Rochelle Baker

Small BC island community launches big effort to develop water security
As a landscape architect specializing in wetland restoration, Bernie Amell knows how water moves across…

A remote BC island makes history in fight for affordable housing
A remote Canadian island is breaking ground on a new way to buffer the negative…

First Nations youth in BC make their mark by cultivating ancient food systems
Two dozen young men spilled out of their tents just after dawn, pulled on gumboots…

Transparency, accountability at BC’s ambulance service has flatlined, audit review shows
Vital signs on the performance and state of BC’s ambulance service remain an outstanding mystery,…

Acclaimed BC First Nations healer and therapist wins Reconciliation Award
After leaving residential school in the late 1950s, Klith-waa-taa would wade into a frigid river…

iN PHOTOS: BC youth Warriors build community, connections and culture
Half a dozen First Nation youth and a couple of men circled to inspect a…

iN PHOTOS: Farming for the climate future in BC
Tamara McPhail’s morning chore never changes, but the infinite variety of sounds and seasons makes…

Canada’s new cruise ship rules don’t plug loopholes for major source of wastewater pollution
The federal government says some new cruise ship pollution measures are now mandatory, but environmental…

‘A public relations strategy’: Critics slam BC’s effort to boost transparency on logging
The B.C. government has announced changes to improve transparency around logging operations, but critics have…

Highway wildfire closure drives home B.C.’s need to think big about climate measures
British Columbia’s enormous effort to speed the partial reopening of Highway 4 on Vancouver Island…

BC rolls out rural transportation surveys but roadmap for action unclear
B.C. is examining long-standing roadblocks to intercity transportation for rural communities on Vancouver Island and…

‘This is how we live now’: B.C. families in the age of wildfires
Sayward, B.C., resident Shannon Briggs scrolls through family photos on her computer. She pauses to…

‘Birders, not blockaders’ ask B.C. to protect old-growth to save marbled murrelets
Birders and biologists are banding together to urge the B.C. government to protect ancient forests…

Paramedic shortages plague rural B.C.; remedies may be in the works
Quadra Island resident Carol Woolsey had the misfortune to experience a medical emergency in her…

B.C. scientists eavesdropping on fish to fathom their underwater secrets
New technology is allowing researchers to covertly monitor, record and identify the sounds fish make…