Rochelle Baker
Journalist | Quadra Island |
English
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.
B.C.'s intercity buses are getting a boost. But remote, rural communities may still be left behind
It's still unclear if the rubber will hit the road in rural, remote North Island communities that have non-existent or inadequate intercity service as the B.C. government allocates millions in COVID-19 funding to bus companies.
Critics cut into B.C. government’s protection plan for old-growth forests
BC Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau pressed Forestry Minister Katrine Conroy during question period to outline what meaningful actions government was taking to immediately protect critical old-growth forests, suggesting instead, the NDP was employing the “old strategy of talk and log.”
B.C. is flunking on old-growth forests, environmental report card says
The report card also suggests the province is failing to adequately chart a new forest approach that prioritizes the integrity of ecosystems and biodiversity.
Award-winning short captures beauty of fly-fishing, importance of salmon conservation
Benji Bridle, 16, won for best screenplay at the 2020 Vancouver Island Youth Film Festival (VIYFF) in late February for his beautifully shot short film, Get Reel, which examines his pathway to — and newfound passion for — conservation through the sport of fly-fishing.
Fairy Creek blockade to save old-growth watershed gets three-week reprieve
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Power granted a request by the blockade’s legal team for more time to assemble materials necessary for a defence against the injunction.
Battle over pristine Fairy Creek old-growth forest heads to court Thursday
Protesters attempting to protect some of the last stands of old-growth forest on southern Vancouver Island are facing arrest if a logging company gets court approval to disband their camps this week.
Is the lowly sea cucumber the new superhero of sustainable aquaculture?
Researchers on the West Coast of Canada are exploring how some unsung heroes of the seabed may be the ticket to a more sustainable form of aquaculture.
Cultivating radical change by gabbing about gardening
Lucretia Schanfarber, who lives on the remote edges of a tiny B.C. island plagued by shaky internet service, has launched free, weekly Zoom gatherings to inform, inspire and connect gardeners worldwide.
Former Alberta teacher accused of sexually assaulting students found dead on Quadra Island
Michael Andreassen Gregory, 57, accused of sexually exploiting six junior high students between 1999 and 2005, was discovered dead at his property on Quadra Island on Monday.
'Maddening': Teachers, parents push for mask mandate in B.C. schools as COVID variants surface
Over the weekend, health authorities revealed a number of positive cases of the faster-spreading U.K. COVID-19 variant at seven different schools in Surrey and Delta in B.C.'s Lower Mainland.