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.
B.C. opens up COVID-19 testing to islanders with mild symptoms
Island Health announced Tuesday it will now test for COVID-19 in anyone with symptoms of cold, flu or the novel coronavirus, even if their symptoms are mild.
'Namgis elder's death heightens concern in First Nations island communities
“It’s just reinforced, in my mind, that we’ve got an invisible enemy and that our village must stay on guard and keep doing what we’re doing," says Quadra Island We Wai Kai councillor Ted Lewis about his nation's shutdowns to protect members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New COVID-19 survey stats may not reflect elder islanders state of mind
Seniors are the most likely age group to be extremely worried about their health and social isolation during COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new Statistics Canada survey
But the older residents on Quadra and Cortes, rural islands located off B.C.’s west coast may be bucking that trend.
COVID-19 compounds isolation of rural women facing violence
Social-distancing measures during the pandemic can put women into even tighter quarters with their abuser, further limiting their ability to reach out for help, said Diane Palmer, of the Campbell River and North Island Transition Society.
Some rural students flourishing amid COVID-19 class suspensions
While the future of classroom instruction is still uncertain, some rural parents are finding the changes in education to be enriching and liberating for their kids and families.
David Suzuki on applying COVID-19's lessons to climate change
“Quite frankly, in my view, the climate crisis is, in orders of magnitude, a greater threat,” Suzuki said. “The COVID crisis is a crisis for human beings, but the climate crisis is a crisis for life on the planet.”
A stitch in time: Community quilters shield front-line workers facing COVID-19
Quadra Island quilter Terry Phillips is running a small but frenetic manufacturing assembly line in her bucolic rural community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Public excluded as Strathcona Regional District moves meetings online due to COVID-19
Strathcona Regional District is excluding the public from board meetings as it moves online due to COVID-19, citing technological limitations and a provincial order as reasons behind the move.
First Nations fishermen rescue kayaker off Quadra Island
Lucas Chickite was standing on the bow of the Armada, a vessel working a scallop farm off the east shore of Rebecca Spit, on Thursday at around 6 p.m., when he heard a faint sound over the noise of the engine and hydraulics.
BC island holds quarantine-friendly Easter egg hunt
Residents of Quadra Island in British Columbia will decorate their houses, so their neighbours can get a drive-by Easter surprise.