News Items tag as: Rochelle Baker

‘Birders, not blockaders’ ask B.C. to protect old-growth to save marbled murrelets
May 27, 2023 - 7:00 PM

Birders and biologists are banding together to urge the B.C. government to protect ancient forests on southwestern Vancouver Island in a bid to save threatened marbled murrelet nesting sites.
Paramedic shortages plague rural B.C.; remedies may be in the works
May 06, 2023 - 4:30 PM

Quadra Island resident Carol Woolsey had the misfortune to experience a medical emergency in her rural community last month after the last ferry had sailed for the night.
B.C. scientists eavesdropping on fish to fathom their underwater secrets
May 01, 2023 - 4:37 PM

New technology is allowing researchers to covertly monitor, record and identify the sounds fish make underwater to try to unravel their deepest secrets.
Tide-powered clean energy could help West Coast communities in B.C. ditch diesel
April 29, 2023 - 4:30 PM

A new tidal energy pilot project to reduce dependence on diesel in B.C.’s remote coastal communities is set to launch after getting some critical funding.
Court challenge dropped after Chevron gives up offshore permits in B.C. conservation hot spots
April 27, 2023 - 4:39 PM

Environmental groups have dropped a court case against Chevron Canada after it surrendered a number of historical oil and gas permits posing risks to sensitive marine conservation areas on the B.C. coast.
The ocean’s kelp forests are worth some serious coin
April 23, 2023 - 10:30 AM

Underwater forests represent an average of $500 billion annually in benefits to commercial fisheries, ocean pollution removal and carbon absorption, a new international study shows.
‘Shockingly huge’ steelhead salmon escape fish farm, threatening B.C. lake
April 18, 2023 - 3:33 PM

Most B.C. fishing guides would be thrilled if a client pulled a 30-pound rainbow trout from the lake during an expedition.
Salvaging the sacred from climate disaster in B.C.
April 15, 2023 - 4:30 PM

The floodwaters rose swiftly and silently inside Nicole Norris’s family home and other residences of the Halalt First Nation on Vancouver Island when a storm unleashed a furious deluge of rain in November 2021.
Yukon River’s salmon runs likely to stay small while Indigenous Peoples’ sacrifice grows
April 11, 2023 - 3:15 PM

The collapse of wild salmon is causing a current of pain that spans the length of the Yukon River, from its mouth at Alaska’s Bering Sea to the headwaters in Canada’s Yukon territory 3,000 kilometres away.
Will B.C.’s shift to clean transportation take rural communities along for the ride?
March 31, 2023 - 11:00 AM

The B.C. government needs to ensure rural and Indigenous communities are not left in the dust as the province shifts gears to achieve a net-zero future and a clean transportation network, a coalition of climate and community groups say.
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Vehicle-free school zone? Some parents skeptical of Kamloops pilot project
Some parents are skeptical about a new Kamloops and school district pilot project which will put a temporary vehicle-free perimeter around a local elementary school in an attempt to increase safety and encourage healthier modes of travel. I

BC restaurant industry looking for more help through rough patch
Premier Dave Eby is pushing local governments to cut their red tape so more housing can be built to meet the looming shortage in the province. Now, the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association, is asking him to do something similar for th

Competition Bureau recommends changing THC limits for edibles, easing pot packaging
Canada's competition watchdog is putting its weight behind some longtime cannabis industry asks including easing restrictions on cannabis packaging and adjusting limits on how much of pot’s psychoactive component can be in edible produc

Kelowna real estate company must pay $50,000 for defaming former agents
A Kelowna real estate company must pay two former agents $27,500 each for defaming them and abusing the court process by suing after they left the firm. The agents worked for Kelowna’s Premier Canadian Properties real estate firm when

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News Items tag as: Rochelle Baker

‘Birders, not blockaders’ ask B.C. to protect old-growth to save marbled murrelets

Paramedic shortages plague rural B.C.; remedies may be in the works

B.C. scientists eavesdropping on fish to fathom their underwater secrets

Tide-powered clean energy could help West Coast communities in B.C. ditch diesel

Court challenge dropped after Chevron gives up offshore permits in B.C. conservation hot spots

The ocean’s kelp forests are worth some serious coin

‘Shockingly huge’ steelhead salmon escape fish farm, threatening B.C. lake

Salvaging the sacred from climate disaster in B.C.

Yukon River’s salmon runs likely to stay small while Indigenous Peoples’ sacrifice grows

Will B.C.’s shift to clean transportation take rural communities along for the ride?

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