Rochelle Baker

Saving B.C.’s at-risk species is pivotal to Canada’s biodiversity promises at COP15
British Columbia represents the country’s greatest opportunity to be a world leader when Canada hosts…

Volunteer firefighters in B.C. risk burnout propping up ailing ambulance service
Quadra Island’s volunteer firefighters are regularly called out to drive the community’s ambulance because there…

B.C. needs to invest in primary care to stem the bleeding of family doctors from rural areas
Rural communities in B.C. will continue to suffer critical doctor shortages and the knock-on effect…

With no place to live, some B.C. seniors are couch-surfing
One senior spoke about the anxiety she feels not having a family doctor after losing…

iN PHOTOS: Campbell River estuary is a restoration showcase to save salmon habitat from climate change
Jim Van Tine points out a grassy marsh bench sloping into a tranquil pond populated…

B.C. fish farms cultivate increased risks for wild salmon: studies
Pacific salmon are likely exposed to increased risks from pathogens concentrated in fish farms on…

Citizen science whale observers worry humpbacks being harassed
The return of a mother humpback whale and calf to B.C. waters should be cause…

iN VIDEO: Conservationists urge B.C. to protect bear dens ‘before it’s too late’
The photo of a baby black bear scrabbling around the woody debris of its destroyed…

Court ruling doesn’t sink Ottawa’s decision to close Discovery Islands salmon farms, critics say
West Coast environmental groups and First Nations opposed to salmon farming are urging the federal…

Cortes Island tree-lovers prepare to tussle with logging giant
Lisa Ferentinos wades through underbrush and clambers up a rock bluff before descending into a…

Rare cold-water coral garden in peril on B.C. coast
A remarkable coral garden tucked away in a remote inlet on B.C.’s wild central coast…

Coastal First Nation’s clean energy conversion efforts ahead of curve in B.C.
A remote coastal First Nation has weaned a third of its homes off fossil fuels,…

Wave of pollution from cruise ships expected regardless of new federal wastewater rules
Environmental groups are hoisting red flags as the cruise ship season relaunches after the easing…

iN VIDEO: Hums, growls and farts; B.C. fish sound the alert
Fish have plenty to say and we need to make more of an effort to…

Logging company’s deferrals of old-growth jewels bittersweet, environmentalists say
West Coast environmental organizations are cautiously optimistic after a large forestry company announced deferrals of…