Rafferty Baker
Video journalist
Rafferty Baker is a video journalist with CBC News, based in Vancouver, as well as a writer and producer of the CBC podcast series, Pressure Cooker. You can find his stories on CBC Radio, television, and online at cbc.ca/bc.
Latest from Rafferty Baker
Canada closes border between B.C.-U.S. crossing at Pacific Crest Trail
The Canadian Border Services Agency says hikers on a trail that crosses into British Columbia from Washington state will no longer be allowed to proceed without first entering Canada through a designated entry point.
Canada -British Columbia |
Rocky Mountain Bikes under creditor protection as global bicycle industry reels from effects of pandemic
B.C.-founded Rocky Mountain Bikes, which helped drive the worldwide growth of freeride mountain biking, is under creditor protection with nearly $70 million in debt.
Canada -British Columbia |
Coalition gives B.C. failing grade on 3 of its 10 'urgent' climate action targets
A network of advocates, businesses, academics and First Nations says the B.C. government has, for the second year in a row, been giving a failing grade on three of the coalition's 10 urgent climate actions.
Canada -British Columbia |
Far from home, seafarers docked in Vancouver get some Christmas cheer with donated gift bags
Over the holiday season, Mission to Seafarers says it will deliver gift bags to more than 1,500 ship crew members passing through Vancouver, as a gesture of gratitude for their work and effort to ease the loneliness seafarers may experience while far from home over the Christmas season.
Canada -British Columbia |
Report into destructive 2023 Okanagan wildfires details how fire spread
A new report on the destructive and costly 2023 Central Okanagan wildfires is detailing how flames spread in communities and why some homes were more likely to catch fire while others were spared.
Canada -British Columbia |
How big of a deal is home flipping in B.C.?
Home flipping has been a focus for policy makers in recent years, with both the federal and B.C. governments introducing tax measures to rein it in — all in the name of trying to address housing affordability. But how significant is the issue, and to what degree does it contribute to the housing crisis in the province?
Canada -British Columbia |
Do big drug busts actually cause more harm?
On Wednesday, Surrey RCMP said it had conducted one of the largest seizures of illicit drugs in the detachment's history. However, advocates for drug policy reform say such busts actually lead to an increase in violence, overdoses and other negative health effects.
Canada -British Columbia |
Remaining CRAB Park residents ordered out as Vancouver enforces eviction
The seven remaining residents of Vancouver's CRAB Park encampment began moving out on Thursday after more than three years of living there.
Canada -British Columbia |
Former Vancouver dog trainer fined for causing distress to animals
Glen Affenzeller, 66, who ran a dog training business called Dogtalk, was charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act in 2019 after officers seized his four dogs.
Canada -British Columbia |
Metro Vancouver sells Bowen Island land to conservation group
Metro Vancouver has agreed to sell the majority of its Cape Roger Curtis land on Bowen Island to a conservation group that opposed a previous plan to create a campground at the site.
Canada -British Columbia |