Author

Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada's National Observer

Wildfires

Mount Underwood wildfire threatens to wash out Bamfield's summer season

August is an important money-making month for Bamfield businesses. But smoke and power outages from the nearby fire have left its tourism industry high and dry.

Environment

The West Coast's tidal swamps are supercharged carbon sinks

Researchers along North America's West Coast, including Vancouver Island, say the swamps provide "high carbon bang for your buck."

Environment

Island researchers create online tool to make boat cleaning less toxic

VIU chemists have teamed up with the Pacific Salmon Foundation to guide boaters to "cleaner" cleaning products

Indigenous

Schooling the fine art of Indigenous food sovereignty

Island First Nations headed to Port Alberni to share cultural knowledge and strengthen food sovereignty

Ocean

Satellites track the tiny silver fish hugely important to marine life

UVic researchers are tracking populations around the Island to understand spawning patterns