climate Action Team is launching a food recovery program to tackle climate change and food insecurity in the small coastal community.
ExxonMobil cuts bait on exploration rights for B.C. coast
Environmental groups waging a court case against the federal government on the legality of historical "sleeper permits" for oil and gas exploration say other fossil fuel companies need to follow suit.
New research hub will grow marine science
The Pender Harbour Ocean Discovery Station is set to be a hot spot for aquatic research and monitoring climate change impacts on marine ecosystems after getting a $1.2-million donation from the Wilson 5 Foundation.