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.
‘We’ll do it ourselves’: Weary of waiting on Ottawa, First Nation sets up marine protected area
The Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation has unilaterally established a new marine protected area, citing long delays and inaction on the part of the federal government.
Save Old Growth organizer in Canada Border Services Agency custody
International student and climate activist Zain Haq surrendered to CBSA on Tuesday and will remain in detention until at least Thursday when a hearing is scheduled.
Ancient fish bones may help us adapt to climate change
A new study of two First Nations village sites on the B.C. coast illustrate the change in fishing practices as oceans warmed.
Save Old Growth organizer fears his activism has made him a target for deportation
International student Zain Haq, co-founder of the Save Old Growth (SOG) civil resistance group, is in hiding because he's worried the Canada Border Services Agency wants to deport him.
Save Old Growth protester shatters hip during blockade
The young man had surgery Tuesday after falling from a collapsed ladder following a confrontation at a Vancouver Island highway blockade Monday.
Protesters kick off campaign to block roads, highways until B.C. bans old-growth logging
Minutes after stopping a car on Vancouver's Ironworkers Memorial Bridge to disrupt traffic Monday, protesters holding a “Save Old Growth” banner were arrested.
‘We are salmon people’: First Nation leaders in B.C. demand audience with fisheries minister
First Nations leaders are calling for more political engagement from federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray, expressing rage and grief over Pacific salmon’s path to extinction — and with it, the ongoing decimation of their communities’ culture, self-identity and food security.
West Coast kelp is in hot water, but scientific insights may help save our underwater rainforests
A new study may hold some keys to saving B.C. kelp from ominous ocean “blobs” as climate crisis advances.
Campbell River estuary is a restoration showcase to save salmon habitat from climate change
Little more than 20 years ago, the Campbell River estuary was an industrial wasteland. Its restoration illustrates what can be achieved as governments and conservation groups undertake a massive push to save the critical ecosystems and salmon in a race against climate change.
‘We are losing a whole generation of Canadians’: Bill to curb toxic drug deaths defeated
The grieving moms who headed to Ottawa Wednesday to urge federal MPs to support a bill designed to tackle the deadly toxic drug crisis found their pleas fell on deaf ears.