Rochelle Baker
@rochellebaker1.bsky.social
Rochelle Baker: LJI reporter @NatObserver
Island Insider
My beat: where the ocean meets trees. #climate #nature #politics #oceanscience #fisheries #ruralhinterland
Island Insider
My beat: where the ocean meets trees. #climate #nature #politics #oceanscience #fisheries #ruralhinterland
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No one should be under any illusions about who the base of the UCP are.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
Danielle Smith gets booed at UCP convention after mentioning working with Canada
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 PM
No one should be under any illusions about who the base of the UCP are.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
Separatists and far-right radicals have been given care and feeding by UCP Premiers since 2019. One got thrown overboard because it wasn’t enough. Catering hasn’t mollified them either.
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I don’t know why the only bedtimes that my brain accpets are:
* sunset (currently 4:12pm)
* 7 pm
* 1 am
* never
but if I miss the first two, I’m stuck with the 3rd or 4th.
* sunset (currently 4:12pm)
* 7 pm
* 1 am
* never
but if I miss the first two, I’m stuck with the 3rd or 4th.
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I don’t know why the only bedtimes that my brain accpets are:
* sunset (currently 4:12pm)
* 7 pm
* 1 am
* never
but if I miss the first two, I’m stuck with the 3rd or 4th.
* sunset (currently 4:12pm)
* 7 pm
* 1 am
* never
but if I miss the first two, I’m stuck with the 3rd or 4th.
Hodgson gets a cool coastal welcome.
BC premier says Alberta’s pipeline proposal is a political stunt risking real investment before Friday's federal meet up, while Coastal First Nations call out Resource Minister Tim Hodgson's disrespectful remarks. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
BC premier says Alberta’s pipeline proposal is a political stunt risking real investment before Friday's federal meet up, while Coastal First Nations call out Resource Minister Tim Hodgson's disrespectful remarks. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
BC premier finally gets federal meeting — after pipeline deal is done
BC premier says Alberta’s pipeline proposal is a political stunt risking real investment before meet up with federal minister, while Coastal First Nations call out Hodgson's disrespectful remarks.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Hodgson gets a cool coastal welcome.
BC premier says Alberta’s pipeline proposal is a political stunt risking real investment before Friday's federal meet up, while Coastal First Nations call out Resource Minister Tim Hodgson's disrespectful remarks. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
BC premier says Alberta’s pipeline proposal is a political stunt risking real investment before Friday's federal meet up, while Coastal First Nations call out Resource Minister Tim Hodgson's disrespectful remarks. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/28/n...
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Yesterday I was up on that pipeline route and a First Nation land guardian was explaining to me the riskiness of shipping oil on those waterways and I kept thinking: how f-ing broke is Canada that it’s thinking of doing this? This is ‘selling your kidney’ level of desperation.
Lets face it, this is a good day for oil companies, businesses, and those in the oil sector. Its a bad day for the environment and for reconciliation with Indigenous nations whose lands this thing will go over. As Blanchet stated, this is the official end of Canada's climate commitments.
Ottawa-Alberta agreement clears federal hurdles for west coast pipeline, suspends clean energy regulations
Federal government won’t implement its oil and gas emissions cap, and both sides will consult with B.C. on project, MOU says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Yesterday I was up on that pipeline route and a First Nation land guardian was explaining to me the riskiness of shipping oil on those waterways and I kept thinking: how f-ing broke is Canada that it’s thinking of doing this? This is ‘selling your kidney’ level of desperation.
The Carney-Smith pipeline pact gets backlash for endangering “real” nation-building projects, Indigenous consent, climate and the environment. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/n...
Ottawa, Alberta’s ‘pipe dream’ faces surge of resistance in BC
The Carney-Smith pipeline pact gets backlash for endangering “real” nation-building projects, Indigenous consent, climate and the environment.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The Carney-Smith pipeline pact gets backlash for endangering “real” nation-building projects, Indigenous consent, climate and the environment. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/n...
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A single oil spill doesn’t just threaten First Nations communities, but could sink tourism, commercial and recreational fisheries, aquaculture and marine services — all of which depend on the healthy, pristine coast, said Coast Funds CEO Eddy Adra.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/n...
Coastal First Nations warn billions at risk if Ottawa sinks tanker ban
First Nations sustainable development has proved an economic engine for coastal communities — that prosperity is in peril if there’s an oil spill, says Coast Funds
www.nationalobserver.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
A single oil spill doesn’t just threaten First Nations communities, but could sink tourism, commercial and recreational fisheries, aquaculture and marine services — all of which depend on the healthy, pristine coast, said Coast Funds CEO Eddy Adra.
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/n...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/21/n...
Great op-ed by @dbtindall.bsky.social that captures the on-the-gound bedlam at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
For those of you who might be interested, I have a new article in the Tyee with some of my on the ground observations at COP 30 in Belém, Brazil:
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Letter from COP 30 in Belem, Brazil | The Tyee
What’s the buzz at the UN climate summit as it nears the finish line? A UBC sociologist sends this dispatch.
thetyee.ca
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Great op-ed by @dbtindall.bsky.social that captures the on-the-gound bedlam at COP30 in Belém, Brazil.
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THREAD: One reason I haven't complained about Democrats this year is the simple math that 218 House Votes & 67 Senate Votes are required for impeachment.
There is no way Democrats, ALONE can save us. Less still if we actively erode them.
What we actually need is Republicans to defect. 🧵
There is no way Democrats, ALONE can save us. Less still if we actively erode them.
What we actually need is Republicans to defect. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
THREAD: One reason I haven't complained about Democrats this year is the simple math that 218 House Votes & 67 Senate Votes are required for impeachment.
There is no way Democrats, ALONE can save us. Less still if we actively erode them.
What we actually need is Republicans to defect. 🧵
There is no way Democrats, ALONE can save us. Less still if we actively erode them.
What we actually need is Republicans to defect. 🧵
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I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
A loaded barge taking on water and the disastrous Nathan E. Stewart diesel spill underscore the dangers of oil tankers in B.C.’s coastal waters, Coast First Nations say. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/n...
Near-sinking barge off of BC coast stokes fears over oil tanker threats
A loaded barge taking on water and the disastrous Nathan E. Stewart diesel spill underscore the dangers of oil tankers in B.C.’s coastal waters, Coast First Nations say.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A loaded barge taking on water and the disastrous Nathan E. Stewart diesel spill underscore the dangers of oil tankers in B.C.’s coastal waters, Coast First Nations say. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/20/n...
Former UCP candidate Caylan Ford's scattergun defamation lawsuit against the media and others sends a free press chill through Alberta
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/o...
Alberta lawsuit is trying to silence the messenger
Former UCP candidate Caylan Ford's scattergun defamation lawsuit against the media and others sends a free press chill through Alberta
www.nationalobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Former UCP candidate Caylan Ford's scattergun defamation lawsuit against the media and others sends a free press chill through Alberta
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/o...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/19/o...
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An expensive project to export Canada’s resources, getting subsidy after subsidy. A way to diversify Prairie exports away from a single buyer, but with major opposition from affected First Nations. Promises of prosperity.
Icebergs.
My column this week, about the historical echoes of Ksi Lisims.
Icebergs.
My column this week, about the historical echoes of Ksi Lisims.
This LNG project sounds familiar — and not in a good way
More than a century ago, Prince Rupert, BC was poised to become the hub of the Pacific, thanks to a megaproject with eerie similarities to what's coming now. What happened?
www.nationalobserver.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
An expensive project to export Canada’s resources, getting subsidy after subsidy. A way to diversify Prairie exports away from a single buyer, but with major opposition from affected First Nations. Promises of prosperity.
Icebergs.
My column this week, about the historical echoes of Ksi Lisims.
Icebergs.
My column this week, about the historical echoes of Ksi Lisims.
Eby bites back at minimum federal funding for 'major projects' BC shouldn’t foot the bill alone for projects that significantly contribute to and diversify the national economy, BC Premier David Eby said. saidhttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/14/news/eby-major-projects-federal-funding
BC premier bites back at inadequate federal funding for ‘major projects’
BC Premier David Eby is happy provincial proposals made Carney’s latest major projects list, but he took aim at Ottawa’s lacklustre financial support.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Eby bites back at minimum federal funding for 'major projects' BC shouldn’t foot the bill alone for projects that significantly contribute to and diversify the national economy, BC Premier David Eby said. saidhttps://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/14/news/eby-major-projects-federal-funding
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Health Canada convened an independent expert advisory group in 2020 to provide guidance on safer supply. Health Canada heavily redacted its final report, but unredacted version obtained by CBC shows the expert group said drug crisis is driven by prohibition and recommended expansion of safer supply
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Health Canada convened an independent expert advisory group in 2020 to provide guidance on safer supply. Health Canada heavily redacted its final report, but unredacted version obtained by CBC shows the expert group said drug crisis is driven by prohibition and recommended expansion of safer supply
BC Hydro report cites lack of independent oversight contributed to Site C's soaring overruns — but Eby's Bill 31 to speed the power line may be a blueprint for same problems. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/a...
BC transmission line risks repeating failures of troubled dam project: critics
BC Hydro report cites lack of independent oversight contributed to the dam's soaring overruns — but Bill 31 to speed the power line may be a blueprint for same problems.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
BC Hydro report cites lack of independent oversight contributed to Site C's soaring overruns — but Eby's Bill 31 to speed the power line may be a blueprint for same problems. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/a...
Carney's first budget squeaks through House of Commons by 2 votes. Hardly a ringing endorsement. This budget was passed because nobody, and I mean NOBODY, wants another election, not because its contents excited anyone except fossil fuel companies. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/n...
Carney's first budget squeaks through House of Commons by 2 votes
The House of Commons has passed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget in a crucial vote that propped up the minority Liberal government and kept Canadians from heading back to the polls this winte...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Carney's first budget squeaks through House of Commons by 2 votes. Hardly a ringing endorsement. This budget was passed because nobody, and I mean NOBODY, wants another election, not because its contents excited anyone except fossil fuel companies. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/n...
BC transmission line risks repeating Site C missteps: critics www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/a...
BC transmission line risks repeating failures of troubled dam project: critics
BC Hydro report cites lack of independent oversight contributed to the dam's soaring overruns — but Bill 31 to speed the power line may be a blueprint for same problems.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
BC transmission line risks repeating Site C missteps: critics www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/17/a...
Prime Minister Mark Carney backs the North Coast Transmission Line as a nation building project — questions remain about who will buy the power and who will pay for it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/14/n...
Carney supercharges BC's northern grid with nation-building label
The North Coast Transmission Line has been added to the list of major projects by the prime minister.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Prime Minister Mark Carney backs the North Coast Transmission Line as a nation building project — questions remain about who will buy the power and who will pay for it. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/14/n...
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Canadians shouldn’t have to resort to guessing about the main element of Mark Carney’s entire policy agenda.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
Decoding the Major Projects Office, the centrepiece of Carney’s nation-building plans
MPO’s creation reflects PM’s belief that government and its agencies need to better and more swiftly row in the same direction
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Canadians shouldn’t have to resort to guessing about the main element of Mark Carney’s entire policy agenda.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
It is fundamentally offensive, and antithetical to good governance and sound policymaking, that Carney is leaving everyone to guess why he’s doing what he’s doing.
“I don't see any prospect of a pipeline unless it is fully taxpayer funded, and the federal government forces it through provincial and indigenous objections," says BC Premier David Eby.
Eby and coast First Nations push Ottawa to honour oil tanker ban. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Eby and coast First Nations push Ottawa to honour oil tanker ban. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
BC and First Nations unite to defend tanker ban
Premier David Eby and coastal First Nations signed a declaration on Wednesday calling on the federal government to defend BC's oil tanker ban.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“I don't see any prospect of a pipeline unless it is fully taxpayer funded, and the federal government forces it through provincial and indigenous objections," says BC Premier David Eby.
Eby and coast First Nations push Ottawa to honour oil tanker ban. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
Eby and coast First Nations push Ottawa to honour oil tanker ban. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/06/n...
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🔥 Mayor Brandon Johnson once again calls for a General Strike. He says the power of the Labor Movement & The Civil Rights Movement combining was what Dr King imagined.
Since the billionaires & elites have united, if we're going to beat back this tyranny, workers must be even more united than them.
Since the billionaires & elites have united, if we're going to beat back this tyranny, workers must be even more united than them.
October 31, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🔥 Mayor Brandon Johnson once again calls for a General Strike. He says the power of the Labor Movement & The Civil Rights Movement combining was what Dr King imagined.
Since the billionaires & elites have united, if we're going to beat back this tyranny, workers must be even more united than them.
Since the billionaires & elites have united, if we're going to beat back this tyranny, workers must be even more united than them.
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Canada will remember.
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Canada will remember.
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It’s not just dazzling headlights - the growing size of vehicles, especially SUVs, is making our roads more dangerous for smaller-car users, pedestrians, cyclists and children
#SUVAlliance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#SUVAlliance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Car headlights to be reviewed after drivers complain of being 'blinded' at night
Concern over the glare from brighter headlamps is prompting the government to review vehicle design.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It’s not just dazzling headlights - the growing size of vehicles, especially SUVs, is making our roads more dangerous for smaller-car users, pedestrians, cyclists and children
#SUVAlliance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#SUVAlliance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.