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.
Coastal First Nations get $60M boost from B.C. to protect Great Bear Sea
The funding helps 15 coastal First Nations conserve B.C.'s ‘Galapagos of the North’ and move forward with a network of marine conservation areas that spans two-thirds of Canada's West Coast.
BBC’s Planet Earth does a deep dive on West Coast whale poo
Vancouver Island whale researchers helped the world-famous nature series explore novel humpback behaviour and how these ocean giants help mitigate climate change.
West Coast toxic hot spots threaten endangered salmon and killer whales
Victoria and Prince Rupert harbours are the top toxic hot spots, with sediment research unearthing a mix of worrisome metals and chemical pollutants harmful to endangered chinook salmon and southern resident killer whales.
Canada takes steps to rectify land grab for Pacific Rim park with coastal First Nation
Pacheedaht First Nation regains rights to steward its “missing link” after Middle Beach was taken without consent to create Parks Canada’s conservation gem on Vancouver Island.
Plugging the gaps in the Indigenous electric highway
The number of electric vehicles and charging stations is surging in Canada and B.C., but the rollout is uneven, with rural or remote Indigenous communities facing extra roadblocks.
Is Canada a high seas laggard?
In September, more than 80 nations rushed to sign a watershed global agreement to protect marine life in the high seas. Canada was not one of them.
Canada floundering on commercial fisheries monitoring: audit
Fisheries and Oceans Canada hasn’t got the right tools or resources in place to monitor and protect vital commercial fisheries despite promising to rectify the problem seven years ago, a federal audit released Tuesday shows.
Nanaimo port expansion floats potential solutions for Vancouver Island supply chain woes
Expanding Nanaimo’s Duke Point Terminal could strengthen Vancouver Island’s vulnerable supply chain and improve the flow of food, fuel and essential goods when climate disasters strike.
A coastal First Nation’s Guardians are ‘testing the water’ to prepare for climate change
We Wai Kai's First Nation's Guardians are partnering with other local groups to map and monitor wetlands and streams on Quadra Island, B.C., to protect water for humans and the environment as the climate crisis continues to fuel droughts.
Eby talks transport, toxic drug crisis and short-term rentals at economic summit
Transportation, short-term rentals and disorder related to the toxic drug crisis in city centres were the top issues raised with Premier David Eby at the State of the Island Economic Summit on Thursday.