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Elenore Sturko’s jump across the aisle raises questions about how candidates weigh their identities, values — and likelihood of winning. Katie Hyslop spoke with experts about the phenomenon that is more common than we might think. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published June 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/20/LGBTQ2S-Politicians-Conservative-Parties/

Exclusive sailing cruise alert! Enter to win two tickets to embark on a fun-filled voyage in the waters off Vancouver. Where serene beauty meets Heiltsuk’s legal campaign that aims to protect marine ecosystems across the country. By RAVEN. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published June 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/06/20/Contest-Raven-Providence-Tall-Ship/

“Apocalypse Child” author Carly Butler spoke with andrea bennett on their childhood in an evangelical Christian household, and its echoes in our current political moment. Tyee senior editor andrea bennett interviews. Published June 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/20/Growing-Up-She-Feared-End-Times/

WhatWorks: “Success is when we’re eating all our traditional foods.” Five First Nations on Vancouver Island are redefining fishing industry success. A Q&A with Nuu-chah-nulth Seafood’s president Larry Johnson. Author: Ryan Stuart is a freelance writer living and working in K’ómoks First Nation unceded territory. Published June 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/06/19/Hook-Line-Cannery-Decolonizing-Seafood/

In “Listen: The Struggles of Female South Asian International Students,” a young Indian immigrant sees a friend’s story of sexual abuse by a trusted peer. It inspires her to turn to advocacy. Jeevan Sangha writes. Jeevan is the 2024 Tyee Hummingbird fellow. Published June 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/19/International-Students-Deserve-Safety/

Geese "poop every 12 minutes." But Vancouver is on the case with a new scooping contraption. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published June 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/19/They-Poop-Every-12-Minutes/

While polls suggest many believe the NDP remains the best party to address affordability, they also show the stress people are feeling is a major force driving the growth of the provincial Conservative party. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published June 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/19/BC-Government-Affordability-Battle/

Across the world the hard right is moving toward centre stage. The latest sign is oceans away — but we in Canada would be fools to believe ourselves safely distanced from that tide. Michael Harris writes. Michael, a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published June 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/18/Europe-Hard-Right-Parties/

with cover A Prince George resident says he felt “violated” after two RCMP officers allegedly threatened to confiscate his cellphone and charge him with obstruction if he refused to delete the video he took following Dale Culver’s death. Amanda Follett Hosgood and Jen St. Denis reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. June 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/18/Obstruction-Trial-Bystander-Testifies/

Director Jivesh Parasram takes “Measure for Measure” — an age-old Shakespeare story that isn’t usually a barrel of laughs — and transforms it into a darkly absurd mashup of “Footloose” and Shakespeare. By Bard on the Beach. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published June 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/06/18/Measure-for-Measure-Bard-on-the-Beach/

On my Salt Spring home, 50 years of Gulf Islands legal protection is under attack. A coup against a B.C. conservation dream: Ronald Wright writes. Ronald’s books include A Short History of Progress and Time Among the Maya. Published June 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/18/Coup-Against-BC-Conservation-Dream/

With the provincial election still four months away, third-party advertisers are — for now — free to keep their identities secret while spending unlimited amounts to influence the outcome. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published June 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/18/Open-Season-Secretly-Funded-Political-Attack-Ads/

Steve Burgess has a list of possible secrets revealed to foreign spies. Sneak peek: Poutine not a real Canadian recipe but the result of a Québécois gas explosion. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published June 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/17/Please-Advise-Canadian-Secrets-Spies/

Lost in Canada’s health-care Wonderland: How Mark Leiren-Young almost lost his leg, thanks to B.C.’s disappearance of walk-in clinics. Mark Leiren-Young is an author, playwright and filmmaker. Published June 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/17/Lost-Canada-Health-Care-Wonderland/

With disinformation and “rage farming” rampant on the internet and news media decimated by cuts, Tyee readers have helped us raise nearly $120,000 for in-depth election coverage. Help us get there by midnight tonight. By Tyee editor-in-chief David Beers. Published June 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/06/17/Tyee-Drive-Election-Reporting-Down-Wire/

In 2010, Taiwan artist Yao Jui-Chung instructed his students to photograph schools, convention centres and other facilities left to decay — and use their art to affect governmental policies. Now open at the Museum of Vancouver, “Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan.” By Museum of Vancouver. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published June 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/06/17/Mirage-Exhibit-Museum-of-Vancouver/

Influencers with the extremist racist group Diagolon spend hours making livestreams, trying to spread their message of hatred against immigrants and minorities through the online world on sites like Rumble and X. Now, they’re coming to Vancouver. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published June 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/17/Diagolon-Terror-Tour-Coming-Vancouver/

David Climenhaga: Alberta’s energy war room stumbled from failure to embarrassment. Now, Premier Danielle Smith says the war room is being folded into government because “the province should lead the fight to message for the oil and gas industry.” David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published June 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/14/Anti-Greenwashing-Law-Killed-Alberta-Energy-War-Room-Oil-Gas/

His father escaped a Nazi railcar. He learned the strength to resist. Yvon Raoul on the deep roots of his rebellion. Claudia Cornwall writes. Claudia is the author of British Columbia in Flames. Published June 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/14/His-Father-Escaped-Nazi-Railcar/

Nearly seven years after her father died while in police custody, Lily Speed-Namox was at the Prince George courthouse yesterday morning as the trial got underway for two RCMP officers charged with attempting to obstruct justice following his death. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published June 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/14/Obstruction-Trial-Begins-Police-Dale-Culver/

The extreme weather of climate change hits residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside differently. They may be exposed while living on the streets, during the day when shelters aren’t open, or in the neighbourhood’s aging single-room occupancies. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published June 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/14/People-Without-Homes-Climate-Disasters/

The recent report suggesting years of foreign interference with our democratic processes has us scanning for global culprits. But we must also investigate ourselves, writes Crawford Kilian. Crawford is a contributing editor at The Tyee. Published June 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/14/Who-Subverting-Canadian-Democracy/

Municipalities across B.C. are raising concerns about how the province has mandated a one-size-fits-all approach requiring rushed rezoning, banning public hearings. Elizabeth Murphy writes. Elizabeth is a private sector project manager formerly with the City of Vancouver’s housing and properties department, BC Housing and BC Buildings Corp. Published June 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/13/Why-BC-Forced-Rush-Rezone-Neighbourhoods-Wrong/

It’s here. The Museum of Anthropology at UBC is reopening after an 18-month closure with a complete rebuilding of its iconic Great Hall. Win four tickets with The Tyee. By Museum of Anthropology. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published June 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/06/13/Contest-Museum-of-Anthropology-Reopening/

“Is this an ad from the bank, or am I in trouble?” No matter how young, “translator kids” are tasked with translating everything. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published June 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/13/When-Kids-Become-Translators-Parents/

School districts are growing, enrolment is up. And yet, trustees continue to face steep shortfalls. How inflation is increasing district operating and capital costs. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published June 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/13/Enrolment-Up-BC-Schools-Budget-Cuts/

“The study of women in politics now is less about understanding the intricacies of nomination contests and more about documenting and theorizing the gender-based violence women in politics experience,” political science professor Lisa Young writes. Published June 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/12/Backlash-Against-Women-Politics-Alberta-MLA-Shannon-Phillips/

Usk Pioneer Chapel has overlooked Highway 16 for more than half a century. It offers road-trippers a place to stretch their legs, and enjoy a moment of stillness. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published June 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/12/Northwest-BC-Wee-Wayside-Chapel/

The word for a lesbian/LGBTQ+ rights advocate defecting from a party to the Conservative Party of BC, which itself has attached sexual orientation and gender identity school programs? Politics. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published June 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/12/What-Is-Elenore-Sturko-Thinking/

We know people choose to support The Tyee because they value our journalism. For this we are immensely grateful. But did you know that as a supporter, you can get eye-catching Tyee merch as well? By Tyee Staff. Published June 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/06/12/Support-Tyee-Get-Sweet-Swag/

Zuckerberg’s own AI bot advises the tech baron to “engage in good-faith negotiations with news publishers to ensure fair compensation for their content,” and that Facebook’s refusal can “hurt their ability to produce publicly available data I use.” Sean Holman writes. Sean is the Wayne Crookes professor of environmental and climate journalism at the University of Victoria and founding director of the Climate Disaster Project, a teaching newsroom that works with disaster-affected communities to document their stories. Published June 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/12/Zuckerberg-Dumb-Block-Canadian-News/

Farmers are not being paid enough to take Canadian wool to market. Meet the folks who have figured out how to use “waste wool” to create jobs and a circular farming economy. Tyee senior editor andrea bennett reports for our What Works section. Published June 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/06/11/Turning-Waste-Wool-Clean-Fertilizer/

The high-profile NDP MLA for Lethbridge-West is leaving politics. In addition to receiving right-wing abuse, she was illegally spied upon by members of the Lethbridge Police Service. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published June 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/11/Alberta-MLA-Shannon-Phillips-Quits/

Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx, the founders of a Vancouver compassion club supplying tested heroin, meth and cocaine to users, have been charged with trafficking. They’re fundraising for a long legal battle. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published June 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/11/Compassion-Club-Organizers-Criminal-Charges/

At the DPA Awards last Friday, two Tyee journos were honoured. Christopher Cheung won Gold for Best Arts and Culture Storytelling, and Zoë Yunker took home Silver in the Best Service Feature category! It's been a banner year for The Tyee — and it's thanks to our readers and supporters. By Tyee Staff. Published June 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/10/Christopher-Cheung-Zoe-Yunker-DPAs/

Vancouver’s fire department will receive a “Code of Silence” award after The Tyee reported on barriers to accessing information. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published June 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/10/Fire-Departments-Charge-Big-Bucks-Reports/

To save the iconic Museum of Anthropology, architect Nick Milkovich had to destroy it. On the mind-boggling rebuild of Arthur Erickson’s masterpiece. A Tyee interview by Adele Weder. Adele is a West Coast writer specializing in architecture and design. Published June 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/10/Save-Iconic-Museum-Anthropology/

CONTEST: Three lucky readers will receive passes to the “festival within a festival” to see a spirited dose of live jazz this June in North Vancouver. By North Shore Jazz Festival. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published June 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/06/10/Contest-North-Shore-Jazz-Fest/

Both Jewish Israelis and Palestinians are victims of immense trauma that dictates how they see each other. Long before Oct. 7, Jeffrey Wilkinson and Raja Khouri were thinking about how to bring understanding. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published June 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/10/Shared-Values-Jewish-Palestinian-Canadians/

It’s been almost two months since the federal budget, and anguished cries about the horror of capital gains tax changes are still coming. Tyee senior editor Paul Willcocks writes. Published June 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/07/Inside-Campaign-Kill-Step-Toward-Tax-Fairness/

It’s been over a month since the People’s University for Gaza established their pro-Palestinian encampment at UBC. But as police move in, questions arise about the role of post-secondaries in a global crisis. Jeevan Sangha reports. Jeevan is the Tyee 2024 Hummingbird fellow. Published June 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/07/Campus-Encampments-Supporting-Gaza-What-Next/

Name a niche, we’ve got a book for it. The Tyee’s 33 book recommendations are here. By Tyee staff and contributors. Published June 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/07/Summer-Reading-List-2024/

Steve Nelson didn’t see any sign of fire when the alarm went off at noon at the Keefer Rooms. Three tenants on their harrowing escape, and what it takes to rebuild a model home in the Downtown Eastside. A special Tyee report from Christopher Cheung. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published June 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/07/Fleeing-Fire-Keefer-Rooms/

In today’s evolving digital landscape, the demand for skilled digital designers has never been higher. To meet this growing need, look to Emily Carr University of Art + Design’s Continuing Studies department for your skill development or full-on career pivots. By Emily Carr University. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published June 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/06/06/Empowering-Digital-UX-Designers-Today/

On early mornings, An Dong chats up one of his homeless peers at the Union Gospel Mission shelter and asks to draw their portrait. As he captures details in charcoal, he hears snippets of their stories. Christopher Cheung writes. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published June 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/06/From-Homeless-Shelter-Set-Portraits/

Nearly 10 years after it was first envisioned, the stairway to nowhere at East Vancouver’s Hastings Park is under a month from completion. What a remarkable place to sit down this will be. Author: Harrison Mooney is an award-winning author and journalist from Abbotsford, B.C. Published June 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/06/Stairway-Nowhere-Joyful-Public-Art/

Vancouver city council has joined the battle to address the crisis that’s closing arts spaces and threatening the city’s cultural community. Emily Blatta reports. Emily is a practicum student at The Tyee. Published June 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/05/Can-New-Vision-Save-Vancouver-Arts-Spaces/

DIY: For anyone who ever fell in love to the backdrop of mixtapes, punk rock and handmade publications, the Vancouver Art Gallery’s gigantic new exhibition on zines might be just up your alley. Tyee culture editor Dorothy Woodend writes. Published June 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/05/Trip-Through-Two-Zinefests/

A Vancouver police officer who could be facing a disciplinary hearing following the violent 2015 death of Myles Gray is now working as a school liaison officer at a Vancouver secondary school. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published June 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/05/Officer-Involved-Violent-Death-Works-High-School/

Alberta Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz is battling a federal bill that requires oil and gas companies to prove their climate claims. Say what you will about the UCP. You have to admire their sheer brass, writes David Climenhaga. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published June 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/04/UCP-New-Target-Limits-Fossil-Fuel-Greenwashing/

B.C. politics are undergoing a transformation somewhat like that of Bruce Banner and Dr. Jekyll. Steve Burgess on defections, insults and a dumped candidate. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published June 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/04/Can-Clown-Car-Win-Race-BC/

This Indigenous History Month, Read Local BC is showcasing nine new books and an educational board game to touch your heart and engage your mind. By Read Local BC. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published June 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/06/04/Read-Local-BC-Indigenous-History-Month/

Is he fit for another round in office? Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published June 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/04/Paul-Wells-Weighs-In-Justin-Trudeau/

The earthquake in B.C. politics continued today with Surrey South MLA Elenore Sturko announcing she is leaving BC United, where she has been one of the party’s most effective performers, to join the Conservatives. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published June 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/03/BC-United-MLA-Elenore-Sturko-Jumps-Conservatives/

In the heady height of journalism awards season, it’s an honour to be named finalists for some of the highest professional accolades in the country. It’s another thing, however, to win one of the top national prizes for journalists two years in a row. Jackie Wong, Tyee senior editor, writes. Published June 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/06/03/Amanda-Follett-Hosgood-Wins-Truth-Reconciliation-Award/

For one Nanaimo tenant, fighting a rent increase through B.C.’s Residential Tenancy Branch has taken years of effort, generated a pile of paper and achieved nothing. Andrew MacLeod, Tyee legislative bureau chief, reports. Published June 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/03/Does-BC-Break-Landlords-Go-Too-Far/

Dive into award-winning films this Indigenous History Month! Local movies from Haida Gwaii to Siksika Nation are streaming this month. A sneak peak. By Knowledge Network. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published June 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/06/03/Award-Winning-Films-Indigenous-History-Month/

Outsmart food package waste: Your takeout dishes don’t have to end up in landfills. ShareWares invented a way to make them reusable. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published June 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/06/03/We-Can-Outsmart-Food-Package-Waste/

We said election journalism matters. Clearly, you agree. Thanks to the amazing support from our readers, in just one week, we reached our goal. Now we’re setting a stretch goal of $120,000. Help us get there! David Beers writes. David is The Tyee's editor-in-chief. Published June 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/06/03/Election-Journalism-Matters/

John Rustad’s Conservative party gained a third MLA at the expense of BC United with Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Lorne Doerkson switching parties. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published May 31, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/31/Another-BC-United-Defection-Lorne-Doerkson-Rustad-Conservatives/

For time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have stewarded what’s now called “Canada,” living off of and caring for its lands and waters. When settlers arrived, they introduced commercial fishing, shipping and industrialization, which have come to endanger the aquatic ecosystems critical to our survival. Author: Pippa Norman is a journalist based in Vancouver, whose work has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Association of Journalists award. Published May 31, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/31/Indigenous-Marine-Protected-Conserved-Areas/

Meeting an octopus is a little like meeting a mythological creature. Culture editor Dorothy Woodend writes. Published May 31, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/31/Day-I-Met-Octopus-Lost-My-Mind/

After an interim decision was leaked earlier this week, Ad Standards Canada says it will not make public the final outcome of its investigation into allegations of greenwashing against oil and gas advocacy group Canada Action Coalition. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published May 31, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/31/Leaked-Decision-Slams-LNG-Ads-Greenwashing/

The critics of beleaguered PM Justin Trudeau are stuck on this big question: How many nails in his political coffin can he endure before giving up the ghost? Michael Harris writes. Michael, a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published May 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/05/30/What-Tempts-Trudeau-Stay-Ring/

Renters evicted, old apartments destroyed and new condos erected. For over a decade, these were the scenes of Burnaby. Christopher Cheung writes. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published May 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/30/Displacement-Destruction-Development-Metrotown/

Protesters gathered at Calgary City Hall and in seven other Alberta cities Saturday to demand changes to the UCP government’s policies. Susan Jane Wright writes why she marched — and why she’ll keep marching. Susan was a lawyer and an executive in the energy sector before she became a writer. Published May 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/30/Taking-It-Streets-Alberta/

Is tending to the self key for ecological restoration? Emily Blatta interviews “Medicine Wheel for the Planet” author Jennifer Grenz. Emily is a practicum student with The Tyee. Published May 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/30/Jennifer-Grenz-Interview/

The Speaker of Alberta’s legislature is refusing to explain how a former Edmonton Police Service officer with a history of violent domestic assault and several other officers with serious disciplinary records came to be hired as part-time security officers at the legislature. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/29/Some-Who-Guard-Alberta-Legislature-Done-Crimes/

Art that is written on the body endures long after the body itself is gone. “Unit Bruises,” where Vancouver’s Paul Wong and Theodore Wan turn the camera on themselves, makes this clear. Tyee culture editor Dorothy Woodend reviews. Published May 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/29/Unit-Bruises-Packs-Punch/

Legal experts say charging protesters has grave implications for free speech, even when speakers celebrate violent acts. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published May 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/29/War-Gaza-Testing-Canada-Hate-Speech-Laws/

Legal Aid BC is looking for a new CEO a little more than two years after former Ontario star politician Michael Bryant took the job. Andrew MacLeod, Tyee legislative bureau chief, writes. Published May 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/28/Legal-Aid-CEO-Leaves-Post/

Kevin Falcon’s most brutal misstep was his catastrophic plan to change the party’s name from BC Liberals to BC United. But his mishandling of the unexpected rise of John Rustad’s Conservatives is a close rival. Paul Willcocks, Tyee senior editor, writes. Published May 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/28/Falcon-Stumbles-Doomed-Talks-Conservatives/

It’s been three months since Fozia Alvi got back from her medical aid mission in Gaza, but what she witnessed there continues to haunt her. A special Tyee interview by Jeevan Sangha. Jeevan is The Tyee 2024 Hummingbird fellow. Published May 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/28/Doctor-Comes-Home-From-Gaza/

Ramps built at the wrong elevation. New stairs that weren’t up to code. “We’ve had a school where the lights have fallen down.” Thousands of stacked-up work orders are causing safety issues, says a union staffer. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published May 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/28/BC-Ballooning-Backlog-Fixing-Schools/

Contest alert! Win a bundle of books to inspire your summer reading list. One Tyee reader will receive four compelling works from McClelland & Stewart that collectively trace Indigenous legacies of the past, present and future. McClelland & Stewart writes. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published May 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/05/28/Contest-McClelland-Stewart-Book-Bundle/

with cover: An Edmonton 911 operator with a history of past assaults took a call from a woman under deadly attack. His lax response outrages her family. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published May 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/28/Domestic-Abuser-Fielding-Emergency-Calls/

If there’s a movie version, let’s hope it stars Rick Moranis. It could be sort of, “Honey, I Shrunk the Charter.” Steve Burgess advises. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published May 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/27/Please-Advise-Poilievre-Book/

“Even though I’ve attended local events and lived in Vancouver for half a century, I didn’t know about Vivian Jung until five years ago.” Vancouver’s first teacher of Chinese descent lit a path that continues to inspire kids. Fiona Tinwei Lam writes. Fiona is completing her final year as Vancouver’s sixth poet laureate. Published May 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/27/Meet-Vivian-Jung-Work-Racial-Justice/

BC Conservative Leader John Rustad and BC United Leader Kevin Falcon agree on one thing. Each says the other is putting personal ambition ahead of the public good. Tyee legislative bureau chief Andrew MacLeod reports. Published May 27, 2024.https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/27/Rustad-Falcon-Trade-Insults/

Construction digs up vast amounts of contaminated soil. GRT Resource Regeneration found a low-carbon way to transform it for new uses. Our latest #WhatWorks, by Andrew Findlay. Andrew, a freelance journalist in B.C.’s Comox Valley, writes about environmental and social issues, travel and business. Published May 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/05/27/Cleaning-Dirt-Climate/

Let me share, as well, how The Tyee intends to meet the important challenge at hand — with your help and support. Tyee editor David Beers writes. Published May 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/05/27/These-Elections-Are-Like-None-Before/

“If we can see clearly while caring for the patient in front of us, why does our vision blur when Gaza is suffering?” Author: Dunavan Morris-Janzen was born and raised in Nelson, B.C. Published May 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/24/Gaza-Suffers-Role-Young-Doctor/

What to know when you're forced to flee. As BC’s wildfire season starts early, residents in vulnerable areas should be thinking about their evacuation plans. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published May 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/24/When-You-Are-Forced-Flee-What-Know/

The pandemic sent photographic artist Roger Larry in search of "the gothic sublime." David Beers, Tyee editor, writes. Published May 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/24/Stalking-Stanley-Park-Haunted-Beauty/

When we’re stopped at intersections, people ask if I’ve ever crashed the cargo bike with both of my kids on the back. Sure have. Harrison Mooney writes. Harrison is an award-winning author and journalist from Abbotsford, B.C. Mooney was recently awarded the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for his debut memoir, Invisible Boy. Published May 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/24/How-I-Learned-Love-E-Bike/

Bricks and barricades, treehouses and toilet pits, solar panels and superglue — this is the stuff of “Protest Architecture.” Particularly relevant to the present as pro-Palestinian protests take to campuses. Christopher Cheung writes. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published May 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/23/Protest-Architecture-Building-Blocks-Rebellion-Camps-Convoys/

Sometimes a film comes along that is so resolutely, profoundly Canadian that all one can do is give in to its bleak and flinty ways. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published May 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/23/Sweeter-Land-Harsher-Film/

Nearly 50 years after the Lejac Residential School closed, survivors who attended the institution are leading a search for answers about children who never returned home. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published May 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/23/Ground-Search-Lejac-Residential-School-Site/

Does Bill C-63 address those most impacted by online abuse? Experts highlight why Canada’s online harms bill is a good first step but falls short. Sarah Krichel, The Tyee's social media manager, writes. Published May 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/05/23/Canada-Crackdown-Digital-Hate/

When a major city’s water system goes dry, it’s called “Day Zero.” Mexico is nearly there and B.C. could very well be. Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published May 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/23/When-Will-Vancouver-Run-Out-Water/

“Radical” forest reform? B.C. is signalling a shift in resource management. Here’s one way to prove it’s real, Andy MacKinnon writes. Andy is a retired B.C. professional forester and professional biologist who is active in lobbying governments at all levels to reform land use and resource management practices. Published May 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/22/Will-BC-Deliver-Radical-Forest-Reform/

Secrecy in mountains: The Association of Canadian Mountain Guides has backtracked on plans for post-accident debriefs with clients, citing legal concerns. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published May 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/22/When-Things-Go-Wrong-Mountains-Secrecy/

A new report by economist Jim Stanford shows how working people in Alberta are experiencing unprecedented reductions in incomes, purchasing power and living standards. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published May 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/22/UCP-Plan-Drive-Down-Wages-Working/

💡 #WhatWorks: Lux Bio invented an alternative to the toxic plastic wants that litter landfills and oceans. Pippa Norman reports. Pippa is a journalist based in Vancouver, whose work has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Association of Journalists award. Published May 21, 2024.https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/05/21/Glow-Stick-Uses-Nature-Bioluminescence/

“We are the voice of music, arts and culture in Alberta.” The Edmonton radio station CKUA enjoys scads of public support but faces a financial “perfect storm.” Ximena González reports. Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Published May 21, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/21/Canada-Faces-Loss-First-Public-Broadcaster/

The 12-step programs talking about a “higher power” are more flexible than you might think. A Tyee Q&A with Wendy Dossett, whose research probes how people can conceive of their addiction recovery. andrea bennett writes. andrea is senior editor at The Tyee. Published May 21, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/21/How-People-Addictions-Conceive-Recovery/

Private owners made millions selling properties to the province. While the BC Conservatives want an audit, Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon is dismissing the concerns about high-profit “hotel flipping” in Prince George. Andrew MacLeod, Tyee legislative bureau chief, reports. Published May 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/20/BC-Government-Prince-George-Hotels/

Veronica Swift has been ascending to the upper echelon of 21st-century jazz singers. With the interpretive ingenuity and bracing songwriting of her new album, she’s now most certainly arrived. Win two tickets to see her live with The Tyee! By Coastal Jazz. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published May 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/05/20/Contest-Veronica-Swift-Jazz-Fest/

Our Vancouver “Points of Interest” book launch was so special that we’re doing it all again in Victoria. It’s free, and you’re invited! Join us this Wednesday. By Tyee Staff. Published May 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/05/20/Join-The-Tyee-Victoria/

Challenge: Can you buy just five articles of new clothing per year? It could dent the climate crisis and spur unlikely connections. Tell us in the comments. 👚👖👕 Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published May 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/20/Take-Challenge-Five-Pieces-New-Clothing-Year/

ICYMI: Almost a week after some of his officers violently cleared out a peaceful Palestine solidarity protest on the University of Alberta campus, Edmonton Police Chief Dale McPhee showed up Thursday to make his case at a police commission meeting. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Friday, May 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/17/University-of-Alberta-Protest-Camp-Raid-Disaster/

Ecotourism operations offer a way to get up close to nature. But that proximity has effects on local wildlife. Larry Pynn reports. Larry is a veteran environmental journalist based on Vancouver Island. Published May 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/17/People-Love-Watching-Grizzlies/

How has the sanctions war waged by the United States and its NATO allies against Russia and China impacted global efforts to halt the relentless rise in greenhouse gas emissions into a dangerously warming atmosphere? Jeff Rubin writes. Jeff is an award-winning author and former chief economist at CIBC World Markets. Published May 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/05/17/Global-Wars-Sanctions-Hobbling-Climate-Action/

At the corner of Courtenay and West 14th in Vancouver is a house hidden from the sidewalk by hedges. A cedar fence runs the length of the lot on one side. Still no luck, though, for those tall enough to peer over — a wall of trees hides the residence from view. This was the home of Arthur Erickson, the famous Canadian architect. Christopher Cheung writes. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published May 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/17/Inside-Garage-Garden-Arthur-Erickson/

For authors John Vaillant and Arno Kopecky, the latest evacuation prompts shared thoughts: moral, practical and humble. A Tyee conversation. Published May 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/17/Fort-McMurray-Repeating-Nightmare/

Has Vancouver’s ABC council lost its mind? Only if you think expanded gambling, more traffic and climate change denial are problems, writes Steve Burgess. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published May 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/16/Has-Vancouver-ABC-Council-Lost-Way/

B.C. has stepped in to slow down evictions in single-room occupancy hotels to prevent a summer homelessness crisis. After courts struck down Vancouver’s vacancy rent control bylaw, the province restored the protection. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published May 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/16/BC-Steps-In-Slow-SRO-Evictions/

As Canada steeled for another wildfire season, the National Newspaper Awards gave a special commendation to the Climate Disaster Project based at the University of Victoria. How the project is reinventing journalism — and teaming with The Tyee. David Beers, Tyee editor, writes. Published May 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/16/Fresh-Ways-Cover-Climate-Crisis/

Protected tenants will pay their old rents for new homes four years after Burnaby “demovictions.” It’s a model for cities that want development without displacement. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published May 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/16/Burnaby-Demovictions-Protected-Tenants-Return/

Faux-leatherette bars, spin the bottle, pretending to smoke. A place of discovery, independence and freedom. Basements are perfect places for art to happen, writes Dorothy Woodend. Dorothy Woodend is The Tyee's culture editor. Published May 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/15/Down-Basement-Where-Creativity-Lives/

Gil McGowan is out and Naheed Nenshi is in front as the battle for the party’s future enters its final stage. Graham Thomson writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published May 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/15/Alberta-NDP-Leadership-Race-Heats-Up/

“The campus where I am a faculty member is one more site for testing whether Canadian universities are committed to protecting freedom of expression.” Stop cracking down on peaceful encampments and do this instead, writes poli-sci prof Emmett Macfarlane. Published May 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/15/F-Grade-Protests-University-Presidents/

The writing was on the wall when Gil McGowan summed up his pitch at Saturday’s NDP leadership forum. “If I don’t raise another $50,000 soon, I’m toast.” His campaign suspension was no surprise. But it was always a long shot, writes David J. Climenhaga. David Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published May 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/14/Gil-McGowan-Exit-NDP-Leadership-Race/

WhatWorks: Sang Le was irked in university by the amount of food she was wasting — forgetting about an item in the back of the fridge or that hadn’t been stored properly. Now Le has co-founded Peko, which nourishes people while cutting emissions. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published May 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/05/14/Boxing-Up-Solution-Food-Waste/

with cover: Residents on the wrong side of a boundary dividing #Lytton haven’t gotten the same provincial support — despite suffering similar impacts — as their in-town counterparts after a devastating wildfire, the local regional district says. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published May 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/14/Invisible-Line-Recovery-Support-Lytton/

A $2,000 speeding fine for a police officer who hit and seriously injured Dennis Hunter on East Hastings Street doesn’t reflect the seriousness of his injuries, say his advocates and friends. Jen St. Denis updates. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published May 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/14/Officer-Hit-Man-Police-Car-Receives-Fine/

Were the presidents of Alberta’s two largest universities pushed to use cops dressed up as stormtroopers to violently clear campus encampments used by students for a few hours to peacefully protest the continuing deadly assault on Gaza? Or did they jump of their own accord when they asked police to clear the campus demonstrations Thursday night in Calgary and early Saturday morning in Edmonton? Author: David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published May 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/13/Alberta-Universities-Police-Protest-Camps/

Cheri Maracle produces and performs the energetic and humorous one-woman musical Paddle Song, which tells the proud legacy of the Mohawk poet and performer Pauline Johnson. By Firehall Arts Centre. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published May 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/05/13/Paddle-Song-Mohawk-Poet-Performer-Pauline-Johnson/

Book banning is one of the first signs that a democracy is losing its way, writes Michael Harris, dragging behind it the scorpion’s tail of ignorance and intolerance. Michael, a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published May 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/13/Book-Bans-Warning-Endangered-Democracy/

“As I write this, I’m getting ready to leave for my seventh season of tree planting. I’ve had an eye on the weather all winter, watching as the snowpack levels in B.C. reach record lows and rivers run dry.” The end of tree-planting as we know it, by Alana Friend Lettner. Alana is a writer and tree planter. Published May 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/13/End-Of-Tree-Planting-As-We-Know-It/

After renting in Surrey for 15 years, Jackie, who is in the final stages of a neurological illness, and her partner can’t find a new place they can afford as laws and market are stacked against them. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published May 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/13/Jackie-Dealing-Terminal-Illness-Being-Evicted/

A New York Times story revealed that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was diagnosed with a parasitic worm that consumed part of his brain before dying. How will this affect RFK Jr.’s quest for the White House? Steve Burgess advises. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published May 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/10/Doc-Steve-RFK-Jr-Brain-Eating-Worm-Parasite-Political-Circus/

“Our government has continually shared British Columbians’ concerns about the numerous potential impacts of a spill. All we can do is urge the federal government to ensure it is safe.” Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published May 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/10/BC-Warned-Unaddressed-Tanker-Risks-TMX/

“’The government’s taking it seriously, there’s investment in it, let’s do modular child care.’” After B.C. announced funding to increase child-care in 2018, two women-led companies have combined forces to construct permanent spaces, built efficiently. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published May 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/10/Entrepreneurs-Bringing-Modular-Child-Care-Centres-BC/

Big Boring Breakthrough: Two tunnelling machines have arrived at their last stop for the Broadway Subway, marking the machine’s completion for this phase. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published May 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/10/Entrepreneurs-Bringing-Modular-Child-Care-Centres-BC/

The extremist fringe must feel over the moon. Thanks to recent actions by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, they have moved from the fringe to the very heart of political debate in Canada. Author: Charlie Angus has been the NDP member of Parliament for Timmins-James Bay since 2004. Published May 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/10/Pierre-Poilievre-Politics-Intimidation/

Calgary has lost 1,500 non-market rentals since 2021, laying bare Canada’s affordable housing problems. And its solutions. Ximena González reports. Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Published May 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/09/Calgary-Lost-Non-Market-Rentals/

The case of the “urban wilderness” that was Vancouver’s town dump. You can still find evidence of Everett Crowley Park’s past life — if you look closely enough. Olamide Olaniyan reports our newest #PlaceDetective. Olamide is associate editor of The Tyee. Published May 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/09/Urban-Wilderness-That-Was-Vancouver-Dump/

The UCP and Parti Québécois share a separatist ideal divorced from the reality of Canada’s value. A flawed vision. Geoffrey Picketts writes. Geoffrey is a writer based in Calgary with a background in political science and sociology. Published May 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/09/Danielle-Smith-Flawed-Vision-Quebec-Prairies/

Let’s make sense of Premier Eby’s step back on decriminalization. Some want him to apologize for the program, while others defend it fully. How we got here. Geoff Meggs reports. Geoff is a former journalist and Vancouver city councillor. Published May 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/05/09/Making-Sense-Eby-Step-Back-Decriminalization/

The BC United party is in such a “precarious position” that it could cease to exist after the next provincial election, says the public opinion researcher who worked on former premier Christy Clark’s winning 2013 campaign. Andrew MacLeod, Tyee legislative bureau chief, reports. Published May 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/08/Poll-Finds-Dead-Heat-Conservatives-NDP-Precarious-BC-United/

“People already severely disadvantaged, you’ve wiped their rights without a second thought.” Supportive-housing tenants who won hard-fought court challenges to have visitors without time limits have now lost that right thanks to B.C. government action. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published May 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/08/Supportive-Housing-Tenants-Lose-Rental-Law-Protections/

BC United accused the NDP government of having the worst #GHG emissions record in Canada Tuesday. But Climate Minister George Heyman said the claim is based on inaccurate data from the federal government. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/08/Supportive-Housing-Tenants-Lose-Rental-Law-Protections/

An inland gas liquefaction facility proposed for north of Prince George could make Canada the first country in North America to make liquified natural gas a regular commodity on its rail lines and is raising concerns about safety. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published May 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/07/BC-LNG-By-Rail-Risk/

Thirteen years after the BC Lottery Corp. failed in a major casino expansion effort in Vancouver, it’s back to try again. And already things seem sketchy. The public is not getting the whole story. And the BCLC doesn’t want to give it to us. Authors: Sandy Garossino is a former trial lawyer and current columnist, Ian Pitfield is a retired judge and Andy Yan is an urban planner. Published May 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/07/Halt-Hurried-Push-Expand-Gambling-Vancouver/

B.C. has come to a strange moment in the housing crisis. After a huge flurry of policy measures, the provincial government is head and shoulders above any other province in its action on housing policy. Private developers aren’t going to do it alone. We need an explosion in public and non-profit housing. Alex Hemingway writes. Alex is a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ B.C. office. Published May 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/07/Next-Big-Steps-Fix-Housing-Crisis/

“When you walk up to a tree,” Dave says in a brief moment when his saw is off, “it’s yes or no. You have to ask yourself this question every time you approach a tree.” “What if it’s a maybe?” I say. He says a maybe is still a no. Aaron Williams writes. Aaron’s first book, "Chasing Smoke" (2017), was based on his experience fighting forest fires in Canada and the U.S. He has an MFA in creative non-fiction writing from King’s College and lives in Halifax. Published May 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/07/Haida-Gwaii-Falling-Trees-End-Era/

In about a month, the discovery of H5N1 avian flu in U.S. dairy cows, plus one human H5N1 case, plus H5N1 fragments in grocery-store milk, has gone from surprise to food scare to impending pandemic. Even if we’re lucky enough to avoid more human cases, the scare could incapacitate a vital American food resource — and reopen some political wounds that haven’t healed since COVID-19. Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published May 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/05/07/What-H5N1-US-Dairy-Says-Public-Health/

In 2016, Arlene Westervelt’s body was recovered from Okanagan Lake after a canoe trip with her husband, Bert. Her family believes she was murdered. But missteps by the coroners service and police have left the case unresolved. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published May 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/07/Flawed-Autopsy-Dropped-Murder-Charge/

"I’m going to be blunt in this piece. As a resident of Alberta and someone trained to recognize threats to democracy, I have an obligation to be. The United Conservative Party is an authoritarian force in Alberta. Full stop. I don’t come by this argument lightly." Jared Wesley writes. Jared is a professor of political science at the University of Alberta. Published May 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/06/Why-UCP-Is-Threat-Democracy/

"Carmen" is the opera that many of us know. At its recent local run at the venerable Queen Elizabeth Theatre in downtown Vancouver, I was tempted to yodel at the top of my lungs, “Toreador, don’t spit on the floor!” It’s a favourite schoolyard reworking of the opera’s most famous aria. I restrained myself, because the Vancouver Opera’s new production of Carmen was already a glorious amount of fun. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published May 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/06/If-Romance-Dead-Opera-Giving-Me-Life/

Twenty-one projects leading the way in sustainable, equitable and socially just land use and real estate are finalists for the 2024 Land Awards. By Real Estate Foundation of BC. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published May 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/05/06/Finalists-Announced-Land-Awards/

Premier David Eby and Premier Danielle Smith have made a bet on the outcome of the NHL playoff series between the Vancouver Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers. The loser will have to stand up in their provincial legislature, wearing the winning team’s jersey, and read a statement written by the other premier. Is this a good idea? Steve Burgess advises. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published May 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/06/Who-Will-Win-Big-Hockey-Bet/

Two climate activists who argued that the threat of climate change justified their efforts to block highways, banks and airports were convicted today in a Nanaimo court. Author: Peter Fairley is an award-winning journalist based in Victoria and San Francisco, whose writing has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, Hakai Magazine, the New York Times, the Atlantic, Nature and elsewhere. Published May 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/03/Climate-Change-Activists-Convicted-Civil-Disobedience/

It’s not a lighthouse or an old church, but the home of the Wongs’ Benevolent Association holds just as much history as these symbols of nostalgic Canadiana — all of which are competing for funding crucial to their survival.Christopher Cheung visits. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published May 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/03/Wongs-Chinatown-Benevolent-Society/

Trudeau’s Liberals dominated news with their pre-budget tour, focused on affordability and hoping to win back young voters. While the younger voting bloc gave them wins in past, many have grown disillusioned. Author: Will Shelling is a Vancouver-based government relations consultant who specializes in justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. Published May 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/03/Will-Trudeau-Budget-Win-Back-Diverse-Voters/

All is not well in the world of documentary film. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published May 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/03/When-Truth-Stranger-Fiction-Turn-Documentary/

B.C.’s drug decriminalization pilot is in tatters after concerns about drug use in hospitals and restaurants led Premier David Eby to ask Health Canada to make public drug use illegal again. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published May 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/03/What-Now-BC-Decriminalization-Test/

On the heels of two weeks on the BC Bestsellers list and a successful launch in Vancouver, The Tyee is coming to Victoria to celebrate our book Points of Interest, available now from Greystone. Tyee Staff writes. Published May 2, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/05/02/Points-Of-Interest-Victoria/

“Wacko.” “Spineless.” “But Mom, he started it!” What do you think constitutes unparliamentary language, Steve Burgess? Steve writes about culture and politics for The Tyee. Published May 2, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/02/Please-Advise-Parliament-Gone-Wacko/

Amrit Kaur Chilana and her husband Rajwant Singh Chilana are booksellers who used to sell books out of their home, and have operated from their current storefront in Surrey for 10 years. Jeevan Sangha reports. Jeevan is the 2024 Hummingbird fellow for The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/02/Why-Punjabi-Language-Preservation-Matters/

B.C.’s auditor general has launched an investigation into the province’s handling of disaster recovery in Lytton, where rebuilding is just getting underway nearly three years after a deadly wildfire reduced most of the community to ashes. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published May 2, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/02/BC-Auditor-General-Wildfire-Recovery-Lytton/

As B.C. heads into what is predicted to be a hot summer, the need to build wildfire resiliency is a top priority across the province. Last week’s FireSmart Wildfire Resiliency and Training Summit in Prince George brought together representatives from municipal governments, fire departments and other stakeholders to discuss insights from last year and what communities can do to recover, rebuild and repair. Emily Blatta reports. Emily is a practicum student at The Tyee. Published May 2, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/02/BC-Summit-Safeguarding-Communities-Wildfire-Season/

Dale Culver, a Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan man, died in 2017 during an altercation with police. Prosecutors made the ‘extremely rare’ move to consult an independent expert — one who’s been accused of bias. His report toppled the case. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published May 2, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/02/Why-RCMP-Consequences-Dale-Culver-Death/

An Indigenous farmer’s inventive approach to bringing traditional foods to her community — many at no cost. Michelle Week writes, as told to Aldyn Chwelos. The latest from The Tyee’s section on #WhatWorks. Published May 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/05/01/Indigenous-Farmer-Inventive-Approach/

For two weeks, the 2024 summer festival Bach Untamed invites you to discover new arrangements of Bach’s work mixed with distant vocal traditions. Snag a pair of seats to see a rare performance of the 17th-century masterpiece with @TheTyee! By Early Music Vancouver. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published May 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/05/01/Contest-Monteverdi-Vessels/

“Can a dead mother be sad?” On the sometimes steep difficulties of parenthood, an excerpt from Adrienne Gruber’s “Monsters, Martyrs, and Marionettes.” Adrienne Gruber is an award-winning writer. Published May 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/01/Monsters-Martyrs-Marionettes-Excerpt/

The worst thing about the seemingly endless Alberta NDP leadership race isn’t that it’s boring, although it is. It’s that the caucus appears totally distracted by it while the UCP is introducing anti-democratic bills almost daily. David Climenhaga writes. David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published May 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/01/Smith-Runs-Riot-NDP-Fixates-Leadership-Campaign/

“This is a policy of recognition. We should be proud of that in this province, we now have a government recognizing Indigenous people rather than forcing them into courts to defend their existence.” Why the Green Party is supporting the Haida title. Andrew MacLeod, our legislative bureau chief, reports. Published April 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/30/Why-Green-Party-Supporting-Haida-Title/

Orca watching is big business and aids research, but can go overboard. 🐋 Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published April 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/30/When-Stalking-Killers-Be-Nice/

🐸 Their curious equanimity is the stuff of myth and legend. But frogs are a species in decline. This rigorous breeding program at the Vancouver Aquarium is aimed at protecting them. Dorothy Woodend, our culture editor, writes. Published April 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/30/How-Bring-Frogs-Back-Brink-Extinction/

Animals are not only conscious, but self-aware, shows emerging research. This could disrupt the Great Chain of Being for the greater good. Crawford Kilian, contributing editor, writes. Published April 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/29/If-Animals-Are-Conscious-What-About-Us/

Federal politics without Justin Trudeau? The chattering classes in Ottawa are hyperventilating. Michael Harris writes. Michael Harris, a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published April 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/29/If-Trudeau-Steps-Down-Then-What/

Striving to be a “mindful tourist,” Steve Burgess is hilarious about the selfie-collecting boors who throng (and almost inevitably ruin) famous destinations. But he doesn’t let himself off the hook. Our editor David Beers interviews the author of "Reservations." Published April 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/29/Is-Wanderlust-Sin-Steve-Burgess-New-Book/

with cover A violent racist, Donald Laird sent death threats to a politician, then dodged his sentencing date. Alberta police don’t seem too concerned. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published April 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/29/Why-Menacing-Extremist-Custody/

We may be living in the 21st century, but Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative government is apparently still suffering from the 19th century distrust of voters and democracy that convinced the Fathers of Confederation to give us that unelected Senate. David Climenhaga writes. David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published April 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/26/UCP-Attacks-Local-Democracy-Parties-Donations-Overrule-Councils/

with cover We face losing nothing less than Canadian decency, decorum and democracy. Do news media recognize this? Christopher Holcroft writes. Christopher is a writer, principal of Empower Consulting and founder of the Civil Election and Civil Dialogue initiatives. Published April 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/26/What-We-Risk-Normalizing-Poilievre-Politics/

No matter what Canadian city you live in, you’ll know the dismal feeling of watching rents and home prices climb higher and higher. Victoria journalist @GregorCraigie’s new book dives into the depths of the crisis, and offers ways to fix it. Christopher Cheung writes. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published April 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/26/How-Rebuild-Canada-Crumbling-Housing-Foundation/

Experts tracking a tremorous trend in northeastern B.C. notched another data point on April 13. In the early morning hours that day, a fracking-caused earthquake tripped the British Columbia Energy Regulator’s drilling shutdown switch. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor. Published April 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/26/Fracking-Quakes-Have-Surged-Fort-St-John/

with cover The head of B.C.’s police watchdog wants the government to review the BC Prosecution Service’s handling of his office’s recommendations for criminal charges against officers. Amanda Follett Hosgood and Jen St. Denis report. Amanda is our northern B.C. reporter. Jen is our civic issues reporter. Published April 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/26/BC-Police-Watchdog-Wants-Know-Officers-Not-Charged/

From the Digital Publishing Awards to the Jackman, we’re delighted by the news. The secret ingredient? Reader support. Jackie Wong, our senior editor, writes. Published April 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/04/25/Tyee-Snags-Six-More-National-Award-Nominations-CJF-DPA/

No party platforms. No interrupting or shouting over each other. No ad hominem attacks. Six months out from the provincial election, the British Columbia School Trustees Association hosted a forum at Vancouver’s Westin Bayshore hotel on the challenges facing provincial school districts. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published April 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/25/BC-Provincial-Parties-School-Trustees-Education-Matters-Forum/

Arunima Sangwan left her job at McDonald’s to launch Break Time, which serves Indian street food. The commercial kitchen at the Stir makes her venture possible. Marissa Tiel reports. Marissa is a freelance photojournalist and writer based in Kamloops, B.C. Published April 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/04/25/How-Foster-Local-Food-Businesses-Create-Stir/

As an agreement to recognize the Haida Nation’s Aboriginal title throughout Haida Gwaii was celebrated in the B.C. legislature Monday, BC United cautioned that the party plans to carefully scrutinize and fully debate the bill. Andrew MacLeod, legislative bureau chief, reports. Published April 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/25/What-Next-Historic-Haida-Agreement/

After learning that none of the RCMP officers who shot her son will be charged, the mother of Jared Lowndes is calling for an inquiry into why police have killed so many Indigenous people in Canada. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published April 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/25/Mother-Jared-Lowndes-Vows-Keep-Fighting/

When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith mused in the midst of the debate over her government’s new funding turf war with Ottawa that “we could also establish our own research programs” to ensure ideological balance in academic research, many Albertans suspected they understood precisely what she had in mind. Let David Climenhaga explain. David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published April 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/24/Danielle-Smith-Alberta-Secret-Pandemic-Study-COVID-Restrictions/

The benefit for people with disabilities included in last week’s federal budget is too small and will leave too many people out, B.C. Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Sheila Malcolmson said Monday. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is Tyee legislative bureau chief. Published April 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/24/BC-Pans-New-Federal-Disability-Benefit/

Snowboarding legend Craig Kelly leads fellow snowboarder Tom Burt in the Alborz Mountains of Iran in 2000. In his book The Darkest White, author Eric Blehm describes Kelly’s rise to snowboarding fame and his death in an avalanche in BC’s Selkirk Mountains in 2003. Published April 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/24/Darkest-White-Excerpt/

Here's how a Japanese earthquake shook B.C.’s forest future — and what needs to change to protect the environment and jobs. Ben Parfitt writes. Ben Parfitt is a resource policy analyst for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives B.C. office. Published April 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/24/How-Japanese-Earthquake-Shook-BC-Forest-Future/

Electronic health record systems were supposed to let doctors and hospitals seamlessly access a patient’s information. But progress has been slow. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published April 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/23/Shared-Medical-Records-Can-Transform-Care/

“I hope there’s healing in this book.” Eric Blehm, author of “The Darkest White,” on his look into the life and death by avalanche of snowboarding legend Craig Kelly. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published April 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/23/Eric-Blehm-Interview/

As many Canadian cities face challenges, some city halls are slow to involve citizens in serious discussions about what actions to take. That’s not only bad for democracy — it can backfire. Ximena González writes. Ximena González is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Published April 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/23/Calgary-Has-Big-Housing-Plans/

Tim Hortons is selling pizza now. Is that a good idea? Steve Burgess advises. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published April 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/22/Please-Advise-Tim-Hortons-Pizza/

with cover The Tyee’s new book, “Points of Interest,” is an ideal travel companion this season. A Q&A with the editors David Beers and andrea bennett, by senior editor Jackie Wong. Published April 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/04/22/Points-Of-Interest-Interview/

B.C. made public transit free for youth up to 12 across the province. But what about teens? This #EarthDay2024, Transit for Teens are pushing provincial leaders to extend the program to age 18. Transit for Teens writes. Published April 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/22/Youth-Calling-For-Free-Public-Transit-BC/

In October 2017, the day after I found out my dad had died from an accidental drug overdose, I picked up my camera and loaded it with a roll of film. Photography is how I make a living and it’s also how I process my experience of the world. Jackie Dives writes. Jackie Dives is a documentary photographer based in Vancouver, Canada. Published April 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/22/What-My-Dad-Taught-Me-Grief-Art-What-Makes-Life/

When it comes to food production in North America, it’s a little like two steps forward and 10 giant leaps back. Food, Inc. 2, from filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo, makes this dance abundantly clear. As the followup film to the impactful 2008 documentary Food, Inc., the current second iteration pulls back the lens and considers the systemic forces that drive how food is made. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, reviews. Published April 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/19/Why-Food-Inc-2-Left-Me-Hungry/

"I wake early. The walls are shaking. It sounds like the rest of the house has melted away, like my room is a ship in a storm. How can the wind be so loud? How can it rush through the walls like a sieve? I run down the stairs in the chill." An excerpt from our new book "Points of Interest." By Sofia Osborne. Sofia is a freelance writer, editor and audio producer, currently completing her MFA in creative writing at the University of British Columbia. Published April 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/19/Worst-Windstorm-BC-Hydro-History/

Metropolis at Metrotown, the largest mall in British Columbia, is a “fortress in the landscape.” So how to penetrate the fortress? Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published April 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/19/Ambitious-Plan-Metrotown-Changing-Heart-Burnaby/

Over 70 years ago, W.A.C. Bennett changed the face of BC politics. John Rustad is doing it again. Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published April 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/19/How-BC-Conservatives-Fell-Rising-Again/

A first-of-its-kind sexual assault support centre will soon be offering free-of-charge services to survivors of sexualized violence in Vancouver. Jeevan Sangha writes. Jeevan is the 2024 Hummingbird fellow at The Tyee. Published April 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/18/Salal-Sexual-Violence-Support-Centre/

Canada’s last three wild spotted owls, and their keepers. An excerpt from Sarah Cox’s “Signs of Life.” Published April 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/18/Canada-Last-Three-Wild-Spotted-Owls/

The first major assessment of Kenney’s legacy, journalist Jeremy Appel’s “Kenneyism” charts the rise, fall and philosophy of the enigmatic conservative’s career. The book ought to be on the shelf of any respectable political observer in this country. David Moscrop writes. David is a writer, commentator, author and newsletter writer. Published April 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/18/Kenneyism-Blazed-Trail-Poilievre-Smith/

To hear Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner tell it this week, you’d almost think there’s been no inflation in Alberta since the pandemic. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published April 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/17/Alberta-UCP-War-Against-Government-Workers-Wages-Inflation/

Six months from now Kevin Falcon is going to be staggering toward a catastrophic defeat for the remnants of the BC Liberals. Paul Willcocks writes. Paul is a senior editor at The Tyee. Published April 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/17/Earthquake-Shaking-BC-Politics/

It’s December, and the hard frost has finally crusted into my garden beds and transformed the mazes between wild berry bushes in my yard into a beautiful network of ice crystals in the dirt. An excerpt from author Jess Housty's essay in our new book "Points of Interest." ’Cúagilákv (Jess Housty) is a mother, writer and community organizer from the Haíłzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation. Published April 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/17/How-Coastal-Garden-Feeds-Body-Soul/

The Liberal government formally unveiled its Hail Mary federal budget Tuesday, a political document designed to revive the party’s dismal electoral prospects and beat back the surging Conservatives. Michael Harris writes. Michael, a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published April 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/17/Trudeau-Hail-Mary-Budget/

RCMP officers in Vanderhoof broke Kerry Mercer’s leg while arresting her in November. Advocates say officers are too often dismissive of the stories of domestic violence survivors, and sometimes outright disbelieve them. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published April 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/17/Vanderhoof-Women-Reluctant-Seek-Help-RCMP/

One of the great things about living on the West Coast is occasionally getting to wake up to good news out of Ontario. Today, we get to celebrate a haul of nominations for the Canadian Association of Journalists Awards — six in total! By Tyee Staff. Published April 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/04/16/Tyee-Gets-Six-Nominations-Top-Journalism-Honours/

“Dirty Dancing” is an abortion movie. That’s what journalist Andrea Warner says, who has had the time of her life taking a critical lens to the ’80s classic in her latest book. A Tyee Q&A. Katie Hyslop interviews. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published April 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/16/Andrea-Warner-Interview/

Couch Jams, a Vancouver-based Black, Indigenous and people of colour music collective, provides a space for racialized artists and musicians in the city to perform the music they love. Jeevan Sangha reports. Jeevan is the 2024 Hummingbird fellow at The Tyee. Published April 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/16/Couch-Jams-Collective-Bringing-Down-House/

Unless there is drastic change, Canadians ought to prepare for a Conservative majority at some point in the next year or so. But it would create political headaches for the UCP. Jared Wesley writes. Jared is a professor of political science at the University of Alberta. Published April 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/16/Danielle-Smith-Big-Pierre-Poilievre-Problem/

A Timber Tiles worker in Port Alberni, BC, mills hemlock into decorative tiles, helping Huu-ay-aht First Nations add value to their forest harvest. Andrew Findlay reports. Andrew is a freelance journalist in B.C.’s Comox Valley, writes about environmental and social issues, travel and business. Published April 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/04/15/Would-You-Choose-Wood-Tiles-Over-Ceramic/

An RCMP report predicts a stormy future in Canada. Why we should pay attention to six issues, especially as elections loom. Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published April 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/15/RCMP-Report-Predicts-Stormy-Future-Canada/

OK, readers. You suddenly need to understand research funding in Canada. (Thanks to Danielle Smith for legislation that would give the Alberta government a veto over federal funding for research.) Not to worry, Lisa Young has got your back. Lisa is a professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Published April 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/15/Alberta-Wants-Block-Federal-Dollars-Some-Scientists/

Amidst the tourists, creating a “landscape of fear”: On Granville Island, a unique tool is used to chase away the seagulls. An excerpt from our new book full of B.C. stories, “Points of Interest.” Michelle Cyca reports. Michelle’s writing has appeared in Maclean’s, the Walrus, Chatelaine, SAD Mag and more. Published April 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/15/Amidst-Tourists-Creating-Landscape-Fear/

British Columbia entered this month with the lowest snowpack in more than 50 years, creating risks for BC Hydro, agriculture and the coming fire season. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published April 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/12/How-Lowest-Snowpack-50-Years-Will-Hit-BC/

Flowers marked the spot where a 37-year-old Indigenous woman was found dying on a Vancouver sidewalk just before dawn on March 30. Despite first responders’ efforts, she died at the scene. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published April 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/12/Indigenous-Woman-Found-Dying-Sidewalk/

Charles Adler is a conservative. These days, however, that does not necessarily equate to being a Conservative. The longtime radio and TV talk star, currently a columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press and host of a popular podcast, increasingly has found himself alienated from political parties carrying the banners of the right in Canada and the United States. Steve Burgess interviews. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published April 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/12/Charles-Adler-Interview/

April is national poetry month. And there are a lot of reasons to turn to the intimate practice of poetry, which allows us to reach for things in writing when we cannot quite utter them in everyday speech. By Tyee Staff. Published April 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/11/Tough-Times-Award-Winning-Poetry-Grief-Futures/

The thirst of humans and our technology for water, according to two important studies, is bottomless and accelerating, even if the precious liquid itself is finite on this planet. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor. Published April 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/11/Draining-World-Fresh-Water/

Tattooing is not only an art form, but a process, a practice, an ordeal and a ceremony. The Museum of Vancouver writes. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published April 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/04/11/Indigenous-Tattoo-Artists-True-Tribal/

It’s hard to bet on what will survive in Vancouver. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published April 11, 2024. https://www1.thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/11/Contested-Art-Surviving-Vancouver/

Alberta’s United Conservative Party government tabled legislation Tuesday to establish its previously announced Canadian Centre of Recovery Excellence, which appears to be the drug-treatment equivalent of the UCP’s notorious Alberta energy war room. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published April 10, 2024. https://www1.thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/10/Alberta-UCP-Drug-Crisis-Recovery-War-Room-Ideology-Over-Evidence/

The B.C. government is making a one-time $430 payment to low-income renters and increasing the monthly amounts available for senior renters. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published April 10, 2024. https://www1.thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/10/BC-Raises-Rent-Supports-Low-Income-Seniors/

Allegiance, CBC’s new police procedural, is a pleasant surprise. Sure, it occasionally strays into extra-earnest territory, but in other respects it is surprisingly nuanced and thoughtful in how it approaches tricky issues like safe supply, race relations and sextortion. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published April 10, 2024. https://www1.thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/10/More-Than-Cop-Show-Allegiance/

After a two-week cleanup effort, the makeshift two-storey house is gone. So are the chaotic plywood structures covered in tarps. Gone too are the small gardens planted in cinder blocks and the piles and piles of junk. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published April 10, 2024. https://www.thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/10/Vancouver-Razed-CRAB-Park-Tent-City/

For social enterprise 4VI, it’s about visitors and their dollars leaving the place in better shape than they found it. Ryan Stuart reports. Ryan is a freelance writer living and working in K’ómoks First Nation unceded territory. Published April 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/04/10/Vancouver-Island-Big-Change-Tourism/

The Wexit crew are noisy. But are they in step with voters? David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published April 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/09/Truth-Western-Separatism/

An RCMP officer who had faced two criminal charges for alleged violence in Prince George will return to work after receiving an absolute discharge yesterday morning in a Vancouver courtroom. There will be no sentence or criminal record. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published April 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/09/No-Punishment-RCMP-Officer-Pleaded-Guilty-Assault/

Turning 20 last year has The Tyee reflecting. Normally we’re running to bring you fresh stories. But when we pause to look back, we’re amazed at the powerful pieces we’ve published. So we picked 30 of them and published an anthology. Jeanette Ageson, our publisher, writes. Published April 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/04/09/Points-Of-Interest-Launch-Party/

The curious nihilism of “Civil War”: In an election year with stakes rising and speculation about whether real conflict will break out, the anticipated new movie is a visceral excavation of America’s darkest impulses. Dorothy Woodend, our culture editor, writes. Published April 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/09/Curious-Nihilism-Civil-War/

PlaceDetective: : In downtown Vancouver, the Del Mar Hotel still bears the marks of an epic fight against gentrification. The case of the building that couldn’t be bought. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published April 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/09/Del-Mar-Hotel-Vancouver/

PleaseAdvise! Why is weirdo Alex Jones hyping Poilievre? Uh oh, America’s fringe fanning con artist just called the Conservative leader “the real deal.” Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about culture and politics for The Tyee. Published April 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/08/Please-Advise-Alex-Jones-Hyping-Poilievre/

Reclaiming Wet’suwet’en Storytelling in ‘Yintah’: At this year’s DOXA, catch a new wave of Indigenous-led docs. A Q&A with Freda Huson and director-journalist Michael Toledano. Josh Kozelj writes. Freelance journalist Josh Kozelj was the inaugural Hummingbird fellow with The Tyee. Published April 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/04/08/Reclaiming-Wetsuweten-Storytelling-Yintah/

Overtourism became a major issue in the 21st century, leading Fodor’s Travel to create a “No List” for besieged spots tourists should avoid, for their own good and more importantly for the health of the destinations themselves. The “No List” published in November 2019 included Bali. From Steve Burgess's new book. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published April 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/08/How-Many-Tourists-Are-Too-Many/

Alberta Health Services has dismissed conflict of interest and other allegations made through a whistleblower complaint by five Edmonton surgeons against their manager. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published April 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/05/Whistleblower-Complaint-Edmonton-Surgeons-Dismissed/

First Nations leaders and local community members crowded the Quesnel council chambers on Tuesday evening, many intent on sending a strong message to the city’s mayor: It’s time to step down. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published April 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/05/Quesnel-Mayor-Residential-School-Denialism/

If the polls hold, Pierre Poilievre will be our prime minister and Donald Trump will be ruling the United States, which — according to the Orange One’s own words — will no longer be a democracy. Michael Harris writes. Michael is a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published April 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/05/Democracy-Under-Siege-Globally/

Donnie Rosa is stepping into the top job at the province’s biggest supportive-housing provider, taking the reins from an interim CEO who took charge of Atira after a major government spending scandal. Rosa sits down with civic issues reporter Jen St. Denis for a frank conversation. Published April 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/04/Donnie-Rosa-New-CEO-Atira/

It seems fitting that the opening of Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia was loud, chaotic and a little overwhelming. Punk rock en plus. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published April 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/04/Pussy-Riot-Velvet-Terrorism/

“Save the Buffalo, Shoot the Dene”: Under the guise of conservation, Canada set out to create national parks in the 1800s. To do so, it forcibly removed the ancestral stewards of the land. Ximena González explains the creation of Wood Buffalo National Park. Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Published April 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/04/Remembering-Our-Relations-Book/

More than three years after announcing plans to defer logging of old-growth forests, the British Columbia government continues talking with many individual Indigenous nations about whether or not to move ahead with the deferrals proposed on their territories. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published April 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/04/Finalizing-Logging-Deferrals-Save-BC-Old-Growth/

Imagine a new school is being built, but it’s amateur builders who get charged with creating blueprints — and the education minister insists it is safe because the ministry “consulted” engineers who in reality had no say. Sounds absurd. And yet, the drafting of Alberta’s new kindergarten to Grade 6 social studies curriculum is following a similar trajectory. The recently released draft was created through an opaque process that effectively shut out Alberta’s foremost educational experts. Maren Aukerman writes. Maren is a Werklund research professor of education at the University of Calgary. Published April 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/03/Alberta-Education-New-Social-Studies-Curriculum-Design-Fail/

Reporting on the so-called child “welfare” system means working with vulnerable people who carry traumatic stories. While good investigative journalism can provoke positive policy change, standard reporting practices aren’t going to cut it. Extra care is needed. Tracy Sherlock reports. Tracy is a freelance journalist and journalism instructor based in Vancouver. Published April 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/03/Sensitive-Powerful-Act-Reporting-Child-Welfare/

On Feb. 20 John Pomeroy, the Alberta-based director of Global Water Futures at the University of Saskatchewan, journeyed to British Columbia’s Okanagan Basin, a place of vineyards, orchards, pleasant cities and recreational playgrounds, to deliver a message. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor and award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/03/Okanagan-Hotter-Drier-Future/

“Telework” is a life-changer, particularly for people with health risks. Workers mixing work at home and the office “has more than tripled since January 2022,” says Stats Can. How the pandemic shifted job expectations in a tight market. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti reports on labour for The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/02/Telework-Can-Be-Life-Changer/

How do you get over a terrible loss? Canadian playwright Keith Barker’s acclaimed play explores resilience in a narrative filled with loss, love and a mystical fox. 🦊 By Firehall Arts Centre. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published April 2, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/04/02/Fox-Helps-Family-Grieve-Firehall-Arts-Centre/

There are no coincidences in this world. Recent events have proved once again that dark forces are at work everywhere. Here then are some possible explanations for the Easter Train fiasco, writes Steve Burgess. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published April 2, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/02/Who-Monkeywrenched-Easter-Bunny-Express/

The race to become the party candidate for a provincial riding isn’t usually this exciting, but Vancouver-Little Mountain has two high-profile candidates vying for the NDP nomination. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published April 2, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/02/Inside-NDP-Race-Vancouver-Little-Mountain/

During the summer of 2016, Ji Yang was somewhere between Squamish and Vancouver when a vine twisting through underbrush and bushes caught his trained eye. Yang, a biologist and botanist, had discovered a feral hop population growing in the wild, and he was intrigued. Samantha Holomay reports. Samantha is a Vancouver-based journalist with a passion for cultural studies and history. Published April 2, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/04/01/How-BC-Biologist-Changing-Craft-Beer-Scene/

Is boredom a good thing? Usually, I would say no. But given the current state of the world, maybe this is a time for a reassessment of the condition. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published April 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/01/Are-We-Bored-By-Disaster/

April heralds the start of National Poetry Month, a 30-day celebration of words and the poets who craft them. Whether you’re a poetry aficionado or brand new to the genre, these eight books from the independent publishers of the Literary Press Group of Canada will bring you closer to your humanity and inspire the poet within. By Literary Press Group of Canada. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published April 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/04/01/Eight-Local-Books-National-Poetry-Month/

"AI holds the “transformational potential” to fix our climate emergency, said the World Economic Forum. By now we should know not to be taken in by the latest manifestation of what Jacques Ellul called “the technological bluff.” Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor. Published April 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/01/No-AI-Outsmart-Climate-Calamity/

Vancouver marketing pro Sonny Wong wants to change the way environmental messages are crafted and shared. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published March 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/29/Nature-Own-Advertising-Agency/

A recent survey shows strong support for government reining in methane use and making heat pumps more affordable. Authors: Seth Klein is team lead with the Climate Emergency Unit. Melissa Lem is a family doctor and president of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Liz McDowell is senior campaigns director with Stand.earth. Ashley Zarbatany is fossil gas campaigner for Dogwood BC. Published March 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/29/Most-People-BC-Want-To-Get-New-Buildings-Off-Gas/

The point of former Calgary mayor’s visit to Edmonton was clearly to make a positive impression on what could’ve been a critical audience of New Dems. It seems as if he needn’t have worried. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published March 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/28/Nenshi-Edmonton-Not-Worried/

B.C. will pay a large international accounting firm up to $1.5 million to tell it how to redesign the province’s funding model for long-term care.But critics worry the process could be hijacked by business interests. Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee's legislative bureau chief, reports. Published March 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/28/BC-Long-Term-Care-Funding-Review/

Lee Nisar’s “Dil Ka” is a tender reflection on taking chances with the ones we love, and the quest for the best biryani. Jeevan Sangha writes. Jeevan is the 2024 Hummingbird journalism fellow with The Tyee. She has written for CBC Music, Billboard Canada and Shado Magazine. Published March 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/28/Dil-Ka-Queer-Muslim-Joy/

A truly life-or-death, three-way struggle is going on around the world — a struggle to determine the response to the next pandemic. Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published March 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/28/We-Ready-Next-Pandemic/

Inside the Rise, Fall and Return of John GallianoA new documentary on the disgraced designer asks important questions about our twisted relationships with work and the things we cherish. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published March 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/27/Rise-Fall-Return-High-Low-John-Galliano-Dior-Fashion-Documentary/

Please Advise! How Gross Is This Sewage Plant Overrun?A yucky three billion dollars is the answer. Will the North Shore boondoggle trigger a lavatory levy? Steve Burgess advises. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published March 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/27/Please-Advise-North-Shore-Sewage-Plant/

Natural gas made its debut in the City of Vancouver over a century ago, where it started out in things like lamps, then crept beneath ground into a network of pipes tracing the city’s main thoroughfares, and then eventually across the province. Today, it’s the primary way B.C. powers its buildings, and a major problem for B.C.’s pursuit to cut its emissions by 40 per cent in a mere six years. But in some places, a change has begun. Zoë Yunker reports. Zoë is a Victoria-based journalist writing about environmental politics. Published March 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/27/BC-Climate-Goals-Gas/

Rakhi Pancholi, one of the most credible candidates to lead the Alberta NDP, has jumped aboard the Naheed Nenshi juggernaut. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published March 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/27/McGown-Enters-Race-Nenshi-Ally/

What would you do with more than five million pounds of crab shells? Most people would turn their nose up, literally. This year, instead, Craig Kasberg and his company Tidal Vision will convert that massive pile into a product that, among its many uses, not only replaces synthetic chemicals but makes water cleaner. Pippa Norman reports for our #WhatWorks section. Pippa is a journalist based in Vancouver, whose work has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Association of Journalists award. Published March 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/03/27/Crab-Shells-Wonder-Ingredient/

How International Students in a Janitors’ Union Won Their Fight: ‘Most of the students here, they don’t get work easily, so it’s hard to fight for our rights and to raise our voice at work.’ Brishti Basu reports. Brishti reports on labour for The Tyee. Published March 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/26/International-Students-Janitors-Union-Won-Fight/

B.C.’s anti-gang police agency is faltering. The province’s response to organized crime and gang murders is “weak, scattered, ineffective,” external reviewers say. What’s the fix? Geoff Meggs writes. Geoff Meggs is a former journalist, Vancouver city councillor and chief of staff to Premier John Horgan. Published March 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/26/Anti-Gang-Police-Agency-Faltering/

The year 2023 has the “record” for bear killings in B.C. The rate consistently reported by media was 603 kills. But there is more to the story around animal management than kill data. Bryce Casavant writes. Bryce is a former B.C. conservation officer and provincial police firearms instructor. Published March 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/26/Lethal-Force-BC-Bears/

“I’ve found that yoga has become synonymous with a few things: flexibility, the pursuit of a thin, toned physique and whiteness.” Newest Hummingbird fellow Jeevan Sangha writes. A Tyee essay. Published March 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/26/Yoga-Whiteness-Wellness-Healing/

What can a city do with a property owner like Henry Ren? Death, injuries, displacement: The dark history of one Vancouver landlord. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published March 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/26/Dark-History-Vancouver-Landlord/

Alberta’s “traffic light system” for preventing a destructive industry-caused earthquake flashed red again near Fox Creek, home to one of the largest quakes caused by fossil fuel frackers. Andrew Nikiforuk, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published March 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/25/Red-Alert-Alberta-Fracking-Earthquake-Warning-System/

From strengthening primary care to mental health supports to transport in and out of hospital, @UBC med students tell our health reporter Michelle Gamage how to improve emergency care in B.C. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published March 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/25/Five-Ways-Fix-Emergency-Care/

Welcome to the brilliant and unsettling work of Alexis Wright, teller of big stories made up of little ones, despair chronicles and harbinger of something not quite hope, but not not hope either. Join Ian Gill in conversation with the author. Ian is a journalist, author, conservationist and bookseller. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published March 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/03/25/Alexis-Wright-Towering-Writer/

Alberta has a strange double standard on green energy, writes Tim Rauf. Solar and wind face tough rules, while fossil fuels get a pass. Tim is an Alberta-based science writer. Published March 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/25/Alberta-Double-Standard-Green-Energy/

Duncan Cameron is a fisherman, like his dad and his dad’s dad before him. They count themselves among the families who have made livings on the water. But today, Cameron says young fishers like him are being priced out. Zak Vescera reports. Zak was The Tyee's labour reporter. Published March 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/25/Young-Fishers-Good-Luck/

Every year, there comes a day when the wool coat that you’ve soldiered along in for the past few months suddenly feels wrong. Last Saturday was that day. Dorothy Woodend, our culture editor, writes. Published March 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/22/Frosty-Heart-Visions-Light-Jackets/

Summer is typically when restaurants hire and train new workers. During the 2021 heat dome, that meant few breaks for Khushi Mehta and her co-workers at a Vancouver pizzeria. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published March 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/22/Rising-Heat-Rallying-Food-Workers/

The British Columbia Utilities Commission has rejected a FortisBC plan that would have seen the company’s existing customers paying to provide more expensive renewable natural gas in new buildings. Andrew MacLeod, Tyee legislative bureau chief, reports. Published March 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/22/Utilities-Commission-Rejected-FortisBC-Gas-Plan/

Danielle Smith is always the smartest person in any room she’s in, so back in August 2022 when she was running to lead the United Conservative Party, she didn’t need to hesitate even for a moment when she was asked about what to do if hospitals filled up again with COVID-19 patients. David Climenhaga writes. David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published March 21, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/21/Alberta-Motelgate-Huge-News-Donald-Trump-Danielle-smith/

Vancouver as a global city has spawned housing prices farther out of reach of city wage earners. Tied to that is a question of who holds more sway at city hall: everyday citizens or the real estate industry? Authors: Patrick Condon is the James Taylor chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. Colleen Hardwick, a former Vancouver city councillor, is CEO of Placespeak. Published March 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/20/Needed-Housing-Local-Democracy/

Can FortisBC actually get its promised ‘green’ gas? A close look at its suppliers reveals permitless projects, experimental tech and stiff competition. Second in a three-part series from Zoë Yunker. Zoë is a Victoria-based journalist writing about environmental politics. Published March 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/20/Fortis-BC-Promised-Green-Gas/

“On a Path of Discovering My Own Racism”: Returning to her home province, a settler physician seeks to improve healing approaches for her Indigenous patients. An excerpt. Dr. Jarol Boan writes. Jarol is a physician of settler background and is associate professor of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. Published March 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/20/Path-Discovering-Own-Racism/

Fewer B.C. seniors are qualifying for grants to help pay rent as government has failed to adjust the Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters program to rising incomes and housing costs, says Seniors’ Advocate Isobel Mackenzie. Andrew MacLeod, Tyee legislative bureau chief, reports. Published March 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/20/More-Seniors-Being-Denied-BC-Rental-Supports/

Opium’s hidden histories are also those of the British Empire and the U.S. as the oldest, most successful drug cartels the world has ever seen. Crawford Kilian reviews Amitav Ghosh’s new “Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories.” Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published March 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/19/What-Opium-History-Tells-Us-Today-Drug-War/

What do those flocking to religious theme parks seek? An excerpt from Steve Burgess’s forthcoming book on the woes of modern travel. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published March 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/19/Tourists-On-Road-To-Salvation/

“With so many other entertainment options available, why does this form of engagement still matter?” Dorothy Woodend on why live performance is worth fighting for. Dorothy is our culture editor. Published March 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/19/Imagine-Living-Where-Art-Is-Dead/

The thriving business of rewilding: How wizards of wetlands restoration are bringing biodiversity back to West Coast landscapes. Isaac Phan Nay reports the latest in our #WhatWorks section. Isaac, a freelance journalist based in Vancouver, B.C., is host of The Road podcast and has reported for, among others, the Toronto Star, Canada’s National Observer and IndigiNews. Published Monday, March 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/03/18/Thriving-Business-Rewilding/

"Documents obtained by The Tyee paint a horrific picture of life in a government-owned single-room occupancy hotel that was sheltering vulnerable youth and people with severe mental illness. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, March 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/18/Tenants-Lived-Filthy-Violent-Government-SRO/

"South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem recently offered up a glowing testimonial for a Texas cosmetic dentistry facility. Is this acceptable in Canada? And how much did PP accomplish for the apple industry? Steve Burgess advises. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Monday, March 18, 2024.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/18/Please-Advise-Politicians-Pitching-Products/

"The company banks its future on a type of methane called renewable because it’s from organic waste. Does it meet the climate test? First in a series from Zoë Yunker. Zoë is a Victoria-based journalist writing about environmental politics. Published Monday, March 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/18/FortisBC-Renewable-Gas-Claims/

After six months at the bargaining table, about 200 food service workers at Vancouver’s airport have voted to take strike action if their demands for pay increases in a first contract are not met. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Friday, March 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/15/Vancouver-Airport-YVR-Strike-Spring-Break-Food-Service-Workers/

Danielle Smith sounds just like an Australian billionaire: How the premier tortures logic to embrace the industry narrative on coal mining in the Rockies. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor. Published March 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/15/Danielle-Smith-Sounds-Like-Australian-Billionaire/

The UCP never gives up on a bad idea. Take the notion of dumping the RCMP and setting up an Alberta provincial police force, for example. While unpopular, their bad ideas never really go away. They just rest for a little while. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published March 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/15/Alberta-Stealth-Move-Provincial-Police/

Danielle Smith sounds just like an Australian billionaire: How the premier tortures logic to embrace the industry narrative on coal mining in the Rockies. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is a contributing Tyee editor. Published March 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/15/Danielle-Smith-Sounds-Like-Australian-Billionaire/

A Future of Arctic Rain: Warming temperatures have started to tip the region’s precipitation balance away from snow. Can wildlife weather the change? Ed Struzik reports. Ed is a Canadian author and photographer has been writing on environmental issues for three decades. Published March 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/15/Future-Arctic-Rain/

A Vancouver-based compassion club that was buying unregulated drugs, testing and then distributing them to people at high risk of injury or death got its day in court last week to argue why Health Canada should have worked with it to help save lives during the ongoing toxic drug crisis. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published March 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/14/Renegade-Compassion-Club-DULF-Health-Canada-Support/

Advocate Sarah Blyth says politicians need to ensure accuracy before sharing false, slanted or ‘rage-farming’ social media content. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published March 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/14/Conservative-MP-Misinformation-Safe-Injection-Sites/

The B.C. government is committed to including forestry workers in discussions about the industry’s future, Premier David Eby told a union-organized meeting Tuesday, while saying it “stings a bit” to hear they’ve felt sidelined. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is our legislative bureau chief. Published March 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/14/Eby-Pledges-Unions-Will-Help-Shape-BC-Forestry-Future/

He wasn’t exactly walking into the lion’s den but when former Calgary mayor, and now NDP leadership candidate, Naheed Nenshi visited the Alberta legislature Wednesday, he was surrounded by many more enemies than friends. Graham Thomson writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published March 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/14/Naheed-Nenshi-Loving-UCP-Freak-Out/

This year’s B.C. property assessments for the City of Vancouver continued a long trend. Robert Renger writes. Robert was the senior development planner for the City of Burnaby and the city’s lead for the planning and development of the UniverCity community at Simon Fraser University. Published March 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/14/Taxing-BC-Giant-Land-Value-Gains/

B.C. is changing the Labour Relations Code to fix a loophole that forced some workers to cross picket lines. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti reports on labour for The Tyee. Published March 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/13/BC-Labour-Relations-Code-Change-Closing-Picket-Line-Loophole/

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made several stops in B.C. last week aiming to convince voters their parties have solutions for the working class. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti reports on labour for The Tyee. Published March 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/13/Struggling-Workers-Singh-Poilievre-Different-Fixes/

British Columbia researchers are kicking off a project to re-evaluate the potential health impacts of living near a liquefied natural gas or LNG export facility. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published March 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/13/Does-Living-Near-LNG-Plants-Pose-Health-Risks/

Who decided? Is it really necessary? What’s next? I followed the trail to answers. Steve Burgess writes. Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Read his previous articles. Published March 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/13/Why-Cutting-Down-So-Many-Trees-Stanley-Park/

As expected, former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi has joined the contest to replace Rachel Notley as leader of the Alberta NDP, and his arrival yesterday with a slick video, a professional website, highly quotable opening lines, and some high-profile endorsements changes things dramatically. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published March 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/12/Naheed-Nenshi-Running-Alberta-NDP/

After Mayor Ken Sim promised to cut spending on “non-core services,” The Tyee revealed he gave $32 million from taxpayers to a pricey private school — a non-core service.Meanwhile he pressed libraries to raise their own monthly funds. Paul Willcocks, senior editor, writes. Published March 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/12/Strange-Story-Vancouver-Subsidy-Small-Private-School/

Dr. Roger Hodkinson’s claims — often cited in angry emails to government officials — include that COVID is no worse than a bad flu and vaccines and masks are useless. In 2021, then-podcast host Danielle Smith likened him to Albert Einstein. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published March 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/12/Anti-Vax-Doctor-Faces-Music/

What humans have done to animals requires an act of cognitive dissonance so great that it pretty much forms a crevasse down the middle of our collective psyche.This is at the centre of Zooveillance, a new exhibition at the New Media Gallery. Dorothy Woodend, culture editor, writes. Published March 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/12/What-Art-Show-Reveals-Beasts/

From former PC PM Kim Campbell calling current Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre “hate-monger” to Conservative MP Jamil Jivani calling members of Doug Ford’s Ontario government “liberal elites”... What’s with all the feuding, #CanPoli? Steve Burgess, our in-house political spin doctor, writes. Published March 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/11/Please-Advise-Canada-Embracing-Insult-Politics/

Maryanne Andrew has been getting sicker and sicker since she caught COVID-19 in January 2022 while working in a Campbell River school. And instead of helping, she says, WorkSafeBC’s attempts to require her to go back to work have made her symptoms worse. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Monday, March 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/11/Long-COVID-Patients-WorkSafeBC/

B.C.’s forests have faced a “perfect storm” of challenges causing decline in employment and economic contribution. As we navigate these turbulent waters, federal and provincial governments ought to take decisive action. Three union workers write. Authors: Gavin McGarrigle is Unifor’s western regional director, Scott Lunny is director of United Steelworkers District 3 (Western Canada), and Kelly Johnson is national president of the union of Public and Private Workers of Canada. Published Monday, March 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/11/Call-Action-Save-BC-Forest-Sector/

While most vaccines take years to develop, test and approve, COVID-19 vaccines appeared with astonishing speed within a year. It was the research of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman whose long years of research laid the foundations. Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford is a contributing editor for The Tyee. Published Monday, March 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/11/How-Underdog-Biochemist-Won-Nobel-Prize/

🚛 Unveiling the West Coast’s electric big truck future: The heaviest diesel semis are the dirtiest. Titan Freight Systems chose the electric lane and says it’s paying off. Peter Fairley reports the latest in our #WhatWorks section. Peter is an award-winning journalist based in Victoria and San Francisco, whose writing has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, Hakai Magazine, Technology Review, the Atlantic, Nature and elsewhere. Published Monday, March 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/03/11/Unveiling-West-Coast-Electric-Big-Truck-Future/

Access to child care remains one of the biggest barriers to closing the wage gap between men and women in B.C., says Véronique Sioufi, a race and socioeconomic equity researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Brishti Basu interviews. Brishti is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Friday, March 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/08/Wage-Gap-BC-Women/

In the back area of the Vancouver Aquarium, the part the public doesn’t get a chance to see, the jellyfish are doing their thing. Call it the jellyfish roll, which is pretty much exactly what’s happening. Dorothy Woodend, our culture editor, writes. Published Friday, March 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/08/Let-Jellyfish-Light-Way/

Due to the toxic drug crisis and later the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy for First Nations people in British Columbia decreased by 7.1 years between 2015 to 2021. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Friday, March 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/08/First-Nations-Life-Expectancy-Has-Plummeted/

I am always nervous before a flight. The conception of a journey, the planning — these are pure joy, a favourite project that has the power to beckon you away from your real work for months beforehand. But as departure day approaches, jitters arrive. On the eve of departure I lie in bed and ask: Why? Why are you leaving the TV you love so deeply? Why are you abandoning your refrigerator, so full of carefully curated snacks? Steve Burgess, our in-house political spin doctor, writes. This is an excerpt from his up-and-coming book "Reservations." Published Friday, March 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/08/What-Kind-Flyer-Are-You/

Where’s Jason Kenney’s Alberta Energy War Room when you need it? I’m talking about Donald J. Trump’s Super Tuesday victory speech, wherein he “conjures a dark vision” and offers “grim visions of an American apocalypse.” David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Thursday, March 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/07/Alberta-Trump-Hates-Tarsands/

A BC United MLA and an advocate — normally on opposite sides of B.C.’s drug policy debate — say they’re both alarmed by information uncovered by The Tyee that shows the BC Coroners Service does autopsies in just 15% of suspected overdose deaths. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, March 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/07/BC-Low-Autopsy-Rate-Extremely-Concerning-Says-MLA/

"Behind the scenes, Ministry of Forests bureaucrats are undoing the work of a panel appointed by B.C. to protect #OldGrowth by freeing up as much old-growth forest as possible to be cut down. 🪵 Ben Parfitt writes. Ben is a resource policy analyst for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives B.C. office. Published Wednesday, March 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/07/Secret-Map-Shows-BC-Playing-Shell-Game-Old-Growth/

"For all the effort, money and care that we lavish upon our hair, it’s only dead protein. Still, the damn stuff is invested with all manner of status, identity, culture, beauty, suffering, joy. Culture editor Dorothy Woodend on a new doc, “Hairy Tales.” Published Wednesday, March 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/07/Untangling-Long-History-Hair/

Claw back disability benefits? The B.C. government is waiting for a promised federal benefit for people with disabilities before deciding whether people receiving provincial disability payments will be allowed to keep the full amount. Andrew MacLeod, legislative bureau chief, reports. Published Wednesday, March 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/07/BC-Leaves-Door-Open-Claw-Back-Federal-Disability-Benefits/

British Columbia is introducing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for its hospitals. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Wednesday, March 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/06/BC-Introduces-Canada-First-Mandatory-Nurse-Patient-Ratios/

This March, Vancouverites are invited to celebrate the Easter season with Handel. By Early Music Vancouver. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, March 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/03/06/Contest-Handel-Early-Music-Vancouver/

Private career colleges are offering fast-track diplomas in exchange for often hefty tuitions. Some students are feeling shortchanged. Ximena González reports. Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Published Thursday, March 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/06/Are-Immigrants-Paying-Post-Secondaries-Expertise-Empty-Promises/

If the Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre win the next election, be prepared for the chance you might end up governed by a guiding notion called “ordered liberty.” It’s a concept shared in Conservative circles as they try to explain why some days their leader declares himself an anti-government defender of personal freedoms, and on others embraces government intrusion in citizens’ lives. David Moscrop writes. David is a writer, commentator, author and newsletter writer. Published Wednesday, March 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/06/What-Heck-Is-Ordered-Liberty/

West Vancouver Mayor Mark Sager has been banned from practising law for two years by the Law Society of BC after issues emerged concerning his handling of an estate. Meanwhile there appears to be a police investigation of Sager’s use of leftover campaign funds to buy furniture for his city hall office. Should this affect his job as mayor? Steve Burgess, our in-house political spin doctor, advises. Published Monday, March 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/05/Please-Advise-Municipal-Politics/

“On Tuesday nights in my East Van living room, I’m glued to my television, partly because I am in ‘Shōgun.’ But mostly because ‘Shōgun’ is in me.” Ron Yamauchi is a Vancouver actor, writer and musician. Published Tuesday, March 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/05/What-Shogun-Showed-Me-Being-Japanese/

“Sound is everything to them, just as eyesight is to us.” 🐋🔊 The Department of National Defence relied on outdated science to conclude it was safe to reopen gunnery training in the waters off the coast of southwest Vancouver Island, say two scientists. andrea bennett, Tyee senior editor, reports. Published Tuesday, March 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/05/Can-Marine-Mammals-Munitions-Coexist/

It’s official: Research first published informally by Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front has now been published in a peer-reviewed international journal. It confirms DULF’s tested-drug distribution did in fact save lives. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, March 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/05/Study-Confirms-DULF-Saved-Lives/

Charles Rusnell: Danielle Smith and the UCP’s efforts to manipulate public opinion on their pension plan are well documented. Lesser known is that this misinformation campaign has been aided by unlikely allies: Alberta’s privacy act and commissioner. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published Tuesday, March 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/05/Dome-Secrecy-Protects-Smith-Alberta-Pension-Push/

The B.C. government is monitoring the impact of its $10 application fee for freedom of information requests, but has no immediate plans to remove it, said George Chow, the recently appointed minister of citizens’ services. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Monday, March 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/04/Fee-Staying-FOIs/

As the climate crisis increases demand for low-carbon energy, hydro power is high on the list.But depleting glaciers, reducing snowmelt, drought and flood present a conundrum for “the forgotten giant of clean electricity.” Andrew Nikiforuk explains. 🌊⚡️ Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Monday, March 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/04/Hydro-Power-Conundrum-Rising-Demand-Drier-Climate/

No matter how cold, Bruce Fanjoy spends every afternoon knocking on doors in pursuit of the Liberal nomination in Carleton — that is, Pierre Poilievre’s riding of seven years. So far, he has shown up at 5,000 homes to meet voters. “I see hope in faces.” Michael Harris writes. Michael is a Tyee contributor, a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published Monday, March 4, 2024.https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/04/One-Man-March-Beat-Poilievre-Own-Riding/

Last time Tyee culture editor Dorothy Woodend spoke with Dianne Whelan, the filmmaker was editing 500 hours of footage from a six-year journey across Canada. The result, “500 Days in the Wild,” is here. Published Monday, March 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/04/500-Days-In-The-Wild-Magnificent-Quest/

In B.C., 15 per cent of overdose deaths are sent for autopsy.In other provinces, it’s 60% or higher.Why is province so far behind when it comes to this basic death investigation tool?A Tyee special report. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, March 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/04/Coroner-Called-Them-Overdoses-What-Really-Happened/

B.C. government officials and industry stakeholders will meet to discuss regulatory changes two weeks after a woman was killed by a falling load from a tower crane in Vancouver on Feb. 21. But union leaders say the meeting next week isn’t related to the death at the Oakridge Park development and no new urgent safety measures are on the table. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Friday, March 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/01/Vancouver-Death-Union-Wants-Faster-Action-Crane-Safety/

Danielle Smith’s deficit budget sets the stage for more years of instability as Alberta thrives and fades based on oil prices. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Friday, March 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/01/Alberta-Budget-2024-Roller-Coaster-UCP-Resource-Dependency/

Presenting the Alberta budget: It is a budget of broken promises, misleading numbers and fanciful thinking — all resting on the quicksand of fossil fuel revenue. Graham Thomson writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published Friday, March 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/01/Alberta-Budget-Broken-Tax-Cut-Promise/

B.C. is enthusiastically welcoming the federal government’s first steps toward a national pharmacare plan, but BC United Leader Kevin Falcon says other provinces are right to be skeptical. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Friday, March 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/01/BC-Government-Backs-National-Pharmacare-Launch/

Despite its being the most common of learning disabilities, there is no specialized public school funding from the province for students diagnosed with dyslexia. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Friday, March 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/01/Why-Is-Vancouver-Funding-Private-Dyslexia-School/

Howe Sound? It’s called Átl’ḵa7tsem in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language, where Sínulhḵay, the two-headed serpent, once lay. An essential new book by the nation goes beyond settler social studies. Christopher Cheung writes. Chris reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Friday, March 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/01/Walk-Through-Squamish-Legends-Lifeways-Histories/

According to the Council of Europe, “de-risking” means “the phenomenon of financial institutions terminating or restricting business relationships with clients or categories of clients to avoid, rather than manage, risk.” But when Alberta Premier Danielle Smith uses the term, as she has been doing frequently lately, she obviously has something quite different in mind. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Feb. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/26/Danielle-Smith-Stick-Taxpayer-Fossil-Fuel-Risks/

No sooner did the federal Liberal and New Democratic parties say they’d reached a deal on a national pharmacare program, than Alberta’s United Conservative Party government insisted it wanted no part of the plan. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Feb. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/27/Singh-Trudeau-Celebrate-Pharmacare-Smith-Says-No-Way/

Just over 15 years after the creation of Alberta Health Services, which centralized health authority at the provincial level, Premier Danielle Smith is promising to shake things up in a whole new way. Stan Houston writes. Stan is a semi-retired physician who has worked internationally, in primary care and practised for 31 years as a specialist in Edmonton. Published Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/29/Danielle-Smith-Massive-Scary-Alberta-Health-Reorganization/

As children, some of us were more afraid of bedtime than others. Our parents would check under the beds and behind the closet doors to confirm that there were no monsters lurking around, waiting to prey on us. But as we got older, we began to realize monsters weren’t always fictional. Some of us recognized the monsters in ourselves and in others. Carol Eugene Park interviews "Dinner on Monster Island" author Tania De Rozario. Eugene Park is a Toronto-based freelance writer and podcast host. Published Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/29/Tania-De-Rozario-Interview/

BC’s Vitacore figured out how to recycle difficult plastics like the respirators it manufactures by the millions. Tyee reporter Katie Hyslop has our latest #WhatWorks piece. Published Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/02/29/Medical-Masks-Save-Lives-Harm-Nature-Maker-Stepped-Up/

Inside Griffin Art Projects’ North Vancouver gallery space, a study in convergence is underway. Intersecting Orbits is, in many ways, an illustration of how commonality and difference can happily coincide in artmaking. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is our culture editor. Published Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/29/Intersecting-Orbits-Exhibition/

Trans Mountain says it is in the process of wrapping up work to install its pipeline through a sacred Secwépemc site, bringing its expansion project one step closer to completion. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/29/Why-Did-Trans-Mountain-Dig-Through-Indigenous-Burial-Site/

B.C. is failing to invest enough in training skilled workers, protecting employees and increasing access to jobs, says critics of this year’s budget. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Feb. 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/28/BC-Budget-2024-Labour-Post-Secondary-Students-Critics/

After a record-breaking drought and fire season, this month’s B.C. budget made sizable investments in emergency response. But experts say the focus on response is accompanied by a lack of measures to address the root causes of the disasters. Zoe Yunker reports. Zoë Yunker is a Victoria-based journalist writing about environmental politics. Published Feb. 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/28/What-BC-Budget-Missed-Climate-Disasters/

By the time the two-week spring break ended on the northern Sunshine Coast in qathet School District 47 in late March 2022, Claire’s youngest child, Bailey, seemed to have turned the corner on their opinion of kindergarten. [Editor’s note: This piece contains graphic details of sexual assault involving children.] Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Feb. 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/28/Child-On-Child-Sexual-Assault/

B.C. is not adequately prepared to deal with a serious hazardous spill, according to an audit of the province’s Environmental Emergency Program released Tuesday. Amanda Follett Hosgood and Andrew MacLeod report. Amanda is our northern B.C. reporter. Andrew is our legislative bureau chief. Published Friday, March 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/28/BC-Not-Effectively-Managing-Hazardous-Spills/

The Alberta government has endorsed a new economic innovation: zombie coal mines. Andrew Nikiforuk, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published Feb. 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/02/28/UCP-Gives-New-Life-Contentious-Coal-Mine/

It has indeed been a fertile week for that particular acronym. The B.C. government could hardly have known that their modest IVF initiative, set to begin next spring, would be announced shortly after the Alabama Supreme Court unleashed the wrath of Jehovah on sinners who hope to conjure up children through the scientific wiles of Satan. Steve Burgess, our in-house political spin doctor, writes. Published Feb. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/27/Please-Advise-IVF-Treatment/

"“Wildfire fighting has become a business. If they let the locals do it there’s less work for the unions, less work for the BCGEU, less work for the red shirts.” How B.C. could fight fire with community. 🔥🫱🏽‍🫲🏼 Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/27/BC-Urged-Completely-Change-Approach-Firefighting/

B.C.’s budget for 2024 may have focused on addressing the aging population’s needs, but health experts tell The Tyee they could have gone a lot further to address root issues. Michelle Gamage, our health reporter, explains. Published Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/27/BC-Budgets-Funds-IVF-Staffing-Vacancies-Capital-Investments/

The kids are alright. Kind of. Here are the most concerning — and encouraging — findings from the Adolescent Health Survey. From gender to substance use to mental health. Katie Hyslop and Michelle Gamage report. Katie is our youth/education reporter. Michelle is our health reporter. Published Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/27/BC-Youth-Are-Worried-Futures/

If you pay attention to the news, it’s impossible to ignore the growing backlash against LGBTQ2S+ visibility and support, says one expert. How to resist the war. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/26/Resist-War-LGBTQ2S-Kids/

One of five whistleblowers who filed a conflict of interest complaint against Dr. Daniel O’Connell, a senior Alberta Health Services administrator in Edmonton, has been effectively fired by O’Connell from a key administrative position. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published Feb. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/26/Whistleblower-Fired-Surgeons-Complaint/

An advocate for struggling tenants says she welcomes a $400-a-year tax rebate for renters that will come into effect this year, but is disappointed B.C.’s budget doesn’t include funding to boost protections from eviction. Jen St. Denis, our civic issues reporter, reports. Published Feb. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/26/What-BC-Budget-Renters/

Ruby Smith Diaz responds to the racist context of a local hero’s life. A Tyee interview. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Feb. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/26/Vancouver-Artist-Seeks-Truth-Joe-Fortes/

“Eat the rich” may be an attractive idea to some, but let’s face it: the rich are just too few to go around. Their wealth, on the other hand, offers plenty for all. Crawford Kilian explains a compelling case by author Ingrid Robeyns. Published Feb. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/26/Set-Maximum-Wage-Rich/

When migrant farmworkers break bones, fall from ladders while picking cherries or have pesticides drift into their eyes, Javier Robles says they often have two questions. The first is how to get care. The second is whether they can afford it. Zak Vescera reports. Zak was formerly the labour reporter for The Tyee. Published Feb. 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/23/Health-Care-Crisis-Foreign-Farmworkers/

Thanks to a slew of scandals, PM Trudeau must go, or go down with the ship. Michael Harris writes. Michael, a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/02/23/Trudeau-Election-Chances-Are-Trashed/

In a moment when personal essays have come under increasing critique, it’s not easy to tell your own story without attracting naysayers. Dorothy Woodend, our culture editor, on two new graphic novels that tussle with self-knowledge and sexual identity. 🍓 Published Friday, Feb. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/23/When-Lust-Is-Lens-Understanding-Ourselves/

Good measures, little boldness: With economic storm clouds on the horizon, B.C. Budget 2024 does not have a game-changing program but a range of investments in housing, health care and affordability. Marc Lee and Alex Hemingway write. Alex is a senior economist and public finance policy analyst and Marc is a senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ B.C. office. Published Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/23/Where-Big-Vision-BC-Budget/

From family benefits to electricity and carbon tax credits, the B.C. government is offering a slew of one-time payments in this year’s budget, saying people need help with high costs. Andrew MacLeod, legislative bureau chief, reports. Published Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/22/BC-Budget-2024-Record-Deficit-One-Time-Payments-High-Costs/

Facing public backlash encouraged by opposition parties, the B.C. government has cancelled planned changes to the Land Act, Minister of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship Nathan Cullen said Wednesday. Amanda Follett Hosgood and Andrew MacLeod report. Amanda is our northern B.C. reporter. Andrew is our legislative bureau chief. Published Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/22/NDP-Hits-Brakes-Land-Act-Reconciliation-Plan/

BC Children’s Hospital researchers are using a familiar ingredient — eggs — in a novel way: fighting pediatric cancer. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/22/How-Chicken-Eggs-Can-Help-Fight-Childhood-Cancers/

Almost three years after a crane collapse that killed five people on a Kelowna construction project, the RCMP have recommended at least one charge of criminal negligence causing death. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti Basu reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/22/Families-Still-Waiting-Answers-Deadly-Kelowna-Crane-Disaster/

Meet artisans in Alaska and BC who are sustaining, and advancing, an ancient art. Brendan Jones reports. Brendan is a Sitka, Alaska-based journalist and author of the novel The Alaskan Laundry. Published Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/02/22/Fish-Leather-Is-Incredibly-Strong-Beautiful/

The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled that a traditional Wet’suwet’en trespass law cannot “coexist” with the injunction order issued to Coastal GasLink in response to pipeline protests from the nation’s hereditary leadership. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/21/Wetsuweten-Law-Cannot-Coexist-BC-Court-Order/

With eight months until the next B.C. election, the government used Tuesday’s throne speech to send the message that progress on housing, health care and other files could be easily reversed. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/21/Throne-Speech-Looks-Ahead-October-Election/

The birds are under the bridge because of us. Pushed from their habitat, the largest colony in B.C. found a new home beneath commuter traffic. Meet the cormorants of the Second Narrows bridge, by Christopher Cheung, urban issues reporter for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/21/Meet-Cormorants-Second-Narrows-Bridge/

When news broke earlier this month that 4,800 employees — including 200 journalists — were being dumped by Bell Canada to save $250 million a year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blasted the company for its “garbage decision.” Media law expert Michael Geist says blame, in part, Canada's "disastrous" media policy. Sarah Krichel interviews. Sarah is The Tyee's social media manager. Published Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/21/Blame-News-Layoffs-Feds-Fumbled-Pot-Gold/

There is a lot of misinformation circulating about this month’s Supreme Court decision on the federal government’s Indigenous child welfare law. Bruce McIvor clarifies. Bruce is a partner at First Peoples Law and an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia’s Allard School of Law. Published Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/02/20/Big-Win-Big-Loss-Indigenous-Child-Welfare/

While Trump faced some justice in a New York courtroom, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was finished off in a Russian prison, the fate of Ukraine hung on Putin apologists and a report suggested Putin wants nukes in space.Steve Burgess advises. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/20/Please-Advise-Are-These-Worst-Times/

Last summer, residents in Nelson, B.C., watched with delight as two young bears frolicked in a children’s park. But last month, Hansella, the bear who’d become an unofficial town mascot, was shot by conservation officers who assessed her as sickly. Judith Lavoie reports. Judith is a Victoria-based freelance journalist who specializes in writing about the natural world. Published Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024.https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/20/Town-Beloved-Bear-Was-Killed/

Darren Barefoot died one year ago today. He was a guiding light for 20 years of environmental non-profit work. Remember him by studying his climate action playbook, and donating to his legacy fund to help his work continue, writes Julie Szabo for Tyee Presents. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/02/20/Remembering-Darren-Barefoot-Legacy-Climate-Action-Playbook/

Scientists who studied the region’s arid past warned this drought was coming. Thirst for growth won out. A Tyee special report. Andrew Nikiforuk, Tyee contributing editor, reports. Published Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/02/19/Alberta-Brutal-Water-Reckoning/

The RCMP did not follow the Privacy Act and its own guidelines when it chose web investigation tech, concludes a privacy commissioner report. The investigation was spurred by Tyee reporting which revealed RCMP used tools circumventing Canadians' privacy. Bryan Carney reports. Bryan Carney is The Tyee’s privacy, technology, media and freedom of information reporter and director of web production. Published Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/19/RCMP-Web-Surveillance-Methods-Blasted-Privacy-Commissioner/

When Elida Peña Pomares got the invitation to fight forest fires in Canada, she joined in a moment. But the first question from the co-ordinator was whether she had a passport. At 35, she didn’t — she’d never been on an airplane. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/19/Costa-Rican-Firefighters/

Uncovering the bitter history of Vancouver’s sugar refinery: This 134-year-old waterfront factory, still in use, has a dark past. Our latest #PlaceDetective. Zak Vescera reports. Zak was recently The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/16/Uncovering-Bitter-History-Vancouver-Sugar-Refinery/

Unhoused people in Vancouver struggle with something known anecdotally as “street feet.” It happens when the rain soaks your socks and shoes and you’re unable to clean your feet regularly, sometimes leaving them damp for months on end. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/16/Unhoused-People-Struggle-Street-Feet/

Why do humans oppress other humans? Journalist Isabel Wilkerson’s book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” (2020) takes on this colossal question and uncovers startling information. Now, a film from Ava DuVernay sets Wilkerson’s writing in motion. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/16/Origin-Big-Issues-Shine-Small-Moments-Grace/

At a housing summit that concluded on Valentine’s Day, local governments were working out a new stage of their relationship with senior governments. Christopher Cheung explains the tensions over the B.C.’s new housing legislation. Christopher is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/16/Too-Much-Too-Fast-Say-BC-Mayors-Eby/

BC Housing needs to come up with more money and streamlined processes to fix a potentially deadly safety crisis in aging single-room occupancy hotels, according to the province’s largest supportive-housing operator. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/15/Housing-Providers-Need-More-Money-Keep-SROs-Safe/

To be an investigative journalist is a hard job. To be an investigative journalist in Russia requires nerves of steel, boundless courage and a granite-hard dedication to the truth. Dmitry Muratov, EIC of Novaya Gazeta, is one such person. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/15/Press-Freedom-Is-Under-Siege/

Small nuclear reactors are unproven and years away from being in use. But the Alberta government is presenting them as a way to keep fossil fuels flowing. Tim Rauf writes. Tim is an Alberta-based science writer. Published Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/02/15/Exploding-Alberta-Myths-Small-Nuclear-Reactors/

The TMX pipeline expansion project, which began in 2013, is facing its last big obstacle: a 2.3-kilometre wall of volcanic rock next to the Fraser River.It’s been described as “some of the most challenging terrain in North America for pipelines.” Zoe Yunker reports. Zoë Yunker is a Victoria-based journalist writing about environmental politics. Published Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/15/Quality-Cannot-Be-Compromised-Trans-Mountain-Urgency/

After two rowdy nights of public hearings on bolstering its harm reduction services, Richmond city council will look into opening its first supervised consumption site. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/14/Richmond-Harm-Reduction-Supervised-Consumption-Heated-Hearing/

Vancouver Coastal Health warns we’re not ready for extreme weather caused by climate change. What “urgent” risks you face depend on where you live, with poorer and racialized neighbourhoods and communities at particular high risk. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/14/Climate-Change-Deadly-Health-Risks-BC/

“Strings of the Universe” is a collaborative work by renowned weaver Debra Sparrow and violinist/composer Jack Campbell.See it Feb. 25 at the Jack and Darlene Poole Theatre at Arts Umbrella Granville Island in Vancouver! 🎻🧵 By Arts Umbrella. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/02/14/Strings-Universe-Debra-Sparrow-Jack-Campbell-Weaving-Music/

“We know the middle class is struggling in our province.” B.C. Premier David Eby announced details Tuesday of the long-promised BC Builds program that aims to create middle-income housing on publicly owned land. Legislative bureau chief Andrew MacLeod reports. Published Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/14/Eby-Promises-New-Housing-Plan-Will-Help-Middle-Class/

According to the National Post and conspiracy-prone commentator Bruce Pardy, the government is about to quietly pass control over the vast majority of its land base to the First Nations who stewarded it for millennia.Except it isn’t. An explainer. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/14/Is-BC-Returning-All-Traditional-Lands-First-Nations/

Premier Smith seems to be getting a nice little vaudeville tour going. With Tucker Carlson making the rounds from Alberta to Moscow, we’re looking at a circuit of right-wing stage acts. Fun for the whole traditional heterosexual family! Steve Burgess, our in-house political spin doctor, writes. Published Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/13/After-Tucker-Carlson-What-Next-Danielle-Smith/

Activist and author of “The Regulation of Desire,” Gary Kinsman, on queer liberation, the world’s crises and the importance of organizing. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/13/Gary-Kinsman-Interview/

The rise of an antibiotic-resistant STI: Adult performers want to see widespread screening for Mycoplasma genitalium. Doctors warn the risks outweigh the benefits. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/13/How-Handle-Rise-Antibiotic-Resistant-STI/

Creating jobs and a kind of cultural home for refugee women in Vancouver, Tayybeh keeps growing, all the while changing lives of Syrians fleeing war. Samantha Holomay reports for our What Works section. Samantha is a Vancouver-based journalist with a passion for storytelling. Published Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/02/13/Refugees-Needed-Jobs-Belonging-Tayybeh-Cooked-Solution/

In this irresistible French film, food is love. And a feast for the soul. ♥️🍴 Dorothy Woodend reports. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/13/Treat-Yourself-The-Taste-Of-Things/

In the days before the Year of the Dragon, Christopher Cheung, Tyee urban issues reporter, drove across Tri-Cities to visit the new territory of the grocery tigers. “Local chains have pounced outside of Vancouver to open new stores. There, I glimpsed the future of Canadian supermarkets.” Published Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/09/Grocery-Tigers-Year-Dragon/

Is everyone glued to #CleanTok similarly seeking some form of safe space, some form of achievable control? Former dirtbagandrea bennett, senior editor, investigates. 🧹🧽🫧 Published Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/09/More-I-Scrub-Better-I-Feel/

The coffee giant fired a young barista. And told a labour board hearing it has nothing to do with her union activism. Zak Vescera's special report. Zak reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/09/Tossed-By-Starbucks/

While B.C. has been working to bring policing into alignment with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, it has hit a major hurdle: refusing to commit to replacing the RCMP with provincial and Indigenous police. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Friday, Feb. 9, 2024.https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/09/Police-Reform-Talks-Stalled/

Bell Media’s decision to sell dozens of local radio stations, lay off thousands of media workers and shut down news programs is catastrophic, appalling and reprehensible, B.C. Premier David Eby said this morning. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/08/David-Eby-Blasts-Bell-BCE-Local-News-Gutted-Journalists-Fired/

Canada’s road to net zero by 2050 will be bumpy, winding and “daunting.” That’s the mathematical conclusion of David Hughes, one of Canada’s foremost energy analysts, in a comprehensive @ccpa report released today. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Published Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/02/08/Canada-Daunting-Path-Net-Zero-Carbon/

alt What this group of thoughtful, articulate younger folks have to say is a piercing reminder that adults lose the plot at some point, writes Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor. Forgetting or maybe simply ignoring that everything we do now will impact subsequent generations. Published Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/08/Let-The-Real-World-In-Exhibition/

The Winters Hotel inquest jury found huge safety gaps and systemic dangers. A jury made 25 recommendations this week to improve fire safety, overall safety and the quality of housing for low-income tenants following a two-week coroner’s inquest. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/08/Fatal-Fire-Brings-Calls-Better-Protection/

In pursuit of her “parental rights” agenda, Premier Smith announced policies last week limiting medical treatment for trans youth — and a whole lot more. Susan Jane Wright tries to explain the policies to someone “not living in cloud cuckoo land.” Susan was a lawyer and an executive in the energy sector before she became a writer. Published Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/07/Danielle-Smith-UCP-Agenda-Parental-Rights-Transgender-Youth/

In August 2016, we celebrated with workers, families, unions and colleagues when the City of Vancouver voted to become a living wage employer. Then, last January, council voted to end the certification — a tremendous loss for every working family in B.C. Authors: Christine Boyle is a second-term Vancouver city councillor with OneCity Vancouver. Stephen von Sychowski is the president of the Vancouver and District Labour Council. Published Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/07/Why-Vancouver-Should-Be-Living-Wage-Employer/

"In a city where it can be hard to find connection, East Van Cohousing members are making the intentional choice of staying in the city to be surrounded by a community that knows and cares about them. Learn more here. By East Van Cohousing. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/02/07/East-Van-Cohousing-Community-Oriented-Vision/

Is Taylor Swift at the centre of a great conspiracy to defeat Trump and, worse, subvert the sanctity of professional football? Dr. Steve, help! Steve Burgess, our in-house political spin doctor, writes. Published Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/07/Please-Advise-Taylor-Swift-Stage-Coup/

“She screwed up”: MLA Selina Robinson has lost her cabinet post after comments she made about the founding of Israel on Palestinian land caused hurt and outrage. Andrew MacLeod, Tyee legislative bureau chief, reports. Published Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/06/Robinson-Fired-Cabinet-Palestine-Comments/

“She screwed up”: MLA Selina Robinson has lost her cabinet post after comments she made about the founding of Israel on Palestinian land caused hurt and outrage. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/06/Robinson-Fired-Cabinet-Palestine-Comments/

Taken from her family and imprisoned by the British Columbia government when she was nine, Vera Lapshinoff waited nearly 70 years for the apology the province made last week. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/06/BC-Apologizes-Doukhobors/

We still like to think of B.C. as a “rainforest,” with more water than we know what to do with.But we’ve seen the recurring droughts, and last summer’s affected the whole province.Environmental journalist Erica Gies has advice on how to cope. Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/06/Water-Always-Wins-Book/

Swapping consumerism with creative joy — all while keeping textiles out of landfills. Here’s #WhatWorks, reported by Pippa Norman. Pippa is a journalist based in Vancouver, whose work has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Association of Journalists award. Published Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/02/05/Treasure-Trove-Upcycled-Clothing/

B.C. political parties are in rare agreement on the significant contributions of Isobel Mackenzie in her 10 years as the province’s first seniors advocate. Our legislative bureau chief Andrew MacLeod reports. Published Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/05/BC-Seniors-Advocate-Steps-Down/

“If you fly over someone’s house, are you trespassing?” In other words, do landowners own the air space above their properties? Christopher Cheung reports. Chris reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/02/05/Upzoning-Should-Not-Be-Given-Free/

The Winters Hotel building manager told an inquest Thursday she got minimal training when she was hired to run the high-risk building with vulnerable tenants in 2020.More support was needed, she said in tearful testimony at an inquest into two deaths. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/26/Winters-Hotel-Manager-Waited-Days-Call-Fire-Company/

It’s time for a B movie, says our culture editor Dorothy Woodend. Enter “The Beekeeper.” The latest starring seasoned action-thriller actor Jason Statham is about as silly as they come, which is saying a lot. 🐝 Published Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/26/The-Beekeeper-Review/

Update: Exit doors at the Winters Hotel were chained shut on the day a fire killed two residents, another tenant testified Tuesday during an inquest into the deaths. Jen St. Denis reports on the Winters Hotel fire trial. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/24/Fire-Exit-Doors-Chained-Shut-Winters/

It’s taken 16 years, but B.C. climate policies are starting to take hold — EVs widespread, new building standards and surging heat pump sales. 🚙⚡️But as fossil fuels and their profits are inevitably phased out, big business is after B.C.’s climate plan. Marc Lee writes. Marc is a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ B.C. office. Published Jan. 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/24/Big-Business-Gunning-For-BC-Climate-Plan/

All signs point to a stormy 2024. Michael Harris writes. Michael is a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/24/Expect-Attacks-NDP-Liberal-Friction/

Laneway housing is getting the green light on single-detached lots across B.C. But will it have significant impact? Planners are monitoring. Maria Stanborough writes. Maria is the principal consultant with C+S Planning Group and has been an urban planner in B.C. for over 15 years. Published Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/24/New-Provincial-Regulations-Housing-Crisis/

"About 180 BC Transit workers went on strike Monday morning and paralyzed a bus system used by more than 300,000 people. The SkyTrain could be next. @zakvescera reports. Zak Vescera reports. Zak reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Jan. 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/23/Workers-Paralyzed-Transit-Vancouver/

If your kids are young, landlords might find them too “noisy.” If they’re older, landlords might not “like teens.” If you’ve got a bigger family, perhaps you’ve just got too many kids.A new report details family discrimination by landlords. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth/education reporter. Published Jan. 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/23/Got-Kids-Harder-Find-Housing-BC/

Canada's first legal tent city at Crab Park is pushing for electricity — a game-changer for people trying to survive, says one supporter. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Jan. 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/23/Tent-City-Pushes-For-Electricity/

Learning to plan for the next 500 years: A first-of-its-kind program at Vancouver Island University trains students to steward Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas. Erin Blondeau reports. Erin is a freelance writer and the director of communications with the Climate Emergency Unit. Published Jan. 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/23/VIU-IPCA-Program/

“Over the weekend, the German people pushed back in great numbers against right-wing extremism. I happen to be in Germany right now on assignment for The Tyee, so I took advantage to join in.” A postcard from reporter Adele Weder. Adele is an award-winning journalist whose most recent book is Ron Thom Architect: The Life of a Creative Modernist. Published Jan. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/22/Postcard-Germany-Anti-Fascist-Rallies/

🦷 Canada’s population is aging and requiring more care as many dentists get ready to retire. Meanwhile, remote and rural communities in B.C. face a shortage of dentists — especially in Indigenous communities. Chewing on solutions. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/22/Chewing-Solutions-BC-Dental-Shortage/

Tyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian: The war in Gaza is now well into its second 100 days. Whatever the IDF does in Gaza, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already losing the support of Israel’s friends around the world. Published Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/01/22/Gaza-Both-Sides-Have-Lost-War/

PleaseAdvise, Doctor Steve: What can we learn from royal hospital stays?Only a simple way to improve health-care access for all. Steve Burgess writes. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/22/Please-Advise-Royal-Hospital-Stays/

The Winters Hotel fire inquest begins: Family members of Mary Ann Garlow and Dennis Guay are hoping the coroner’s inquest will answer the many questions that linger around the deaths of the two supportive-housing tenants in a fire on April 11, 2022. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/22/Winters-Hotel-Fire-Inquest-Starts-Today/

Writer, poet, teacher, journalist Brian Brett died Wednesday.We republish his 2019 Tyee essay — an affirmation of life after his doctors gave him sombre news.“If doctors said this was your last spring, what would you do?” Published Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/19/What-If-Last-Spring/

In audio recordings captured after arrests on Nov. 19, 2021, officers could be heard laughing about police violence, mocking arrestees and making derogatory comments about symbols worn to honour #MMIWG. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Content warning. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/19/RCMP-Officers-Laughed-Beating-Land-Defender/

In audio recordings captured after arrests on Nov. 19, 2021, officers could be heard laughing about police violence, mocking arrestees and making derogatory comments about symbols worn to honour #MMIWG. Content warning. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/19/RCMP-Officers-Laughed-Beating-Land-Defender/

“Evictions to nowhere”: Just as temperatures dropped below zero in Vancouver last week, city bylaw enforcement and police officers decamped dozens of people in Oppenheimer Park. “As medical students, we are deeply concerned by this harmful use of resources.“ Sandra Smiley, Preet Gandhi and Kathryn Haegedorn write. Published Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/19/Evictions-To-Nowhere-Must-Stop/

“I want more than swagger. I want public washrooms and meaningful action on health issues that impact everyone across this city.” An annual checkup on ABC’s health promises, from our health reporter Michelle Gamage. Published Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/18/Checkup-ABC-Health-Promises/

Sub-zero fashion in Vancouver 101. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/18/How-Dress-Deep-Freeze-Winter-Vancouver/

TooManyCooks: Zoning, densification, permitting — this is the work of municipalities. But if you ask today’s provincial and federal governments, they’ll say local development is happening too slowly. So they’re stepping in. Christopher Cheung writes. Christopher is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/18/Brace-Yourself-Housing-Reforms/

Alberta issued an emergency alert Saturday asking Albertans to reduce their electricity use to minimize rotating outages.Albertans responded to the call. Well done!But the bozos are blaming the alert on Trudeau and Notley. Really? Susan Jane Wright writes. Susan was a lawyer and an executive in the energy sector before she became a writer. Published Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/17/Alberta-Electricity-Crunch-Useful-Warning/

DULF, the Vancouver compassion club providing tested drugs, was denied its day in court. But global rallies showed up to support. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/17/Rally-Supports-Vancouver-Compassion-Club/

NEW: RCMP considered shooting a security camera and sending a police dog to remove people from a structure as they moved to make arrests in #Wetsuweten in November 2021, according to testimony in a B.C. Supreme Court hearing. Amanda Follett Hosgood updates. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/17/RCMP-Actions-Wetsuweten-Territory/

The imposing brick building at Dunsmuir and Richards has been many things: a hotel, a refuge for low-income men, a gathering place for the down-and-out, a student hostel.But for the past decade, it has sat vacant as owner and city debate redevelopment. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/17/Downtown-Vancouver-Vacant-Hotel/

This morning Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley ended months of speculation and told her caucus she would be stepping down. Graham Thomson writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/16/Notley-Steps-Down-NDP-Leader/

After the PuSh Festival pulled from its program a production about an Orthodox Jewish man whose life is changed after providing care for a young woman accused of stabbing an Israeli soldier, questions remain about how to address what’s hardest to say. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/16/How-To-Make-Art-In-Time-Of-War/

Our brave new world of plastic, wire and concrete promises liberation. Instead, its cult of efficiency controls and kills. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/01/16/We-Built-Technosphere-Now-We-Must-Resist/

"A new kind of dance: One lucky Tyee reader will receive two tickets to opening night of “The Mirror” in Vancouver this month. It’s more than spectacle. Enter to win here. By DanceHouse. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/01/15/Contest-Dance-House-Mirror/

PleaseAdvise: Should I scoop up a cheap fast cat on Facebook?Even at 97 per cent off, says Dr. Steve, he’s not buying BC Ferries’ lemons. Steve Burgess, Tyee in-house political spin doctor, writes. Published Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/15/Please-Advise-Fast-Cat-Facebook/

“Cash cows” and cheap labour: Amid growing fears students are being exploited by low-quality schools and unscrupulous employers, federal and provincial politicians are promising big changes. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/15/Cash-Cows-Cheap-Labour-International-Students/

Update: Three Indigenous land defenders have been found guilty for criminal contempt in B.C. Supreme Court. But defence will push to stay the verdicts based on alleged RCMP rights violations. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/12/Court-Convicts-Indigenous-Land-Defenders-Alleged-RCMP-Violations/

What sex onscreen says about us: Cinematic eroticism has arrived at a telling moment. 🐝🎬 In the past year, no film engaged more energetically with the transformative power of sex than Yorgos Lanthimos’s “Poor Things.” Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/12/What-Sex-Onscreen-Says-About-Us/

“The culture shock hits every Christmas when I am faced with so much real estate,” writes Christopher Cheung, Tyee urban issues reporter. “We don’t host. None of us millennials do, not when our elders are the ones with actual land to their names.” Published Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/12/I-Spent-Holidays-Inheritance-Capitalism/

The B.C. Court of Appeal has called on the province’s Residential Tenancy Branch to address “inconsistencies” in its approach to the rights of tenants in transitional housing.Inconsistent decisions leave those tenants in limbo, advocates argue. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Friday, Jan. 12, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/12/Tenants-Rights-Transitional-Housing/

Pierre Poilievre caught attention last week when he said, “The electrician who captures lightning from the sky to illuminate this room is not ordinary.” Left unchecked, this ploy to court the working class could win him the next election. David Moscrop writes. David is a writer, commentator, author and newsletter writer. He lives in Ottawa. Published Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/11/Poilievre-Ploy-Court-Working-Class/

When AI takes over, how will people be treated? 🤖 Cutting-edge theatre returns to PuSh Festival with “The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes. Don’t miss the performance probing human rights, disability advocacy and AI. Learn more here. By PuSh Fest. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/01/11/Back-To-Back-Theatre-PuSh-Fest/

Populations crashed after overharvesting and industrial development. But advocates are slowly working on restoration. Brendan Borrell reports. Brendan is a contributing writer at Hakai Magazine. Published Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/11/Can-Native-Oyster-Make-Comeback/

A prominent Okanagan winemaker has been accused of sexually assaulting a foreign farmworker in his employ, bringing attention to advocates’ concerns about sexual abuse of migrant farmhands. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/11/Migrant-Farmworker-Sexual-Assault/

UPDATE: As Coastal GasLink embarks on the final stages of its controversial pipeline project, the company has been issued a letter by B.C.’s environmental regulator warning that some of its cleanup measures aren’t good enough, and fines could follow. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/10/Coastal-GasLink-Warning-Letter-Inadequate-Streambank-Restoration/

UPDATE: Following allegations first reported by The Tyee, the Alberta NDP is calling for an independent investigation into allegations of unethical conduct against a senior Alberta Health Services senior administrator. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/10/NDP-Letter-Alberta-Health-Services-Misconduct-Allegations/

A city on Mars? What may sound like romantic space pioneering is scored with grim realities and the taint of European imperialism. Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/10/City-On-Mars/

A new study indicates that abstinence-based inpatient addiction treatment fails to reduce drug poisoning risk. Even worse: abstinence-oriented treatment may be associated with higher rates of opioid poisoning than no treatment at all. Euan Thomson writes. Euan leads Each+Every, a national coalition of businesses seeking more inclusive communities ready to respond to the drug poisoning crisis. Published Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/10/Deadly-Myths-Drug-Recovery/

Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver said they would double co-op housing, promising to create 6,400 units in Vancouver by 2026. They’re off to a slow start. Experts weigh in on their chances of success. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024.

"Reducing the forever chemicals we eat: Canada doesn’t currently test its agricultural soils for polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS or forever chemicals, like some American states.But changes are coming. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/09/Reducing-Forever-Chemicals-Food/

PublicExit: How Alberta lost a skilled surgeon to the U.S. Dr. Daniel O’Brien says his determination to operate in Edmonton’s public system versus privately owned clinics led to a dead end. Charles Rusnell reports the second part of two. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/09/How-Alberta-Lost-Skilled-Surgeon/

The trial began Monday morning for Sleydo’ Molly Wickham, Shay Lynn Sampson and Corey Jocko.The three were arrested in November 2021 for allegedly violating a court-ordered injunction preventing anyone from blocking the construction of the #CoastalGasLink pipeline. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/09/Trial-Begins-Land-Defenders-CGL/

The inability of #BCFerries to attract and keep workers at current pay rates has led to soaring numbers of cancelled sailings, and longer waits for passengers. Poisoned waters: The war between BC Ferries and its union. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/09/War-BC-Ferries-Union/

COP28 is over. More than ever before, we need to emphasize positive actions that will see a turnaround in carbon emissions. In defence of a key weapon for fighting climate change. Raymond Leury writes. Raymond is Ottawa-based, has an MBA, is a retired information technology specialist and member of the Canadian Association for the Club of Rome. Published Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/01/08/Do-Not-Give-Up-Electric-Car-Dream/

Love independent media and the engaged readers who give it life? We may have a job for you. The Tyee is hiring a manager of supporter engagement to work out of our Vancouver, B.C., office. Full details here. Jeanette Ageson, Tyee publisher, writes. Published Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/01/08/Tyee-Hiring-Manager-Supporter-Engagement/

Leslyn Lewis is testing us. And she’s hoping we’ll fail. Here’s Crawford Kilian unpacking the Conservative MP’s call for Canada to leave the United Nations. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/08/Leslyn-Lewis-Is-Testing-Us/

Exclusive: As Alberta pushes private clinics, five surgeons are claiming the head of their Edmonton public health section wielded his authority to send surgeries to a private clinic where he owns a stake. First of two from Charles Rusnell. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/08/Alberta-Surgeons-Allege-Conflict-Interest/

Starting this week, some Vancouver police officers will be wearing body cameras as part of a pilot program. Here’s how B.C.’s police watchdog plans to use body camera evidence. A Q&A with the Independent Investigations Office. Jen St. Denis reports. Published Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/05/Police-Watchdog-Body-Camera-Evidence/

Sometimes you pull on an article of clothing, and the part of your brain that assesses what feels right rolls its eyes back in pure bliss. When Dorothy Woodend puts on a pair of goblin pants, her brain stops ceaseless chatter. The silence is sublime. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/05/From-Depths-Goblin-Mode-Goblin-Pants/

Please Advise! Has Poilievre discovered the real source of our electricity? No, says Dr. Steve. Waiting for a lightning strike to power the TV won’t work. Steve Burgess writes. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/05/Has-Poilievre-Discovered-Real-Source-Electricity/

Loop Resource gathers what grocers are ready to toss, providing a more ecological source of animal feed. The latest in our #WhatWorks, which profiles those creating the low-carbon and sustainable economy we need. Pippa Norman reports. Pippa is a journalist based in Vancouver, whose work has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Association of Journalists award. Published Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/01/05/Better-Way-Nourish-Livestock/

"B.C. cops weren’t fully prepared for drug decriminalization. When the province’s pilot project came into force earlier this year, only two-thirds of officers had been trained in what that meant, The Tyee has learned. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/04/BC-Cops-Not-Prepared-Decriminalization/

"CBC’s flagship science program, “The Nature of Things,” hosted by acclaimed Vancouver-based David Suzuki, has been on the air for over 60 years. Next week, two new co-hosts take over, including Suzuki’s daughter Sarika Cullis-Suzuki. A Tyee interview. Dorothy Woodend reports. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/04/New-Year-New-Groove-The-Nature-Of-Things/

New: Migrant farmworkers are going to court to fight for their rights — and $500 million. Zak Vescera reports on the proposed class-action lawsuit seeking increased job freedom and access to EI. Zak reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/04/Migrant-Farmworkers-Go-To-Court/

Zuckerberg’s doing all he can to block us from Instagram or Facebook. But smart folks invented hacks. Christopher Cheung and Sarah Krichel report. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Sarah is social media manager and reports on media for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/03/Creative-Tyee-Readers-Share-News-Zuckerberg-Meta-Instagram-Block/

Bill 34 prohibits possession and consumption in a range of public areas, which pushes people to ‘use alone,’ one nurse says. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/03/Advocates-Win-Injunction-Decriminalization-Rollbacks/

If you can stay in bed for 12 months, advises Dr. Steve, give it a try. Steve Burgess is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/03/Please-Advise-What-Can-I-Expect-2024/

You surpassed our target of 500 new recurring supporters. We’re thrilled and energized. Jeanette Ageson, Tyee publisher, and David Beers, Tyee chief editor, write. Published Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/01/03/Thank-You-Tyee-Builders/

Teacher Exodus: The International Baccalaureate program at the East Vancouver high school lost nearly half its teachers for reasons unknown in 2023. Students preparing for their post-secondary studies are on edge. Katie Hyslop reports. Kate is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/02/Teacher-Exodus-Britannia-Secondary/

B.C. Premier David Eby said he was unaware Island Health awarded a contract to Telus to provide services to people living with eating disorders, but is skeptical that privatizing health services is a good idea. Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee's legislative bureau chief, writes. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/02/Telus-Politics-Privatized-Health-Care/

ADayInTheLife: Meet Carmen Celestini, a conspiracy theory researcher who keeps an eye on far-right ideologues so you don’t have to. andrea bennett, senior editor for The Tyee, reports. Published Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/02/Day-In-Life-Conspiracy-Theory-Researcher/

"Rock star clothes. What comes to mind? Elvis’s blue suede shoes, Jimi Hendrix’s fur and feathers, Stevie Nicks’s capes? Or the Beatles in their varied sartorial glory? Dorothy Woodend on fashion choices in a charged-up era. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/01/Why-Beatles-Made-Us-Look/

Much can be learned from Beryl Potter, the disability activist’s 1981 protest against Wheel-Trans. An excerpt from Dustin Galer. Dustin is a professional historian with a PhD in history from the University of Toronto, and the author of Beryl: The Making of a Disability Activist. Published Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/01/Beryl-Potter-Takes-On-Paratransit/

"When a tree falls in the forest, everything hears it. What I learned from 50 years of walking my local woods. Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/01/Walking-My-Local-Woods/

"Is Taylor Swift really the Person of the Year? No way, says Doctor Steve. Let’s celebrate sleaze. Steve Burgess is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/29/Please-Advise-Person-Of-Year/

Last week, a radio host asked me what was on my Christmas wish list for Alberta politics.I came up with my real answer the next day. I want a functioning public health system.So here’s an Alberta New Year’s wish. Lisa Young writes. Lisa is a professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Her newsletter on Alberta politics is What Now?!? Published Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/29/Alberta-New-Year-Wish-Public-Health/

"Mining companies seeking precious metals under the ocean floor — led by Canadian corporations — are launching a global expedition into uncharted, poorly regulated and risky territory. Patrick Egwu and Gabriela Ramirez report. Patrick is a Toronto-based freelance journalist. His work has been published by the Globe and Mail, Yukon News, Foreign Policy and Al Jazeera. Gabriela is a multimedia and data journalist focusing on migration, gender, climate change and environmental issues. Published Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/29/Seabed-Mining-Race/

"Ferry woes, workplace fights, pandemic pleas, a revered music icon in the media glare.What’s been on your mind, readers? One way to tell is by reviewing which stories drew the most attention on The Tyee. David Beers writes. David is The Tyee's editor-in-chief. Published Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/29/Most-Popular-Tyee-Stories-2023/

A bird descends through the falling snow above the mountains of Vancouver Island. Its plumage is a near perfect match of the leaden clouds above. About the size of an American robin, the Canada jay alights on a branch and fixes its gaze on the pair of humans standing in snowshoes below. Brian Payton reports. Brian is the award-winning author of Shadow of the Bear, The Ice Passage and the national bestselling novel The Wind Is Not a River. Published Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/28/Naturalist-Lovable-So-Good-Very-Bold-Jay/

Welcome to The Tyee’s third and final instalment of this year’s (bogus) buzzwords. If you missed them, read A through D and G through R. Steve Burgess, The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor, writes. Published Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/28/Top-2023-Lingo-S-Through-X/

British Columbia Premier David Eby is managing expectations about how much his government can achieve before the October election. Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee's legislative bureau chief, reports our year-end interview with the premier. Published Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/28/David-Eby-Progress-Made-Work-Ahead/

The Tyee’s Top 2023 Lingo, G Through R 💬: Our first instalment, letters A through D, went up yesterday. Here is the second instalment of our three-part list. Spoiler: Hunter Biden’s laptop made the cut. Steve Burgess, our in-house political spin doctor, writes. Published Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/27/Top-2023-Lingo-G-Through-R/

Call it the Airbnb blowback. What started as a way to make some extra money by briefly renting out a bedroom has become a full-time line of business — and people involved in such ventures wield increasing influence over civic politics. Ximena González reports. Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail and the Sprawl. Published Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/27/Airbnb-Hosts-Flex-Political-Clout/

BC United is floundering in the polls. But it isn’t doomed, says leader Kevin Falcon. Here’s why. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/27/Kevin-Falcon-BC-United-Not-Doomed/

"At year’s end, dictionaries traditionally anoint some neologism as “word of the year.” See Oxford’s “rizz,” or Merriam-Webster opted for “authentic.”Tyee readers deserve their very own year-end linguistic survey, so we’ve written you one. Steve Burgess writes. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/26/Top-2023-Lingo-A-Through-D/

"Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Taylor Bachrach has put his faith in Via Rail to get home for Christmas. And to provide a future for mass transportation. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Monday, Dec. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/25/MP-Bets-Turkey-Dinner-Passenger-Rail/

🎣 New twists on an ancient fishery: Quw’utsun spearfishing “is unique to us,” says Harold Joe. “We’ve been using this practice for thousands of years.” Larry Pynn reports. Larry is a veteran environmental journalist who publishes at Six Mountains, a blog where a version of this story first appeared. Published Monday, Dec. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/25/New-Twists-Ancient-Fishery/

Midnight at the Furby Call Centre: Why Goran Yerkovich resolved never to work one more Christmas Eve. Goran is a writer of nostalgic non-fiction. He lives in the Greater Vancouver area with his wife and two rescue cats. Published Monday, Dec. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/25/Midnight-Furby-Call-Centre/

B.C.’s largest provider of supportive housing has replaced several board members and pledged to improve governance following a conflict of interest scandal that led to the departure of its long-time CEO. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/22/Atira-Overhauls-Board-Acknowledges-Oversight-Failures/

“Mom spoke with a worker who hadn’t smiled once. She reminded me of my grandmother but grumpier. If I knew one thing about grumpy grandmas, it was to stay out of their hair.” December at the women’s shelter, a non-fiction excerpt by Jennifer Allen. Jennifer is a member of the Vancouver Writers Fest and Creative Nonfiction Collective Society. She lives in South Surrey. Published Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/22/December-At-Women-Shelter/

Danielle Smith has a solution to Canada’s carbon emissions: dump them underground in Alberta. In a Tyee interview, the premier makes sweeping claims for carbon capture technology. Graham Thomson writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/12/22/Dump-All-Carbon-Emissions-Alberta/

British Columbia’s unions expanded at a rate not seen in almost two decades in 2023 as rising costs and government policy supported workers’ bargaining rights. Zak Vescera reports why. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/22/How-2023-Became-Year-Of-Unions/

A CEO of the Canadian Mental Health Association is raising concerns about a B.C. contract that will see Telus Corp. provide services for people living with eating disorders.Services are needed, but ought to be integrated with the public system, he says. Andrew MacLeod reports. Published Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/22/Lobbyists-Telus-BC-Health-Care/

“My Toyota was my temporary home. But one Christmas, I resolved not to be in the same place next year.” By Ola Szczecinska. Ola is a graduate of the University of Toronto. Her writing has been featured in Narrative and Geist magazines. Published Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/21/The-Christmas-I-Lived-In-My-Car/

The not-so-sweet sugar wars, then and now. The Rogers strike is the latest twist in a tangled history. Zak Vescera reports. 🍭 Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/21/Not-So-Sweet-Sugar-Wars/

It would be an understatement to say 2023 has not been kind to Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley. A Tyee interview by Graham Thomson. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/21/Rachel-Notley-Interview/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Sonia Furstenau on B.C.’s political landscape — and menopause.In a legislature where the other party leaders are men, the BC Green MLA marks the need to publicly broach the topic. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/21/Sonia-Furstenau-Political-Landscape-Menopause/

How are kids with dyslexia doing? Don’t ask B.C. The province doesn’t track or specifically support students with the most common learning disability. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth/education reporter. Published Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/20/Kids-With-Dyslexia-School/

“At this time of year when goodwill is supposed to take centre stage, it’s worth thinking about what one would most like to change.” Dorothy Woodend on her gift wish list this year — and it isn’t material. 🎁 Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/20/This-Season-Searching-For-Sublime/

“The reality is the need is here, now — and we’re not doing an adequate job of addressing that.” Vancouver’s 10 new ‘tiny homes’ were approved 20 months ago. The path to making them happen has been long and slow. 🏡🏡🏡 Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/20/Long-Slow-Path-Vancouver-Tiny-Homes/

Some campaign promises were met (100 cops, not 100 nurses). 🚔🏥Some goodies excited locals (the return of the Stanley Park miniature train). 🚂Advocates, experts and former politicians weigh in on Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC Vancouver, one year in. Jen St. Denis and Christopher Cheung report. Published Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/20/Ken-Sim-ABC-Vancouver-One-Year-In/

Ian Urquhart: Media praised #COP28 for the call on governments to contribute to “transitioning away from fossil fuels.” Big deal. Taking more than 28 years to acknowledge fossil fuels isn’t cause for celebration; it’s cause for near despair. Ian Urquhart is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alberta and the author of Costly Fix: Power, Politics and Nature in the Tar Sands. Published Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/12/15/COP28-Landmark-Or-Surrender/

Santa has blessed us undeserving humans with not one, not two but three heaping helpings of Godzilla, the cinematic lizard king who first appeared on the silver screen in 1954. What can he teach us as we close out 2023, ponders Dorothy Woodend? 🦎👑 Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/15/Godzilla-We-Deserve/

On the northern Sunshine Coast, a popular lake preserves the remnants of early settler history.andrea bennett, Tyee senior editor, unravels the history behind this series of evenly spaced, cylindrical wooden poles jutting out of the clear, calm Haslam Lake. 🪵🌊 Published Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/15/Case-Ghostly-Trestle/

Four years ago this month, doctors in Wuhan were dealing with an unknown pneumonia. Within a few months it would lock the world into a pandemic that continues to kill millions. Our system is battered. Here's a modest start at repairing it, writes Crawford Kilian. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/12/15/Want-Family-Doctor-Back-Transform/

“The worst feeling in the world”: Trade unionists have a golden rule: never cross a picket line. But last month, Colleen Lopez-Anhofer didn’t have a choice. Supporting her husband and his co-workers in the morning, by afternoon she was doing their jobs. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/14/Locked-Out-Wife-Forced-Cross-Picket-Line/

In January, the Vancouver Police Department will begin its six-month pilot project of deploying body-worn cameras. But it's already committed to adopting them by 2025 — making the pilot seem rather pointless. Six questions to ask during today's town hall. Christopher J. Schneider and Erick Laming write. Christopher is a professor of sociology at Brandon University and the author of Policing and Social Media: Social Control in an Era of New Media (Lexington Books, 2016). Erick is an assistant professor in criminology and sociology at Trent University. Published Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/12/14/Vancouver-Police-Body-Worn-Cameras/

At 2024’s PuSh Festival, immerse yourself in boundary-pushing, risk-taking works that present personal accounts of resistance and radical acts of vulnerability. Win your tickets plus a Modo gift card! By PuSh Festival. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/12/14/Contest-PuSh-Festival/

William Bernier didn’t know he was taking xylazine. He felt a sudden powerful rush and before he knew it, passed out. The tranquillizer, not designed for human use, is being added to B.C.’s unregulated supply. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/13/Drug-Users-Advocates-Warning-Xylazine/

Non-profits are positive, right? Or, at the very least, neutral? But in the realm of housing, health and social service, what researchers call the “non-profit industrial complex” is structured in ways that can work against their altruistic aims. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/13/Too-Many-Non-Profits-Too-Many-Problems/

Ken Sim wants to kill the elected park board. But the commissioners aren’t going quietly. Jen St. Denis, our civic issues reporter, reports. Published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/13/Vancouver-Park-Board-Not-Dead-Yet/

Before he became a statistic, Dan Alder was a hockey player, a mechanic, a brother, a busybody and a man who had raced motorcycles down mud roads and felled trees in Haida Gwaii. To his daughter, Shauna, he was also a cheerleader. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/13/Dan-Alder-Family-Wants-Answers/

For over 135 years, First United has provided direct services and supports to residents of the Downtown Eastside. Now, they have their sights on the province. Vacancy control is among the recommendations the org is petitioning for. By First United. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/12/12/First-United-Government-Vacancy-Control/

It’s fitting that so many trees are being cut down in Stanley Park this month because, frankly, Dr. Steve is stumped. Steve Burgess is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/12/Sim-Fire-ABC-Park-Board/

Alberta owns a new record. The province is home to an abandoned gas well that leaks methane, an explosive #GreenhouseGas, into the atmosphere at the highest rate ever recorded in North America. Andrew Nikiforuk reports. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/11/Alberta-Methane-Super-Emitter/

In 2021, the feds promised $30 billion to make child care more accessible. But critics said the worker shortage would present a real obstacle.Now, the B.C. government is testing a higher pay grid to attract and retain workers, The Tyee has learned. Zak Vescera reports. Zak reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/11/Experiment-Could-Transform-Child-Care-Work/

The results of Vancouver’s most recent homeless count have revealed a 32% increase in the last three years. This is the largest spike since 2005. We need a real plan for homeless youth. Daniel Manson, Shane Douglas, Mazal Jensen, Christian Barborini, Trevor Goodyear, Cameron Eekhoudt, Monique Sandhu, Sophie McKenzie, Danya Fast and members of the Youth Health Advisory Council write. Published Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/11/Vancouver-Needs-Plan-Homeless-Youth/

For local farmers to succeed, they need customers. Meet the Comox Valley Organic Co-operative, a co-op food network connecting growers to community members in need, small and large. The latest in The Tyee’s #WhatWorks series. Larry Pynn reports. Larry is a veteran environmental journalist based on Vancouver Island. Published Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2023/12/11/How-To-Build-Local-Farming-Food-Hub/

This drug user support network doesn’t call government intervention “child welfare.” They fall it “familiy policing.” Meet Parents Advocating Collectively for Kin, a grassroots organization supporting substance-using parents at risk of child apprehension. Katie Hyslop interviews. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/08/Peer-Support-Drug-Using-Parents/

FactCheck: While Pierre Poilievre has shown he understands why younger Canadians are so mad about housing, can he deliver solutions?He sure isn’t offering any, say experts.Jen St. Denis fact-checks Poilievre’s “housing hell” video. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/08/Poilievre-Housing-Hell-Video/

Sometimes Tyeesters write about food and food systems.Other times, Tyeesters cook and bake.This year we traded recipes. Join us! 🍪🎄 By Tyee Staff and Contributors. Published Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/08/Bake-With-The-Tyee-Holiday-Season/

In med school ethics classes, a practictioner's obligation to patients is emphasized, writes Fozia Alvi — even though most of the time they just end up employees like anyone else. “That’s not the case in Gaza.” Fozia is a human rights advocate and the founder of Humanity Auxilium, a charity organization that provides relief in several developing countries around world. Published Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/08/Health-Care-Workers-Gaza-Remember-Them/

Norman Armour: Visionary. Legend. Leader. The founder of PuSh Festival was all these things to the Vancouver arts community and to many outside it, writes Minna Schendlinger. “He was also known as a risk taker. And oh, boy: did he take a risk on me.” Minna was the founding managing director of the PuSh Festival and the founding facility manager of the Post at 750. Published Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/07/For-Arts-Legend-Norman-Armour/

Get Your Drugs Tested has opened a second location a four-minute walk from the Broadway-City Hall SkyTrain station. The free drug checking service allows people to test samples of illicit substances without risk of arrest. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/07/New-Drug-Testing-Location/

UPDATE: Starbucks is threatening to sue a Vancouver barista who says she was fired for trying to unionize the company’s stores.The coffee giant accuses Frédérique Martineau, 21, and the United Steelworkers union of defamation.Zak Vescera updates. Zak reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/07/Starbucks-Ups-Stakes-War-Words-Union/

Van life, chair repair and one couple’s dream of life on the road. How a rolling RV repair shop brings loving care to treasures and happiness to owners. 🪑 Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/06/Van-Life-Chair-Repair/

Take home seven great reads on reconciliation. One Tyee reader will get a bundle of books to continue their learning journey about colonization and its impacts. By First United. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/12/06/Contest-Seven-Great-Reads-Indigenous-Voices/

Three years after the Old Growth Strategic Review, the province has made three big recent announcements. 🪵 A Tyee explainer from Zoë Yunker. Zoë is a Victoria-based journalist writing about energy and environmental politics. Follow her on X @zoeyunker. Published Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/06/BC-Paradigm-Shift-Forests/

When Phoenix Winter walks past two white apartment buildings on Cambie Street, she thinks of the people she knows who found stability there after being homeless. Although the lights are still on inside, the units are now empty. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/06/Why-Modular-Housing-Stands-Empty/

It would be a pity if the NDP got sidetracked from its leadership race to a silly fight over a name change. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/05/Last-Thing-Alberta-NDP-Needs-Name-Change/

A new union agreement brings improvements for some Portland Hotel Society peer workers, but leaves most working to save lives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside out in the cold. Zak Vescera explains. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/05/Union-Drive-Backfires-PHS-Peer-Workers/

Polls are like awards. They are essentially meaningless and everybody pays attention to them. Without them, pundits would be forced to talk about issues. And this new poll from Abacus Data is pointless, ridiculous and fascinating. Steve Burgess writes. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/05/Big-Poll-Numbers-Rustad-Poilievre/

BC Green Party MLA Adam Olsen is calling on the province to form a special policing unit dedicated to investigating the suspicious deaths and disappearances of First Nations people. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/05/Adam-Olsen-Protect-Indigenous-People/

A bitter labour battle in a sweet place: Ten weeks into a strike against longer shifts and 24-7 operations, a public and private workers’ union opens a new front against the Rogers Sugar refinery in Vancouver. 🍬 Zak Vescera reports the saga. Zak is our labour reporter. Published Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/04/Sugar-War-Gets-Stickier/

FreeSpeech: Protests against war crimes in Israel and Gaza have been particularly heated on university campuses. Katie Hyslop explores the UBC sticker campaign dust-up, which highlights key issues with our tolerance for conflict, experts say. Katie is The Tyee's youth/education reporter. Published Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/04/Balance-Campus-Safety-Free-Speech/

“Saltburn” purports to take the boots to the billionaires. But Emerald Fennell’s latest provocation, while tasty fare, is a bit unclear about who’s the main course. Our culture editor Dorothy Woodend reviews. 🏰🎞 Published Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/04/Saltburn-Movie-Review/

Will journalism survive? The question is certainly debatable. But we can do something to make sure it does. Our publisher Jeanette Ageson writes. Published Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/12/04/Will-Journalism-Survive/

The Edmonton Police Service’s defensive response to a recent case in which an officer tackled and injured an innocent teen girl exemplifies why public trust in police is being eroded under Chief Dale McFee, say experts. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/01/Edmonton-Police-Takedown-Teen-Girl/

Many of Denyse Thomasos’s works stretch 20 feet across. Stand too close and you might fall in. Eleven years after her death at 47, a retrospective of the Trinidadian-Canadian’s art questions what we value, and what we leave behind. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/01/Denyse-Thomasos-Retrospective/

The BC First Nations Justice Council says it has begun strategizing changes in how abuse investigations are conducted in Indigenous communities — something requested as a remedy by Lake Babine Nation members in an ongoing human rights tribunal inquiry. By Amanda Follett Hosgood. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/01/Divesting-RCMP-Abuse-Investigations-Indigenous/

Are you a legendary winter-holiday hater, for reasons good and complicated? To offer a bit of light in what is a tough time of year for many, take comfort in books. We at The Tyee certainly do. Tyee Staff and Contributors write. Published Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/01/The-Tyee-Holiday-Reads/

In just the last decade, nutrition scientists have begun to question whether most of the food we buy and consume is really food at all. Their answer: No, it’s not, but it drives an economy that exploits us from the cradle to an early grave. Crawford Kilian reviews "Ultra-Processed People," by Chris van Tulleken. Crawford is a contributing editor for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/30/How-Do-We-Rebuild-Our-Eating-Habits/

Tonight we celebrate these heroes and milestones at our 20th birthday — with a party and a raucous debate about whether journalism is a dead fish or alive and leaping forward. There are still a few tickets left and everyone is invited. See you there! By Tyee Staff. Published Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/11/30/Milestones-The-Tyee/

There were tears and hugs in a Smithers courtroom Wednesday morning.The first criminal trial involving an Indigenous land defender arrested in the #CoastalGasLink conflict has ended with a not guilty verdict. Amanda Follett Hosgood, our northern B.C. reporter, reports. Published Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/30/Judge-Sided-With-Peace/

“My eldest has just started kindergarten, and I had hoped she would avoid her first police encounter for a good long while.” Harrison Mooney writes. Harrison is an award-winning author and journalist from Abbotsford, B.C. Published Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/30/Police-Are-Returning-To-Schools-Why/

Nearly two-thirds of young people in B.C. identify the cost of living as their top concern. Naturally, governments seem to prioritize the affordability crisis over the climate crisis. Here’s why they’re connected. ⛅️🏡 Emiko Newman and Rowan Burdge write. Emiko works with the Climate Emergency Unit and is co-ordinator of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign. Rowan is the provincial director of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Published Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/29/Tackle-Rising-Living-Cost-Climate-Crisis-Solutions-Connected/

While much of the world views the upcoming United Nations summit on climate change as a step towards reducing the global reliance on fossil fuels, Premier Danielle Smith is taking a much different approach, writes Graham Thomson. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/29/Danielle-Smith-COP28/

The B.C. government was set to offer a promised apology Tuesday for removing Doukhobor children from their families 70 years ago and confining them. It has decided at the last minute to delay, updates Andrew MacLeod. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/29/BC-Cancels-Fall-Apology-Doukhobor/

As wildfires worsen, locals are taking matters into their own hands, leading to clashes. And opportunities. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/29/Rural-Communities-Wildfire-Response/

Written in just 24 days, Handel’s “Messiah” has been performed around the world for centuries. Early Music Vancouver’s Baroque orchestra and the Vancouver Chamber Choir collaborate for their first joint performance of the masterpiece. By Early Music Vancouver. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/11/29/Celebrate-Holiday-Season-Handel-Messiah/

British Columbia, on behalf of Canada, has reached a settlement of $150 million with Purdue Pharma, the pharmaceutical company owned by the Sackler family that produced the highly addictive painkiller and opioid OxyContin. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/28/BC-National-Opioid-Damages-Lawsuit/

Using data from a national youth sexuality and gender survey, Canada’s first-ever study on non-binary youth in sports highlights reasons for their low participation, and shares youth-led solutions. A Tyee Q&A with co-producer Martha Gumprich. Katie Hyslop, The Tyee's youth and education reporter, reports. Published Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/28/Non-Binary-Youth-Organized-Sports/

The history of human conflict is written on paper and captured in paint. At North Van’s Polygon Gallery, three different artists make this apparent in a new exhibition — and our responses to it may be as illuminating as the art itself. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/28/From-Slanders-Brand-Exhibition/

Evictions, high rents and discrimination are behind the disturbing trend, a support centre says. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/28/Developmentally-Disabled-People-Homelessness/

Don’t worry, says Dr. Steve. Unless Pierre Poilievre gets involved. Steve Burgess, our in-house political spin doctor, writes. Published Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/27/Please-Advise-Tractors-Weapons-Mass-Destruction/

The Vancouver Police Board has closed a complaint about media access during the removal of an East Hastings Street homeless camp on April 5 after police denied they created an “exclusion zone.” Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/27/Police-Board-Dismisses-Complaint-Media/

Go gift shopping at your favourite local bookstore! With our curated book lists and recommendations for all readers, Read Local BC is your go-to gifting guide. By Read Local BC. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/11/27/Contest-Gift-Certificate-Independent-Bookstore/

Twenty years ago, our editor-in-chief David Beers published this inaugural set of pledges and invitations. How’d we do? David Beers writes. Published Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/11/27/Day-Tyee-Was-Born-I-Wrote-This/

Coastal livelihoods as well as our climate depend on the undersea fronds. Even a small buoy can play protector. Pippa Norman reports the latest in our #WhatWorks series. Pippa is a journalist based in Vancouver, whose work has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Association of Journalists award. Published Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2023/11/27/Eelgrass-Is-Amazing/

We can’t believe we’re about to turn 20 — and the newest member of our team is taking on a role decades in the making. Meet Meg Yamamoto! By Tara Campbell, Tyee managing editor. Published Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/11/22/Meet-Web-Copy-Editor/

It tries to hide among the trees on the south shore of Burnaby’s Deer Lake, it’s too beautiful for that. How did this modernist gem end up on a public body of water in Burnaby? Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/22/Glass-House-Deer-Lake/

Frédérique Martineau says despite the corporation’s justification, she feels targeted. Zak Vescera updates. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/22/She-Organized-Starbucks-Then-They-Fired-Her/

Canadian pundits and politicians are entertaining themselves over carbon taxes and heating oil, while environmentalists protest pipelines and missed emissions targets. They’re all wasting their breath. Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/11/22/Lost-Climate-War-Plan-B/

Dive into our list from independent publishers for reads the people closest to you will truly cherish. By Literary Press Group of Canada. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/11/22/Eight-Gift-Worthy-Local-Books-Holiday-Season/

A new book illuminates the passionate union of Farley Mowat and Claire Wheeler. An excerpt. By Michael Harris, a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. His investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/21/Passage-Farley-Claire-Love-Story/

The family musical aims to awaken the child in all of us this December at the Firehall Arts Centre. By Firehall Arts Centre. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/11/21/Ann-Mortifee-Reflections-Crooked-Walking/

A fact check of what Alberta’s premier told Matt Galloway on CBC’s “The Current” last week. Susan Jane Wright writes. Susan was a lawyer and an executive in the energy sector before she became a writer. Published Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/21/Danielle-Smith-Says-Darndest-Things/

“I have a friend whose mother burned love letters from Malcolm Lowry. Gabriel García Márquez destroyed his own love letters to his wife,” reflects author and journalist Michael Harris. He’s grateful Farley and Claire Mowat did not do the same. David Beers, Tyee chief editor, writes. Published Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/21/Life-Saving-Love-Farley-Mowat-Claire-Wheeler/

No, says Dr. Steve. But politicians no longer need to make sense. Steve Burgess is our in-house political spin doctor. Published Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/20/Please-Advise-Can-Poilievre-Axe-BC-Carbon-Tax/

For the second year in a row, we’re excited to open our doors to an early-career journalist to join us for a paid six-month Hummingbird Immersion Journalism Fellowship. Details here. Jackie Wong, Tyee senior editor, writes. Published Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/11/20/Tyee-Hummingbird-Fellowship-Open/

B.C.’s attorney general has been denied full party status in the ongoing inquiry into the RCMP’s handling of historical abuse allegations at northern B.C. schools.The tribunal said “limited interested person status” is enough. Amanda Follett Hosgood updates. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/20/BC-Granted-Limited-Status-Human-Rights-Inquiry/

A new law aims to force regulators to simplify and speed up the approval process. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/20/BC-Clearing-Barriers-Skilled-Foreign-Workers/

Take the stress out of holiday shopping with these gift-worthy recommendations! 📚🎁 By Local Read BC. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/11/20/Local-BC-Books-Holiday-List/

The last resolution to pass at the @bcndp’s convention Sunday urged the Canadian government to call for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.Premier Eby wants peace in the Middle East, but said his responsibility is addressing the rise in hate in B.C. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/20/Gaza-Ceasefire-Centre-Stage-BC-NDP-Convention/

If you ever had any doubts the internet was a bad place for young women, two new docs on the lives of online influencers and the rise of deepfake technology will obliterate any lingering reservations. Dorothy Woodend reviews. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/17/Online-Influencer-Documentaries/

In recent weeks the British Columbia government has introduced a flurry of bills it says follows through on its plan to fix the province’s housing crisis. Let’s check in, shall we? 🏘 Andrew MacLeod reports. Published Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/17/BC-NDP-Housing-Blitz/

The B.C. government will guarantee new employment rights for ride-hailing and delivery drivers, including a minimum wage. But the changes fall short of what’s needed for people working for apps like Uber, advocates say. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/17/BC-Unveils-Job-Protections-Gig-Drivers/

A lot of deer carry COVID. Should that worry people? Recent studies show why it’s important to closely track how the virus is mutating in wild animals. Andrew Nikiforuk reports. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/17/Deer-Carry-COVID/

As the number of Canadians finding themselves unable to make ends meet grows, the calls for a basic income are intensifying. Ximena González reports. Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Published Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/11/14/Guaranteed-Income-Alberta-Shows-Need/

Critics say the premier’s power grab could mean privatization and turmoil. Graham Thomson writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years. Published Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/11/14/Smith-Exploded-Alberta-Health-Care/

The Anishinaabe author’s apocalyptic fiction carries bold truths for our futures. Dorothy Woodend on Waubgeshig Rice’s “Moon of the Turning Leaves.” Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/14/Waubgeshig-Rice-Grim-Hope-Burns-Bright/

The new exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery poses a decisive question to its visitors. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/11/14/Emily-Carr-Room-Of-Her-Own/

What is at the heart of Tamam restaurant’s fundraising efforts in Vancouver? A thousand bowls of mujaddarah, a Palestinian favourite. The result? Thousands of dollars in aid for Gaza. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/14/Restaurant-Raised-Thousands-Aid-Gaza/

ICYMI: The now-former candidate Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi liked a tweet that compared Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry to the Nazi SS officer Josef Mengele. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/13/BC-Greens-Remove-Gandhi/

Advocates fear the slated “anti-scab” federal law will be weakened or delayed. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/13/Unions-Get-More-Power-Replacement-Worker-Ban/

“DULF as we knew it is dead”: A raid at a Vancouver compassion club cut 47 people off from safer, reliable drugs, pushing them to the deadly street supply. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/10/DULF-Compassion-Club-Safer-Drug-Supply-VPD-Raid-Death/

We interrupt a public mood of denial: Although many Canadians act as though the pandemic has ended, #COVID19 continues to evolve at an amazing pace with devastating consequences. Andrew Nikiforuk explains why masks and air filters remain vital. Andrew Nikiforuk is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/11/10/Update-COVID-Threat/

See Vancouver life on dreamy film. Analogue is alive in the colourful street photography of Alfonso de la Cruz. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/10/Vancouver-Life-Dreamy-Film/

With a newly published collection, the literary icon paints a tender portrait of love, intimacy and loss. Jackie Wong Joy Kogawa’s searching, unflinching poetry. Jackie a Tyee senior editor. Published Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/10/Joy-Kogawa-Searching-Unflinching-Poetry/

Alberta’s current carbon tax scheme is an unfair sham, writes Mitchell Anderson. Thanks to special treatment, oilsands emitters pay far less than average Canadians. Mitchell Anderson writes. Mitchell is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to The Tyee. Published Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/11/09/Alberta-Carbon-Tax-Scheme-Unfair-Sham/

Why are ministry child welfare workers in B.C. exempt from external oversight? Legislation requires social workers to register with an independent regulatory body. Unless they work for the MCFD. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/09/Child-Welfare-Workers-BC-Exempt/

As Carol Powder holds her drum and pounds a rhythm, her grandson Noah Green stands in front of a microphone and sings with a deep, spine-chilling voice. Witness the power of “Chubby Cree.” Abby Luciano writes. Abby Luciano is a practicum student with The Tyee. Published Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023.

The profits platform companies earn come not only at the expense of predominantly racialized workers but also at the expense of all B.C. taxpayers. Véronique Sioufi and Iglika Ivanova write. Véronique is a researcher and policy analyst and Iglika is a senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, B.C. office. Published Thursday, Nov. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/09/Youre-Paying-Ubers-Profits/

Just three months after coming on board as Mayor Ken Sim’s communications director, Harrison Fleming is no longer employed by the City of Vancouver, The Tyee has learned. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/08/Vancouver-Ken-Sim-Communication-Director-Harrison-Fleming-Exits/

When a broken elevator in supportive housing is a “death sentence”: Disabled tenants say their supportive-housing provider’s failures had serious health consequences. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/08/Broken-Elevator-Supportive-Housing-Death-Sentence/

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May had a stroke. She doesn’t know if she missed warning signs because she hasn’t had a GP for eight years. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/08/Elizabeth-May-Stroke-Lack-Family-Doctor/

Is 80 the new 40? Oldsters are having a moment, says Doc Steve. But it’s fleeting. Steve Burgess is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/08/Please-Advise-Is-80-New-40/

Housing costs pushed up Metro Vancouver’s living wage past $25 an hour this year — widening the gap between what many workers earn and what they need to make rent. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/08/Vancouver-Living-Wage-Jumps-Again/

Gains, losses and lingering anger in the SFU Teaching Assistant strike: Despite a deal, bitter feelings remain after the labour battle. Zak Vescera updates. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/07/Gains-Losses-SFU-Teaching-Assistant-Strike/

The City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Police Department spent $548,000 to clear a homeless encampment on East Hastings Street in April.Critics say it could have been spent on badly needed services for the city’s growing number of unhoused people. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/07/Vancouver-Spent-550000-Evict-Hastings-Campers/

“This must stop”: Sid Shniad, founding member of Independent Jewish Voices, on Zionism, antisemitism and the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. A Tyee Q&A from Amanda Follett Hosgood. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/07/Sid-Shniad-This-Must-Stop/

Vivid, haunting, myth-busting: At the Museum of Vancouver, “Refuge Canada” shows the tragic and hopeful experiences of those who have fled their homes. By the Museum of Vancouver. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/11/07/Refugee-Crisis-Exhibit-Vivid-Haunting/

Are schools more dangerous without police? The Tyee obtained @VancouverPD's own data, which paints a different picture than the force’s official narrative. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/07/Are-Schools-More-Dangerous-Without-Embedded-Police/

Placer mining is big business in B.C. Put it on hold, write Terry Teegee and Calvin Sandborn. The method scours stream beds, and current laws ignore First Nations’ rights and interests. Terry is Regional Chief of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations. Calvin is a long-time advocate for environmental law reform. Published Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/06/Placer-Mining-Big-Business-BC/

After three nights of exceptional performances on the city’s largest pipe organ, Vancouver New Music returns to present the Vancouver premiere of Diné composer Raven Chacon’s 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning piece “Voiceless Mass,” for 12 musicians. By Vancouver New Music. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/11/06/Raven-Chacon-Voiceless-Mass/

After a fatal blaze at the Winters Hotel killed two tenants, a Vancouver fire services inspection blitz found that Atira Property Management Inc. had failed to maintain fire alarms at four other SRO buildings, court documents show. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/06/After-Fatal-SRO-Fire-Inspections-Found-Dangers/

Heading to the far right, Alberta UCP? The party’s convention this weekend showed the power of Take Back Alberta’s social conservative messaging. @gthomsonink writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years. Published Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/06/Alberta-UCP-Heads-Far-Right/

It’s an “all-time low” for BC Ferries’ labour relations. ⛴ A bitter dispute over overtime pay and low employee morale are adding to the challenges for the publicly owned company, says head of the union repping its workers. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's Legislative Bureau Chief. Published Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/06/BC-Ferries-Labour-Relations-All-Time-Low/

How to reclaim stillness? Wait for it... Make soup. 🍜 Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/11/03/Unrest-World-Peas-Harvest-Stillness-Soup/

We’re 20! 🎂🥳 How else to celebrate than debating the fate of journalism?Come cheer and boo as media heroes argue it out at our big birthday bash Nov. 30. Jeanette Ageson, publisher of The Tyee, writes. Published Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/11/03/The-Tyee-Is-20/

It pays to be a man in B.C. government: The NDP’s first salary transparency support is out and reveals a significant gender wage gap. Zak Vescera reports. Zak reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/03/It-Pays-Man-Working-BC-Government/

John Carpay paid a private investigator to spy on a Manitoba judge.After agreeing to a three-year ban on practising law, he claims the charges were bogus and politically motivated.Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/03/Lawyer-Paid-Spying-Judge/

Most British Columbians are way overdue for their COVID boosters. 💉🦠 B.C. didn’t advertise the spring shot. Now only around 10% of people got their viral defences. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/03/Most-British-Columbians-Overdue-COVID-Boosters/

When it comes to youth homelessness, “depressingly little” has changed.A new report finds Indigenous, refugee and LGBTQ2S+ youth are still overrepresented in homeless youth survey. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/02/Youth-Homelessness-Health-Wellness-McCreary-Report/

B.C. and the Tahltan Nation have entered into an agreement that will give both parties decision-making powers over the expansion of a copper-gold mine on the nation’s traditional territory.Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/02/BC-Tahltan-Historic-Mining-Agreement-Industrial-Development/

Danielle Smith’s Dangerous Clean Energy Fantasies: The premier’s comments at a climate summit confirm her allegiance to Big Oil. Susan Jane Wright writes. Published Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/02/Danielle-Smith-Clean-Energy-Fantasies/

CONTEST: Win a Gift Certificate to Support Emerging Artists and Designers: One lucky Tyee reader will receive $100 to shop one-of-a-kind creations by Emily Carr students at their annual art sale. By Emily Carr University. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/11/02/Contest-Emily-Carr-Student-Art-Sale/

The BC Federation of Labour is encouraging gig workers to file employment standards complaints against companies like Uber and DoorDash just weeks before B.C. plans to impose new standards for the industry. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/02/Labour-Federation-Launches-Campaign-Gig-Drivers/

Don’t Thank Me for Being a Tree Planter: The longer I do this work, the more I’m convinced its green public image is undeserved. Alana Friend Lettner writes. Alana is a writer and tree planter. Published Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/02/Dont-Thank-Me-Being-Tree-Planter/

There is a path to peace from war. But who will walk it? On what we see in Gaza’s dark night. Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/11/01/Gaza-Dark-Night/

From Nov. 23 to 25, culture lovers are invited to Emily Carr to support the Vancouver’s up and coming creators. By Emily Carr University. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/11/01/Emily-Carr-Student-Art-Sale/

Premier Scott Moe’s latest challenge to the carbon tax is illegal. But PM Trudeau still might fold. Lisa Young writes. Lisa Young is a professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Published Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/01/Saskatchewan-Joins-Alberta-Law-Breaking/

Kevin Falcon is ready to axe the carbon tax: If Poilievre’s federal Conservatives take power and end the tax, BC United will follow, says the party leader. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/11/01/Kevin-Falcon-Ready-Axe-Carbon-Tax/

In “Subterranean,” spelunkers risk their lives to break new records. Dive inside the caves of B.C. with Dorothy Woodend. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/31/Diving-Inside-Caves-BC/

After the arrests of safe supply providers, now is not the time to strong-arm an end to community-led models of safe supply. Seven B.C. nurses write in The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/31/Nurses-Condemn-Arrests-Safe-Supply/

Unmaking an icon named Buffy Sainte-Marie: “As a child I was presented a Cree hero on a platform built by the media. With her image in doubt, how much is the media to blame?” Kevin Ward writes. Kevin, a member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, lives on Coast Salish traditional territory in Metro Vancouver. Published Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/31/Unmaking-Icon-Buffy-Sainte-Marie/

Express yourself! The Dalton Camp Award is now up for grabs. Submit your writing for the $10,000 essay contest for writing on media and democracy. Jackie Wong writes. Jackie is a senior editor at The Tyee. Published Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/10/30/Dalton-Camp-Award/

Why Mitzi Dean needs to resign: Government can have policy failures. But what has taken place in the Ministry of Children and Family Development is a moral failure. Senior editor Paul Willcocks writes. Published Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/30/Why-Mitzi-Dean-Needs-Resign/

The Tyee has obtained a second damning audit of a region where one Indigenous child died after horrific abuse in the care of the Ministry of Children and Family Development. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/18/Audit-Reveals-Major-Failures-MCFD/

Half a dozen people are raising questions about “the most medically informed rehab in Canada” with concerns around safety, treatment quality, its emphasis on the 12-step method based on Christian traditions and more. Dustin Godfrey reports. Dustin Godfrey is a freelance journalist based in New Westminster. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/17/Former-Clients-Raise-Concerns/

Loved East Van Panto’s “The Little Mermaid” or “Alice in Wonderland”? This year, things get hairy with “Beauty and the Beast.” Win tickets today with The Tyee! By The Cultch. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/10/17/Contest-East-Van-Panto-Beauty-Beast/

“Binge and starve”: Research has shown people on an alternate welfare payment schedule were less likely to increase their drug use on days they received cheques. So why hasn’t the B.C. government made the change? Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/16/Changing-Welfare-Wednesday-Could-Save-Lives/

“When SFU’s School of Communication opened in 1973, we didn’t know how drastically the way we communicate would change over the years.” Catch a series of special events for their 50th anniversary. By Stuart Poyntz. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/10/16/50-Years-Communication-Studies-SFU/

As we shared links within our team about the events unfolding in the Middle East, we longed for mind-broadening insights rather than debasing discourses. If that’s what you want too, offered here are a handful of readings. Tyee editor-in-chief David Beers writes. Published Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/16/Reading-Israel-Hamas-War/

Ahead of Naomi Klein’s appearance at the Vancouver Writers Festival this weekend, Tyee senior editor andrea bennett interviews the “Doppelganger” author on conspiracy culture, how to navigate the current political moment and why it’s radical to cherish human life. Published Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/16/Naomi-Klein-Interview/

Congrats, random Canadian! You now own a significant share of a $30.9-billion pipeline expansion project. But wait — we have bad news about your financial returns. An Andrew-Nikiforuk generated explainer. Tyee contributing editor Andrew is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Published Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/13/Dear-TMX-Oilsands-Pipeline-Owner-More-Bad-News/

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon’s task force and recommendations did not provide adequate grounds for their rejection of vacancy control. Elliot Rossiter on why the province ought to reconsider. Elliot is a faculty member in the department of philosophy at Douglas College. Published Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/13/BC-Needs-Vacancy-Control/

Fox News regular Christopher Rufo’s new book gets its own key arguments wrong. But it’s a glimpse into America’s far-right intellectuals — and those who fund them. Crawford Kilian read and reviewed so you don’t have to. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/13/America-Right-Wing-Intelligentsia/

Why did Canada let in so many people with clear ties to the Nazi regime? One historian’s interpretation after seeing archives: pro-white, anti-left policies. Alvin Finkel writes. Alvin is professor emeritus of history at Athabasca University and co-author of the textbook History of the Canadian Peoples as well as The Chamberlain-Hitler Collusion and 12 other books. Published Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/10/13/Canada-Let-Thousands-Former-Nazis/

Babylon was set to transform Alberta health care. Now the app, with which the Alberta UCP was so entranced in the spring of 2020, is bankrupt. 🩺 David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/12/Babylon-Now-Bankrupt/

Tickets are going quick! Vancouver Writers Fest’s lineup of over 120 authors across 85 events features authors from Rebecca Solnit to Celeste Ng to Patrick deWitt, from fiction to youth lit. 🎫📚 By Vancouver Writers Fest. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/10/12/Vancouver-Writers-Fest/

What becomes of the rainforest when it no longer rains? 🌧🌳 Writer Karen Charleson on the resource extraction industries’ effects on the coastal temperate rainforest, where she lives. Karen is a writer and educator. Published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/10/12/Rainforest-Without-Rain/

Despite landowner advocates’ opposition to recent rent caps that keep rates below inflation — bottom line: owning a multi-family rental building in B.C. remains profitable. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/12/Lucrative-Business-Owning-Rental-Buildings/

Welcome to TikTok 🎶: What started as a cringe platform for dance videos is now a forum for scientific health questions. Can journalism play a role in the space rife with disinformation? It’s proving harder than it looks. Sarah Krichel reports. Sarah is The Tyee's social media manager. Published Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/10/11/TikTok-Awkward-Dance-Canadian-Journalism/

Much forest has been lost the past 100 years. Not lost like your car keys. But taken, almost all of them by humans, and mostly at an industrial scale that imperils our existence. Ian Gill’s Q&A with the “Canopy of Titans” authors is in The Tyee. Ian Gill is a journalist, author, conservationist and bookseller. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/10/11/Meet-Authors-Canopy-Titans/

What You Need to Know about COVID-19 This Fall: It’s been almost four years since the first cases emerged. As we enter fall and winter, let’s review the state of things and how you can stay healthy. 🦠👇🏽 Sameer Elsayed reports. Sameer is a professor of medicine, pathology and laboratory medicine, and epidemiology and biostatistics at Western University. Published Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/10/11/What-You-Need-Know-COVID-19-Fall/

No roommate? No apartment. B.C.’s Residential Tenancy Act terminates leases if any co-tenant gives notice of moving out. That leaves the remaining tenant vulnerable to major rent hikes or even getting booted. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/11/Losing-Roommate-Means-Losing-Apartment/

Get ready to be able to call, text or send videos to a 911 dispatcher when you need help, and have them know your exact location — including what floor of an apartment you’re on. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/26/Changes-Coming-911-Calls-BC/

Since 1985, the BC and Yukon Book Prizes have celebrated authors publishing in the province and territory.Now they want to share those very celebrated authors’ books with Tyee readers. Enter to win here! By BC Yukon and Book Prizes. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/09/26/Contest-BC-Yukon-Book-Prizes/

Many counter-protests outnumbered last week’s “1 Million March 4 Children.”Still, an antisemitic slur was hurled, a Nazi flag displayed, LGBTQ2S+ issues equated to pedophilia.Katie Hyslop and Jen St. Denis report what they saw on the scene. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/26/Homophobia-Racism-Parents-Rights-Rallies/

Orlando Figes’s new book tells us Russia has spent a thousand years swinging between trying to equal the West and rejecting it. Under Vladimir Putin, Russia is repeating itself yet again. Crawford Kilian on history versus story. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/26/We-Think-We-Know-Russia/

How did we get here? Decades of water mismanagement. How to invest in our watersheds — which protect against climate disasters? Urgent action, writes Terry Teegee, Regional Chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations. Terry Teegee is the elected Regional Chief of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations. Published Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/25/First-Nations-Bear-Brunt-BC-Drought/

At a time when drought, fire and flood threaten countless lives, how should our relationship with water change? 💧Explorer Erica Gies on the trouble with dikes, loss of place to wildfire and asking what water wants. Deborah Campbell reports. Deborah is an award-winning author, associate professor of writing and the Lansdowne Chair in Fine Arts at the University of Victoria. Published Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/25/Why-We-Need-Slow-Water-Movement/

Over 130 films, BTS for films like “Barbie,” “Oppenheimer” and “Dune” and immersive live shows combining performance and cinema. All at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival. Learn more and plan your festival here. 🎞 By VIFF. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/09/25/VIFF-Back-Stellar-Cinema/

“It’s a delightful thing when the layers of a city are peeled back to reveal a ghost sign from the days when they were just painted onto buildings. But they’re usually daylighted by development for a brief moment, only to be covered up again or destroyed.” Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/25/Tracking-Ghost-Sign-Kingsway/

Have we learned anything from this pandemic? “The only thing I know for certain is there’s going to be another.” 🦠A disease modeller, a surgeon turned politician and a medical director on how to best navigate this new COVID era. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/25/Health-Experts-BC-COVID-Strategy/

Hundreds of B.C. city officials gathered this week to learn what relief to soaring rents, inflation and construction costs might be coming from the province. Christopher Cheung curated the highlights of Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon’s most telling answers. Christopher is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/22/So-Far-Behind-Need-It-All/

“I want the joy that I take in my kids’ joy to be pure and uninflected. But maybe being a parent always means living with the possibility of loss.”Mandy Len Catron on the dissonant truths of parenting in climate crisis. Catron is the author of How to Fall in Love with Anyone. Published Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/22/Amidst-Climate-Grief-Searching-Joy/

The man who would take “Canadian” as part of his name spent a decade in Canada and “moved mountains.”How Darshan Singh Canadian helped South Asians re-win the right to vote, unionize Punjabi sawmill workers and confronted racism in labour. 🏔 Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/22/Indo-Canadian-BC-Labour-Icon/

The three-storey building at 414 E. 10th Ave. in Mount Pleasant is no longer properly secured after a fire in July that left 70 people homeless.But neighbourhood residents say squatters are entering the building and are at risk. “Somebody could get killed.” Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/22/Squatters-Risk-Vancouver-Apartment-Building-Gutted-Fire/

“Who uses drugs in a wading pool?”On Monday, B.C. amended its decriminalization policy to prohibit small possession of illicit drugs within 15 metres of a playground, spray pool, wading pool or skate park.One advocate says this feeds into stigma. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/21/Municipalities-BC-Drug-Decriminalization-Pilot/

The Shiga toxin producing E. coli O157 is classed as a bioterrorism agent in the U.S. for good reason. But when the toxin bomb went off in Calgary, government practically failed to respond. Andrew Nikiforuk on the fragility of our high-tech food system. 🥬⚠️ Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor and an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/09/21/Rise-Toxic-Menace-E-Coli-O157/

Drawing from three decades, “Classification Crisis” is a deeply personal archive of an artist’s intimate musings, obsessions and experiences. Dorothy Woodend visited Sonja Ahlers’s new exhibition at the Richmond Art Gallery now. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/21/Sonia-Ahlers-Classification-Crisis-Exhibition/

“A unique opportunity to hear from patients”: Thirty-one randomly selected British Columbians spent some 30 hours together discussing how to improve the system. Their 25 recommendations are here. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/20/BC-Patient-Panel-Community-Health-Centres-Accountability-Records/

Australia’s richest person is back in the Canadian Rockies. After previous plans for an open-pit mine were deemed a no-go due to its environmental impacts, Gina Rinehart is back with a new company, but an old mission. 🏔 Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor and an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Published Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/09/20/Australia-Coal-Miners-Gina-Rinehart-Target-Alberta-Rockies-Again/

There are so many holes in this vision for parental rights. Principally, that our parents don’t own us, and though we are legally responsible for their care, children are not our property. We live in a society, and we belong to each other. Jackie Wong writes. Jackie is a senior editor at The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/20/Who-Are-1-Million-March-4-Children-Fighting-For/

Calling all cinephiles: The Vancouver International Film Festival is back! 🎞🍿 Celebrate its 42nd year and enter to win two full festival passes! By VIFF. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/09/20/Win-Tickets-VIFF/

Questions are arising around how B.C.’s forensic psychiatric system failed to protect the public from a man who’d repeatedly committed violent acts during episodes of severe mental illness. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/20/Three-Stabbings-In-Chinatown/

“I was used to having to come out”: Conventional mental health care often has high costs, long waitlists or the risk of unaffirming care. While no replacement for therapy, peer support groups can provide a space of belonging. Sarah Amy Leung reports. Sarah is a queer, disabled writer with cerebral palsy. Published Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/20/Peer-Support-For-Queer-And-Disabled-People/

While Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada has made gender issues its hobbyhorse, Poilievre’s Conservatives have been more cautious.But his party still stands to benefit from the polarization. Two poli-sci experts write. 🇨🇦 Frédérick Guillaume Dufour and François Tanguay write. Frédérick is a professor of political sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal and François is a PhD student in political science at the Université de Montréal. Published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/12/Anti-Trans-Protests-Conservatives-Election-Polarization/

The activists behind today’s transphobic demonstrations understand their base of extremists is nowhere near large enough to win elections on their own. But that base IS large enough to seize control of right-wing political parties. Gil McGowan writes. Gil is McGowan is president of the Alberta Federation of Labour. Published Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/19/Anti-Trans-Protests-Pull-From-Fascist-Playbook/

Yes, the BC Conservatives are now an official party as they now have two sitting MLAs, submits Steve Burgess. A huge deal: Lacking official party status, there is no protection for any leftovers placed in the fridge. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/19/Please-Advise-Who-Will-Win-MLA-Musical-Chairs/

The arts can get us through the darkest times — something like a pandemic. But they also expand our compassion.In this Q&A, @DorothyWoodend and culture author Max Wyman ponder culture, its evolution and its role in democracy. Dorothy Woodend is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/19/Art-Fix-Fractured-World/

A new study says kids who develop eczema, asthma, food allergies and/or hay fever may do so because the development of their gut microbiome was disrupted. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/19/Kids-Gut-Health-Impacting-Allergies/

An internal report paints a damning picture of working conditions including bullying, sexual harassment as well as low pay for the people who transport prisoners and protect British Columbia’s courts.B.C. is promising to address it. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/19/Sheriff-Shortage-Threatening-BC-Legal-System/

Men in construction, trades, forestry and transportation are experiencing disproportionate deaths from illicit drug poisoning. A first-of-its-kind project is offering resources across B.C. to support crew members in need. Vancouver Island Construction Association writes. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/09/18/Trade-Workers-Deserve-Tools/

“No records yet exist.” B.C. wasted millions of dollars on PPE that got tossed.Eighteen months later, the province has yet to even begin discussing how to better prepare for global supply chain disruptions. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/18/BC-Emergency-Gear-Purchasing/

“We are guilty of elder abuse of Mother Nature. We are the ones who have given the planet a fever.”Before Hurricane Lee bore down on the Maritimes, wildfires ravaged Nova Scotia, B.C., Ontario and the Northwest Territories. Michael Harris reflects. Michael, a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/18/Hurricane-Insomnia/

While many Calgary renters are hopeful implementing a new housing strategy will address their woes — none of the 54 actions outlined in the housing strategy can help the Calgarians who are currently at risk of losing their homes. Ximena González reports. Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Published Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/15/Calgary-Eviction-Rents-Gong-Show-Key-Council-Vote/

CW: Sexual harassment in the workforce. “I was desperate to get free.” The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team is conducting what is believed to be its first investigation of alleged crimes by police officers against another officer, The Tyee has learned. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/15/Sexual-Harassment-Inside-Calgary-Police-Criminal-Probe/

No stranger to contention, Aftab Erfan compares debates to a ping pong match — back and forth and escalating throughout. 🏓🗯 But how to slow down and find common ground? Christopher Cheung interviews an expert of conflict and dialogue. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/15/Polarizing-Times-Fine-Art-Tough-Conversations/

After the B.C. study that gave $7,500 in a lump sum to 50 recently homeless people in Vancouver made international headlines, researchers say they’re rolling out a similar project to strengthen the case for policy changes. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/15/Study-Showed-Giving-Money-Homeless-People-Changes-Lives/

Trudeau home from India after a mechanical malfunction on a government aircraft; Poilievre makes a fancy speech on a return flight from Quebec City to Calgary.It’s been quite a month for politics and airline emissions. Steve Burgess writes. ✈️ Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/14/Please-Advise-Doc-Steve-Trudeau-Poilievre-Plane-Politics/

Help for the sometimes-invisible world of migrant labour: Across B.C., advocates, counsellors, social workers and refugees visit farms, ship supplies and arrange English classes. In the worst of cases, they even rescue workers from abusive farms. A Tyee series. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/14/Lifelines-Thousands-BC-Farmworkers/

Premier Danielle Smith’s support for carbon capture projects is fickle and complicated, much like her understanding of the realities of climate change. Graham Thomson writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/09/14/Danielle-Smith-Carbon-Capture-Contradictions/

Over 5,000 pages of documents obtained show local and provincial governments’ failure to respond to one damning report after another — and raise questions about lax oversight of dikes in Merritt, Abbotsford and Princeton. Ben Parfitt writes. Ben is a policy analyst for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives B.C. office. Published Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/09/14/BC-Dikes-Ticking-Time-Bombs/

Don’t miss the chance to see the Canadian premiere of one of Spain’s most influential international artists. Rocío Molina’s creations all have one thing in common: a curious and transgressive look at flamenco, escaping from well-trodden paths. DanceHouse writes. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/09/13/Contest-Flamenco-Rocio-Molina/

Baristas at Starbucks’ Clayton Crossing in Surrey and Valley Centre in Langley this week voted 91% in favour of walking off the job. They’re hoping the company will return to the table before the pumpkin spice lattes stop flowing. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/13/Starbucks-Workers-Back-At-Strike/

Two weeks before Jen Mio was due to give birth, she was told her local maternity ward would likely close due to staff shortages. Her next closest hospitals were hours away. She’s not the only expectant parent going through this. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/13/Staffing-Shortages-Leave-Expectant-Parents-In-Lurch/

From a health-care provider keeping a good reputation, to patient privacy, the smallness of a community is a game-changer when it comes to health care. 🩺🏘🌈 River Huckleberry Kero and Sarah Amy Leung report. Second in a series. River is an artist and writer living on the unceded ancestral traditional territories of the hən̓̓qəmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples. Sarah is a queer, disabled writer with cerebral palsy. Published Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/13/Rural-Mental-Health-Care-In-Rural-Areas/

PHOTOS: Stanley Park, containing some of Canada’s largest old-growth trees, provides an immediate reminder of what used to exist all across Vancouver. Solana Pasqual reports. Solana was an intern with The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/12/Walking-Among-Vancouver-Urban-Giants/

This year’s inflation rate is well below last year’s but not as low as the Bank of Canada’s rate.It strikes a balance for renters and owners, says Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon.There’s no need for balance: “Landlords are doing just fine,” says one economist. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/12/BC-Rent-Increase-Next-Year/

Dennis Hunter was hit on a stretch of East Hastings with a speed limit of 30 km/h to protect vulnerable pedestrians with addiction and mental health issues. It took B.C.’s Independent Investigations Office 10 months to investigate. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/12/Police-Car-Dennis-Hunter-Chargers/

Organizers say hundreds of employees at WildBrain Studios, whose animators create “The Snoopy Show” and “Carmen Sandiego,” have signed cards to join IATSE 938, which hopes to organize animation, video game and visual effects companies across Canada. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/12/BC-Rent-Increase-Next-Year/

Happy anniversary, The Cultch! For its 50th, the season bursts with comedy, world premieres from Vancouver theatre companies, three circus shows and a very East Van Panto twist on “Beauty and the Beast.” By The Cultch. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/09/11/Celebrate-Live-Theatre/

Why sacrifice the star candidate in a hopeless bid to defeat Health Minister Adrian Dix? Paul Willcocks writes. Paul is a senior editor at The Tyee. Published Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/11/BC-Greens-Face-Mission-Impossible/

Pierre Poilievre is describing both Pierre Elliot Trudeau and his son Justin as plain unmodified Marxists. As followers hijack his brand, this is really giving Karl Marx too much credit. Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/11/Green-Marx/

EXCLUSIVE: The RCMP spent $11 million on patrolling a resource road on #Wetsuweten territory to protect a pipeline project — despite no significant police actions in the area, according to documents obtained by The Tyee. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/11/RCMP-Spending-on-CGL-Pipeline/

“Health care in B.C. in shambles”: After critiquing hospitals and the Health Ministry’s #COVID19 response, Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi left his career as a surgeon earlier this year.Now as a BC Green, he comes for the NDP’s Adrian Dix’s seat in Vancouver-Renfrew. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/08/BC-Greens-Coming-Adrian-Dix-MLA-Seat/

Poilievre would be the most right-wing prime minister in our modern history. Six of his claims to keep in mind — and expose — before the next election. Jonathan Sas writes. Jonathan has worked in senior policy and political roles in government, think tanks and the labour movement. Published Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/08/Defeat-Poilievre-Politics-Abandonment/

“Increasingly urgent, increasingly hopeless.” Australian coal companies were given free rein over some parts of Alberta’s iconic Rockies. Now they’ve been abandoned. Groundwater oozes, weeds flourish, equipment is left and scattered. Clayton Keim reports. Clayton is a Calgary-based freelance journalist with an interest in the economy, social issues and Alberta politics. Published Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/08/Forsaken-Urgent-Alberta-Eroding-Coal-Roads/

From hip hop to tap to flamenco, local and global choreographers and performers will explore the sheer joy of moving in this year’s Dance Centre season. Don’t miss the astonishing range covering evolution, culture and identity, starting Sept. 16. By The Dance Centre. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/09/07/Through-Movement-Transformation/

Allison Colligan was allegedly kicked out of a supportive housing building after a sexual assault. Advocates say they're concerned about how she was treated, and say the case shows gaps in a system designed to keep vulnerable people housed. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/07/Sexual-Assault-Kicked-Out-Supportive-Housing/

B.C.’s Ministry of Children and Family Development failed a youth in care when it neglected to offer her access to legal advice she was entitled to, a report has found.The ministry also rejected an audit to see if other youth had been similarly affected. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/07/Worse-Record-Keeping-Practices/

More than 10,000 migrant farmworkers, mostly from Latin America, come to B.C. each year to help harvest the province’s bounty. But many live in sub-standard and even dangerous housing, say consular officials and non-profits. Second in a series. Zak Vescera reports. Zak reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/07/Crisis-Migrant-Farmworker-Housing/

The bulk of “Scrapper” is a slow dance as erstwhile father and daughter come to discover how much they truly share. Dorothy Woodend reviews. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/06/Scrapper-Perfect-Movie-Complicated-September-Emotions/

The bulk of “Scrapper” is a slow dance as erstwhile father and daughter come to discover how much they truly share. Dorothy Woodend reviews. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023.

Scandals gain life through exposure, and like a bestselling book, have to have memorable characters — like Phoenix Kiss. Doctor Steve writes. Steve Burgess is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/06/Please-Advise-Weird-Greenbelt-Scandal-Doc-Steve/

Mike Roman was indicted in Georgia along Trump for allegedly conspiring to steal the U.S. election. Why should Canadians care? His resume includes preaching to Conservative party insiders and working with former PM Harper. Michael Harris writes. Michael, a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/09/06/Mike-Roman-Canadian-Ties/

“I had not had a positive counselling experience”: Only 11% of straight Canadians reported poor or fair mental health — compared to 32% of sexual minority Canadians, said a 2021 survey. But counsellors lack competency in queer issues. First of a series. River Huckleberry Kero reports. River is an artist and writer living on the unceded ancestral traditional territories of the hən̓̓qəmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples. Published Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/06/Making-Room-For-More-Queer-Counsellors/

“The god of back to school whispers in her ear, ‘You felt this last year, the year before, just get to the classroom, write your name on the blackboard and say I am your teacher.’” Award-winning poet Lorna Crozier on the recurring season. Published Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/06/God-Of-Back-To-School/

Alberta UCP kicked off September misleadingly calling the federal government’s 2035 net-zero electricity proposal “unaffordable blackout regulations.” They got this shtick from the Republicans south of the 49th parallel. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/05/Steve-Bannon-Alberta-UCP/

The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis are coming to Vancouver for one night only. Win tickets to see a repertoire of historic compositions and commissioned works. By Coastal Jazz. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/09/05/Contest-Wynton-Marsalis/

Spoiler: Conditions did not allow. A vivid excerpt from ocean journalist Laura Trethewey’s “The Deepest Map,” published by Goose Lane, which writes of the people and industries racing to map the ocean floor entirely by 2030. Published Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/05/Mapping-If-Conditions-Allow/

About 65,000 people were displaced in the 2017 wildfires. An in-depth review of how B.C. manages wildfires and floods made 108 recommendations in response. Six years and one town burnt down later, B.C. still hasn’t implemented many of them. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/05/High-Profile-Wildfire-Review-Real-Change/

The Starbucks on Dunbar Street, one of only four unionized Starbucks in Vancouver, will shut down at the end of this month — due to unrelated reasons, says a spokesperson. But veteran organizers say the company has a history of discouraging unionization. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. ☕️ https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/04/Vancouver-Only-Unionized-Starbucks-Closing/

“We have such a history of uncovering new frontiers and not treating them very well. What is the point?” andrea bennett interviews ocean journalist Laura Trethewey on her new book documenting the race to map the seafloor by 2030. andrea is The Tyee's senior editor. Published Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/04/Inside-Quest-To-Chart-Seafloor/

Who’s standing up for Albertan workers? Is it Premier Danielle Smith, who suggests anyone questioning the future of oil and gas is betraying workers? Gil McGowan, Alberta Federation of Labour president, asks this #LabourDay in The Tyee. Published Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/03/Alberta-Workers-Future-Denial-Blocks-View/

“This is a very, very big deal.” Around 486 British Columbians have ALS. Now, an oral formulation of the drug edaravone, also called Radicava, is covered by PharmaCare. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/01/New-Meds-ALS-Better-Quality-Life/

Seven months pregnant and alone while her husband was at work, Ayesha Tabassum was trapped on her balcony as a fire entered her Mount Pleasant apartment. Now she says if she’d known the landlord’s history with fires, “we wouldn’t have lived there.” Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/01/Pregnant-Trapped-Burning-Apartment-Building/

DEBATE: A four-point scale will replace letter grades in report cards for students in kindergarten to Grade 9 in B.C. this year. It’s meant to provide a clearer picture of where the student is at. But many are asking: If it’s not broken, why fix it? Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/01/BC-End-Letter-Grades-Report-Cards/

Rising construction costs, inflation and delays have made it harder than ever for non-profits to build affordable housing. After a delay of a year and four months, a 91-unit project in Surrey ballooned from $36.6 to $57.5 million. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/31/Affordable-Housing-Unaffordable-Build/

“We’ve been here 12 years and I have not seen a season quite like this.” But Vancouver Island farmers Arzeena Hamir and her husband will face this drought on their 10-hectare farm before turning to British Columbia’s mismanaged water licensing system. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/31/On-Frontlines-BC-Drought/

A new form of climate denialism? Politicians claiming to be climate leaders, while approving planet-wrecking infrastructure in the same breath. Emiko Newman and Erin Blondeau write. Emiko is co-ordinator of the BC Climate Emergency Campaign. Erin is director of communications with the Climate Emergency Unit. Published Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/31/Canada-Youth-Climate-Corps/

While supporting his family in Guatemala packing cucumbers in Abbotsford, Jeffry Hernández says he faced abuse, was paid under minimum wage and was housed in cramped quarters. He’s not the only one. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/31/Bad-Apples-Rotten-Orchard/

“It isn’t magical or mysterious. It’s quite simple. It’s the act of paying attention, what philosopher Simone Weil called ‘the rarest and purest form of generosity.’” Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/30/Claire-Simon-Our-Body-French-Documentary-Retrospective/

Property wealth has become a massive source of inequality in B.C. Five policies to tackle it, as well as raise provincial revenue to invest in public services and housing and help lower housing prices. Alex Hemingway writes. Alex is a senior economist and public finance analyst at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, B.C. office. Published Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/08/30/How-BC-Could-Tax-Property-Values/

J. Cote & Son Excavating Ltd. is facing rare criminal charges 11 years after Jeff Caron, a pipe-layer, was crushed to death on the job. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/30/Charges-Laid-In-Worker-Death-After-11-Years/

In wasp world, the queen has died and the young bucks no longer partake in the process of reproduction. Who does this remind us of…? Incels. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/30/Whats-Up-With-The-Wasps/

While the case of two Chilliwack children abused, one fatally, is under investigation, social workers tell The Tyee child welfare teams across B.C. have been poorly staffed — and getting worse — for years. Jen St. Denis and Katie Hyslop report. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/30/Social-Workers-Poor-Job-Conditions-Kids-Danger/

“After spending nearly all the first year of my life in my birthplace, camp Khao-I-Dang, I spent the next 17 years in Goderich, Ontario. The wide-open spaces of forest, roads and lake shaped my identity, made me feel free to eat, sleep and try new things.” Y-Dang Troeung writes. Y-Dang was assistant professor of English at the University of British Columbia. She passed away in November 2022, after completing the final draft of her extraordinary memoir, Landbridge. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/08/29/Landbridge-Book-Excerpt/

Farmworkers stand to lose income as farms shorten or suspend operations due to the extreme heat and devastating fires, say non-profit groups. Now some call on the feds to issue emergency work permits and allow those workers to take other jobs. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/29/Extreme-Weather-Migrant-Farmworkers/

It’s a week before school and B.C. still does not have an updated plan for reducing respiratory infections in schools, says Protect Our Province BC. Michelle Gamage and Katie Hyslop write. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/29/Back-to-School-COVID-Crush/

A solar farm in Alberta was poised to be the first cooperatively financed in Western Canada. But the United Conservative Party’s freeze on renewables was “devastating,” say backers. Clayton Keim reports. Clayton is a Calgary-based freelance journalist with an interest in the economy, social issues and Alberta politics. Published Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/29/Unplugging-Alberta-Solar-Project/

Poilievre has been in Parliament since 2004 and Conservative leader since 2022. But he’s no Peggy Sawyer in “42nd Street”: “You’re going out a youngster but you’re coming back a star!” Steve Burgess on the Opposition’s x-factor — or lack thereof. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/28/Poilievre-Cool-Factor-Climbing/

On Oct. 3, authors Jen Sookfong Lee, Bob McDonald and Jody Wilson-Raybould will share their unique insights into their wildly successful works. Don’t miss an enlightening discussion that also raises money for the Cancer Research Society. By Read for the Cure. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/08/28/Contest-Read-Cure-Books/

Ken Sim said he’d limit partisan politics once elected. But with the hiring of Harrison Flemming, formerly part of one of the most aggressively partisan administrations in Canada, observers say Sim appears to have dropped this pretence. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/28/Ken-Sim-Rough-Comms-Director/

With entire cities being evacuated due to wildfires, The Tyee felt it was a good time to follow up with another guide on how to take care of yourself during the worst Canadian wildfire season ever. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/28/Evacuation-Health-101/

“When I got off work it was a struggle to drive home.” Cooks, construction workers and farmhands are toiling in temperatures their parents never experienced, leading to a surge in heat-related injuries and calls for stronger worker protections. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/28/Rising-Heat-Worker-Safety/

The U.S. Air Force was not to enter Canadian airspace. But the B-36 bomber’s engines burst into flames somewhere east of Haida Gwaii, and the pilot had to give the crew a chance to survive — in the wilds of coastal B.C. rather than the frigid Pacific Ocean. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/25/Northwest-BC-Case-Missing-Nuke/

“You just have so much intense heat on the ground — it sucks up all the moisture.” The rare fire tornado, posted to social media this week, happens when wildfires are so intense they generate their own weather. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/25/Fire-Tornado-Real-Dangerous/

Crawford Kilian: For 60 years, most educated British Columbians have prospered, burning a growing share of fossil fuels. Now the province is burning down as students prepare for a new school year. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/08/25/Climate-Crisis-Degrow-Higher-Ed/

Song of anger or symphony from hell? It’s day 51 of Unite Here Local 40’s strike against the Sheraton’s Airport Hotel in Richmond. The vast majority are women and people of colour. Workers were so loud the employer sought a court injunction. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/25/Hotel-Union-Making-Noise/

Wild steelhead are prized for their fierce fight on a fishing line, despite being strictly catch-and-release in B.C.But the fish that attract millions in tourist spending each year are also in perilous decline. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/24/Squabbling-Over-Last-Fish/

Little waterways fed by rainwaters were once everywhere in Vancouver, but have been buried to make room for roads and houses.How residents successfully advocated for the creation of the St. George rainway — and for allowing water to follow its course. Christopher Cheung writes. Christopher is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/24/Rainways-Could-Restore-Raincouver/

You may have been stopped by him before: Seasons of East Van chronicles the neighbourhood’s changing faces, clothes, street corners and seasons.But with changing weather comes changing photographs. Olamide Olaniyan writes. Olamide is The Tyee's associate editor. Published Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/24/Vancouver-Street-Photographer-Summer/

Last week, 95% of Yellowknife’s population left as wildfires menace the capital city of 22,000 people.One of the 1,600 people who stayed behind on the barren city right now: “It has a bit of an ‘end of the world’ feeling.” Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/24/Yellowknife-Evacuation-Monster-Wildfire/

A Prince George RCMP officer is under professional review after he was charged with assault this week. It’s his second criminal charge this year: in February June, he pled not guilty to a charge of manslaughter for the 2017 death of Wet’suwet’en-Gitxsan man Dale Culver. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/23/BC-RCMP-Officer-Charged-With-Assault/

“I find it astonishing that we are at this stage of the crisis and the owners of Facebook and Instagram have not said, look, we’re trying to make a point with the federal government, but it’s more important that people are safe,” said Premier Eby. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/23/Facebook-News-Ban-Risking-Lives-In-Wildfires/

Beach-goers are advised not to swim at Willows Beach in Victoria due to record-breaking levels of enterococci. The hazard? 💩 Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/23/Life-Is-A-Beach-Until-E-Coli/

James Bates and his company Wainwright Marine pleaded guilty for its role in a sinking that left two dead. The fine of $315,000 “doesn’t correspond to the severity of what happened,” says mother of Charley, who died February 2021 off the Kitimat coast. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/22/Tugboat-Owner-Fine-After-Two-Died/

It’s a cinch Conservatives won’t be moving their axe the tax rally to Yellowknife, despite plenty of available space. Doctor Steve writes. Steve Burgess is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/22/Politicians-Pander-Cities-Burn/

With keyboards and typefaces made for English, how to communicate Indigenous languages when they are so few digital tools? Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/22/Revitalizing-Power-Indigenous-Typography/

The Fair Wages Commission says make the commission, which studies low-wage work and advises government, permanent. This isn’t an option, confirmed the labour ministry. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/21/Fair-Wage-Commission-Shut-Down/

Mahogany was rapaciously logged in Guatemala and Nicaragua. Stained with the taint of colonial exploitation, it posed complexities for MOV. But the possibilities were too rich to be denied. Thus, “Reclaim + Repair.” Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/21/Reclaimed-Mahogany-MOV/

An Edmonton city councillor said he would sooner see his child made to go to treatment than have someone “step over them on the sidewalk.” As a parent, I understand. As a physician for people experiencing homelessness, it’s more complicated. Bonnie Larson writes. Bonnie is a doctor who has worked with people experiencing homelessness for 15 years. Published Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/21/Always-Be-Someone-For-Everyone/

The B.C. government will announce next month how much residential rents can rise next year. It will factor in landlords’ increased costs, rising interest, and at the same time, renters’ ability to find some affordability, said Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/18/Tenants-Get-Good-Bad-News-Rents-Next-Month/

Summer used to be seasonal. Now it feels terminal. What are we losing?Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/18/Kingdom-Winter-Coat/

We’re excited to announce that, to celebrate The Tyee’s 20th, we are publishing an amazing book of essays! This unpublished essay is featured in “Points of Interest” — now available for pre-order. “As a transracial adoptee, I have been burdened with the ultimate form of imposter syndrome. To present something universal about my Fraser Valley childhood, I offer a bucket of blueberries.” An essay by Harrison Mooney. Harrison is an award-winning author and journalist from Abbotsford, B.C. Published Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/18/Blacker-Berry/

There are plenty of podcasts about the experience of being a woman, but podcasts by and for teenage girls are much more rare. These 17-year-olds hope to fill the void. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/17/Hell-is-Teenage-Girl-Podcast/

Sashay Café is the spot for drag debuts in Victoria. But in June 2022, a man threatened to shoot up their show. Sloane Chomeakwich wanted to demonstrate resilience but for safety, cancelled. On the labour of love that is drag. Sydney Lobe reports. Sydney is a freelance journalist from BC’s Fraser Valley. Published Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/17/Performer-Battles-Anti-Drag-Tide/

Premier Smith may have presented a reasonable face during the election, but it seems the Smith who won the UCP leadership a year ago with half-truths, contradictions and gaslighting is back. Graham Thomson writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/17/Danielle-Smith-Rips-Mask/

Calgary is dithering over recommendations put forward by a task force that spent nine months consulting groups and drafting solutions. Why? Hesitation over broad rezoning and an over-emphasis on increasing supply. Ximena González explains. Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Published Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/16/Calgary-Split-Housing-Affordability-Recommendations/

In this corner, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s messy, biased decision to open a swath of protected land to development. In this corner, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s halt to all and any green energy projects.Who is the scandal champ? Steve Burgess advises. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/16/Who-Wins-Alberta-Ontario-Battle/

For at least 16 years, B.C. has frozen how much it’s willing to pay for adult dental services, covering just half what the BC Dental Association say the work has come to cost.It’s making it difficult for patients to find dentists willing to treat them. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/16/Low-Income-People-BC-Dental-Care/

Police say releasing the report on its handling of Chelsea Poorman’s disappearance could compromise the ongoing investigation.But Poorman’s family says it appears police have made little headway in finding out what happened to the 24-year-old Cree woman. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/15/VPD-Review-Chelsea-Poorman-Investigation/

Yes, the polling looks bad. But there are few things less relevant than a mid-summer poll with no election in sight. Michael Harris writes. Michael Harris, a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/08/15/Justin-Trudeau-Is-Not-Done/

Two books by two journalists paint a thorough picture of inequality, evolution in the heat, and whether the heat will kill you or bankrupt you. Crawford Kilian reviews. Tyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian blogs about climate change at Hothouse Earth. Published Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/15/Climate-Collapse-Heat-Tells-Us/

The Queer Film Festival’s main offering asks big questions of the man upstairs.Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/14/Are-You-There-God-Me-Queer-Person/

A tale of art and advertising: Storm Brewing's mural has adorned the small East Vancouver business for nearly a decade.But this spring, the brewery learned the painting doesn't comply with city sign bylaws. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/14/Mural-Art-Ads/

The current system is too prone to costly labour disputes that shake confidence in Canada’s supply chain, says the federal minister of labour. But what’s the solution? Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/14/Bad-Blood-Port-Negotiations/

Burnaby, the third largest city in B.C., is aiming for units at 50% below-market rents for people in need of subsidy to rent a home. How? A housing corporation. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/14/New-Burnaby-Housing-Authority/

More sharks. More ladies in peril. More impossible stunts. More — just more, okay? Cram it in there. Use a shovel if you have to. Dorothy Woodend on “Meg 2.” Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/14/Meg-2-Film/

Smith’s ban on renewables and pledge to defy federal law are a gift to Trudeau.Written by David J. Climenhaga an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. He blogs at AlbertaPolitics.ca. Follow him on Twitter at @djclimenhaga.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/11/Alberta-Stumbles-World-Stage/

The province is asking people to ‘be prepared, stay safe and look out for one another.’Written by Michelle Gamage, The Tyee’s health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/11/Heat-Wave-Starting/

Ten years before a Mount Pleasant apartment blaze, a Burnaby building with the same owner was destroyed by flames. Now both properties are vacant.Written by Jen St. Denis, reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/11/Towards-Empty-Lot-Three-Apartment-Fires-One-Landlord/

The province’s Labour Ministry is fielding proposals for new requirements on Uber and similar firms.Written by Zak Vescera, The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/11/BC-Moves-Closer-Gig-Worker-Protection-Laws/

Manabu Ikeda’s ‘Flowers from the Wreckage’ intricately mixes beauty and dystopia. Now at the Audain Art Museum in Whistler.Written by Award-winning and cultural journalist Adele Weder.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/11/West-Coast-Fired-Mind-Brilliant-Japanese-Artist/

The top aide to Alberta’s premier ran a BC treatment centre blasted by a newly revealed 2011 internal government report.Written by Paul Willcocks, senior editor at The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/10/Marshall-Smith-Recovery-Success/

A building gutted by flames lacked sprinklers and was cited repeatedly for fire safety violations.Written by Jen St. Denis, a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/10/Fire-Vancouver-Rental-Housing/

The grapes in Cowichan Valley, B.C.’s largest vineyard will produce pinot noir, chardonnay, and gamay noir wine for the California owners. Some praised their sustainable approaches. Others critiqued that it replaced 24 hectares of rare coastal Douglas firs. Larry Pynn reports. Larry is a veteran environmental journalist who publishes sixmountains.ca, a blog where a version of this first appeared. Published Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/09/When-Forests-Fall-For-Wine-Grapes/

Evictions for vulnerable tenants have repeatedly led to homelessness.This article was written by Jen St. Denis, a reporter for The Tyee who specializes in covering civic issues. You can find her on Twitter under the username @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/04/Supportive-Housing-Help-Tenants-Stay-Housed/

The movie adaptation of Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel swings for the fences. But what gets lost in translation?This piece is written by Dorothy Woodend, The Tyee's culture editor.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/04/Shortcomings-Imperfection-Speaks-Volumes/

A court found the cabinet overrode Deena Hinshaw. The potential impact is far-reaching.Written by David J. Climenhaga an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. He blogs at AlbertaPolitics.ca. Follow him on Twitter at @djclimenhaga.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/04/Kenney-Government-Broke-Law-Pandemic-Response/

The hot new doc tracks the lives of Black trans sex workers. Is it radical enough?This article is written by Dorothy Woodend, the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/03/Kokomo-City-Wanting-More/

Zuckerberg is going full steam ahead on his Canadian news block. This week’s updates on C-18.This article is written by Sarah Krichel, The Tyee’s social media manager.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/03/Meta-Ban-Canadian-News-Ramps-Up/

Lake Babine Nation says the federal regulator is pulling its temperature thresholds for sockeye salmon ‘out of a hat.’This article is written by Amanda Follett Hosgood, The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/03/DFO-Keep-Popular-Fishing-Spot-Open/

BC is scrambling to retain experienced workers in the face of mounting challenges.This article was written by Zak Vescera, The Tyee's labour reporter, made possible by The Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/03/Pressure-Taking-Toll-BC-firefighters/

The Tyee’s site went down for seven hours on Friday due to a “server failure,” they say. Steve Burgess writes. Steve is The Tyee's political spin doctor. Published Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/02/Please-Advise-Evil-Forces/

“Canada may seem to have risen to the occasion of COVID-19. We wouldn’t know.” British Medical Association experts want an inquiry. It’s a tall order, writes Crawford Kilian, for competent staff, a large budget, and the power to compel sworn testimony. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/08/02/Experts-Want-A-National-COVID-Inquiry/

WorkSafeBC proposed new regulations including stronger requirements that supervisors are qualified and rules that safety experts say could bring more inspections of worksites. Had those rules been in place, a son might be alive, says grieving father. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/02/Safety-Improvements-After-Deadly-Crane-Collapse/

Benjamin Perrin, once advisor to PM Stephen Harper, had a change of heart after encounters with the realities of addiction. Today, he advocates for compassionate if not radical harm reduction. On moral panic and money motives, Carlyn Zwarenstein reports. Carlyn is the author of "On Opium: Pain, Pleasure, and Other Matters of Substance." Published Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/02/Behind-The-Right-Wing-Backlash/

The Tyee’s site went down for seven hours on Friday due to a “server failure,” they say. Steve Burgess isn’t buying it. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/08/02/Please-Advise-Evil-Forces/

Wildfires in B.C. burnt through 1.49 million hectares so far. That makes the year 2023 the most destructive year on record for the province. And the season isn’t even over. Story and graphs by Christopher Cheung. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/01/BC-Breaks-Records-Area-Burned-Wildfires-Data-Show/

Last Door was recently accused of trying to delete social media posts by survivors and community members concerning allegations of sexual assault by a contract employee. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/01/Vancouver-Pride-Cuts-Ties-Last-Door-Recovery/

“I have access to feeling this comfortable?” After the lease ended for the venue where Paige Frewer and Ryn Broz threw queer parties, “the stars aligned” for The Birdhouse, the first official venue that is “trans for trans.” Aly Laube reports. Aly is a multimedia journalist with a passion for amplifying underrepresented voices. Published Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/08/01/How-Trans-Spaces-Save-Lives/

🐝 Reframing sex: Sex ed has never not been a hot topic. But BLUSH’s approach uses positivity, peer learning and a variety of workshops on topics like consent and media to tackle the topics today’s youth want to learn about. A Q&A with the educators. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/01/What-Happens-Youth-Talk-Sex/

The agreement included the provision of “normal” maintenance work. Two sources said that was too vague, leaving space for employers to cut jobs and outsource work. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/01/Word-Prolonged-BC-Port-Strike/

The Lake Babine Nation will close a popular fishing site on the Babine River to ensure more salmon are able to return to their spawning grounds and help secure future stocks where 90% of the Skeena River sockeye is produced. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Monday, July 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/31/Babine-Salmon-Closure/

Israel Wood Powell, after whom the city is named, had no specific connection to this place. But during his tenure as the Indian Affairs superintendent from 1872 to 1889, he harmed — and continues to harm — the people who live here. The Name Matters writes. Janet Newbury, Rachelle Harvey and The Name Matters write. The Name Matters is a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous volunteers who advocate for respectful and inclusive place names in the qathet region that reflect these lands’ oral history and the present-day communities residing on them. Published Monday, July 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/31/Babine-Salmon-Closure/

Bill Picha has worked with bees since he was 17. On how the bees help him make rent, his niche rescue service, and that time his kids got “street cred” for removing a swarm of bees in their school courtyard. Cooper Anderson reports. Cooper is a journalist from Tsawwassen, B.C., working towards a degree in writing with a specialization in nonfiction and a minor in social justice at the University of Victoria. Published Monday, July 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/31/Bill-Picha-King-of-the-Bees/

Many readers contacted us thinking the Meta and Google news bans were behind our site being down. No, the reason was more ordinary. But we’re back, and we thank you for your concern and engagement. Jeanette Ageson, Tyee publisher, and David Beers, Tyee editor-in-chief, write. Published Friday, July 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/07/28/Tyee-Blinked-Off/

The Titan and Titanic stir waves of feeling that director James Cameron grasps and a new Science World exhibit evokes.Written by Dorothy Woodend, the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/07/28/Sublime-Terror-Ocean-Deep/

From Raincoast Conservation, a playbook on protecting a precious species.The article is written by Auston Chhor, who works as a policy analyst for the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, and Kristen Walters, who serves as the director of the Lower Fraser Salmon Conservation Program at the same organization.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/28/Save-Wild-Salmon/

A Vancouver man says he was treated in a ‘hostile’ manner after a high school friend used his name at multiple hospitals.written by Michelle Gamage is The Tyee’s health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/28/Identity-Theft-Nightmare-Search-Answers/

As of 2022, only 139 of 1600 public schools offered First Nation language lessons, despite the fact B.C. committed to this education. Why not more? Barriers include lack of fluent teachers, limited resources and an English-dominant society. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Thursday, July 27 ,2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/27/Demand-For-First-Nations-Language-Programs/

Canada, and the rest of the world, is about to be caught in another food crisis. This one is likely to be worse than the last. But if we respond wisely, Canadians will actually get through it better fed and healthier than they are now. Crawford Kilian explains. Crawford is a contributing editor of The Tyee. Published Thursday, July 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/07/27/Global-Food-Insecurity-Rationing/

Vancouver isn’t renewing the lease for a downtown overdose prevention site, despite the neighbourhood’s high rate of toxic drug deaths.Written by Michelle Gamage, The Tyee’s health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/27/Vancouver-Thomus-Donaghy-Overdose-Prevention-Site/

With #BillC18's ripple effects looming over Canadian newsrooms, some double down on their newsletters, some diversify social media platforms. But more than anything, #CdnMedia is reckoning with #BigTech’s power over it. Sarah Krichel reports. Sarah is The Tyee's social media manager. Published Thursday, July 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/27/Staring-Down-Meta-Google-Newsroom-Threats/

“More people died in Canada last year from overdose than the whole European Union.” Gord Johns spoke to The Tyee from Portugal about why forced treatment doesn’t work and how a national strategy could help the #ToxicDrugCrisis. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Wednesday, July 26, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/26/NDP-MP-Learns-Drug-Crisis-Lessons-From-Portugal/

Love your political enemies. They are often your best pals. Steve Burgess, political spin doctor, writes. Published Wednesday, July 26, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/26/How-Crazy-Can-Trudeau-Haters-Get/

Auditors have found B.C. inspectors for cannabis retail stores are likely underestimating how often stores are breaking rules intended to protect public health and reduce crimes. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Wednesday, July 26, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/26/BC-Cannabis-Oversight-Falling-Short/

Learning other languages is beneficial. But programs aren’t always accessible, nor do they always result in fluency. Katie Hyslop dives into what stands in the way of more people in B.C. learning French and First Nations languages. First in a series. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Wednesday, July 26, 2023.

Many are unaware of the violence facing the people of the lands they traverse on the way to breathtaking views and surfing holidays. Meenakshi Mannoe of Pivot Legal Society writes. Published Tuesday, July 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/25/In-Tofino-Dont-Forget-About-Julian-Jones/

School’s out and so are the kids. But as summer programs struggle to secure funding, lower-income families that rely on them have nowhere to turn. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, July 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/25/Where-Kids-Going-When-Schools-Out/

On Friday, the university and MoveUP finally reached a tentative agreement after nearly seven weeks of a full strike. But some union members fear the settlement won’t heal the rifts. Zak Vescera reports. Zak reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, July 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/25/Capilano-University-Strike-Bitterness-Lingers/

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans has granted permission to TC Energy to build a pipeline in a habitat where sensitive fish, birds and amphibians live. Now, two enviro consultants plan to take legal action. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Tuesday, July 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/25/Alberta-Pipeline-Endangers-Threatened-Fish/

‘Forget about supermarket bags or plastic bottles — this is far bigger.’ Can science deliver substitutes?Written by Norman Miller, a U.K.-based journalist living in Brighton and Hove on the English south coast. This piece was originally published by Hakai Magazine.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/24/Huge-Threat-Fibreglass-Healthy-Sea-Life/

“Of course I’m going to take advice from CEOs. Who else would I take advice from?” said the premier. Snarky, but the comment provides insight into how the Alberta leader thinks. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Monday, July 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/24/Smiths-Oil-Exec-Panel/

Without a national standard on how to collect info on gender, sex and sexual orientation, LGBTQ2S+ people experience barriers accessing medical care. Meanwhile, they face higher rates of mortality, chronic diseases and more. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Monday, July 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/24/Health-Records-Void-on-Gender-and-Sex/

In 1889, merchant Yip Sang built the Wing Sang on Pender Street, home to his big family and the many businesses that made him his fortune. This month, hundreds of Yips returned to tour inside. An inside look at their reunion. From Christopher Cheung. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, July 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/07/24/Yips-in-the-House/

Reconsider barriers to air-conditioners in apartments and condos, two Metro Vancouver health authorities are telling rental managers, after a deadly 2021 heat dome killed 619 people. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, July 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/21/Renters-Air-Conditioner-Wars/

About six people died every day last month after they using drugs from the illicit market, reported the BC Coroners Service Wednesday. Fentanyl analogues were involved in 90% of the fatalities. From Michelle Gamage, The Tyee's health reporter. Published Friday, July 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/21/Toxic-Drugs-Killed-British-Columbians-June/

We don’t know yet whether Premier Smith’s local approach will drag Alberta Health Services back to the 1950s south of the Medicine Line, or if it’s just some ideological dressing to keep the her anti-public-health base happy. Maybe a bit of both. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Friday, July 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/21/Danielle-Smith-Blow-Up-Alberta-Health-Care/

We can’t mitigate what we don’t understand. 🔥 From building new governance structures that understand climate risks to emphasizing the recovery process, our #BracingForDisasters series lead Francesca Fionda on what this months-long series taught us. Published Friday, July 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/21/Fifteen-Lessons-Bracing-Disasters/

“Crip Up the Kitchen” aims to make home cooking more accessible for disabled and neurodivergent cooks (and would-be cooks). Our senior editor andrea bennett caught up with author Jules Sherred about “lazy” assumptions, the heroism of a pressure cooker, diet culture and more. Published Friday, July 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/07/21/New-Book-Disabled-Cooks/

Stay cool in a dark room and ponder art while you’re at it. Dorothy Woodend, our culture editor, recommends the best art galleries to hit up. Published Thursday, July 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/07/20/Summer-Art-Galleries-Friends/

ERs in B.C. are past their breaking points, which led to the death of an infant in 2020 and a senior in 2022. Michelle Gamage got the data that depicts the crisis. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Thursday, July 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/20/BC-Emergency-Room-Crisis/

For the rage farmer, anger is an end unto itself. How to slow it? When we see or suspect it, call it out for what it is: a deliberate attempt to manipulate voters into becoming angry. Jared Wesley, a poli-sci prof, and Fajr Ahmad, a comms student, write. Published Tuesday, July 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/07/18/Rage-Farming-Poisoning-Politics/

According to documents obtained by The Tyee via #FOI request, planned operating room closures at Royal Jubilee Hospital and Victoria General Hospital began in fall 2022. Staffing shortages continue to impact the provision of services. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti Basu is a journalist and editor based in Victoria, B.C. Published Tuesday, July 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/18/Victoria-Hospitals-Lack-Of-Staff/

While news media and democracy is facing challenge after challenge, we’re consolidating our resources to bring you a stronger, more integrated Tyee. Apply to be our new web and copy editor now. Details here. Jeanette Ageson, our publisher, and Tara Campbell, our managing editor, write. Published Tuesday, July 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/07/18/Tyee-Hiring-Web-Copy-Editor/

Almost $30 million worth of personal protective equipment the B.C. government bought to deal with #COVID19 was disposed of without being used because it was expired or too low quality, according to a new report. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Tuesday, July 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/18/BC-Spent-Millions-On-Bad-Pandemic-PPE/

“Keep holding people like me to account.” As hateful rhetoric and violence toward the LGBTQ2S+ community rises, Sarah Krichel spoke to NDP MLA Janis Irwin about what it’s like to be on the front lines of advocacy for queer and trans people. Sarah Krichel is The Tyee's social media manager. Published Monday, July 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/17/Janis-Irwin-Queer-Joy/

Celebrating creativity and the craft of upcycling of mid-century mahogany, “Reclaim + Repair” is a diverse group of 31 local designers who created 22 objects made from vintage mahogany provided by MOV. Opening July 20. By Museum of Vancouver. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, July 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/07/17/Contest-Reclaim-Repair-Tickets/

Coastal GasLink has resumed construction after B.C.’s Environmental Assessment Office lifted some stop-work orders in a 14-kilometre stretch late last week. But did the measures accomplish anything? Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Monday, July 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/17/CGL-Stop-Work-Orders/

The Tyee’s team can’t post our journalism on Instagram. But you told us you can.Written by Sarah Krichel, The Tyee’s social media manager.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/14/Meta-Blocked-Tyee-Journalism-Online-News-Act-Readers-Sharing/

In the years of the postwar baby boom, Richmond was filled with kids playing by ditches. Which begs the question... why so many ditches? The island city, a.k.a. “Ditchmond,” needed the drainage opportunities due to being prone to flooding. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Friday, July 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/07/14/Wild-Childhood-Ditches-Richmond/

Tracing the dawn of the Anthropocene shows us the extent to which humans have altered the planet. And the costs of our presence.Written by Crawford Kilian, a contributing editor of The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/07/14/Crawford-Lake-Peak-Humanity/

“Morally indefensible”: Want to know what caused the Value Village on East Hastings to burn down? Pay $260. Andrew McLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Friday, July 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/14/FOI-Gap-Restricts-Information-Vancouver-Fires/

His case makes three conservative former justice ministers currently cited in Alberta. ‘Unprecedented,’ says expert.Written by Charles Rusnell, an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/14/UCP-Kaycee-Madu-Faces-Misconduct-Allegations-Law-Society/

If even one person is missing, Transport Canada won’t let a ferry sail. And a lack of workers plagues this former Crown, now-faux-independent business, writes our senior editor Paul Willcocks. Published Thursday, July 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/13/BC-Ferries-Cancelling-Sailings-Jobs/

“I can’t picture Metrotown without it.”Just as Romans had roads to link up to the state, Metrotown had its overhead bridge. Until it was cut off from the station, forcing pedestrians who depended on it onto the already crowded streets. Christopher Cheung writes. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Thursday, July 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/13/Metrotown-Bridge-to-Nowhere/

After the feds and Quebec governments suspended advertising with Meta during the ongoing #BillC18 dispute, B.C. has changed its mind and will stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram, too. Mostly. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Thursday, July 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/13/BC-Cuts-Ads-Meta-Media-Censorship/

No one is sharpening knives or staging a coup. Here’s why Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley is leaving soon anyway. Graham Thomson writes. Graham Thomson is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published Thursday, July 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/07/13/Notley-Exits-Who-Takes-Place/

The phrase “all my friends are dead” is found across the #DowntownEastside, expressing the overwhelming sense of loss in the neighbourhood over the past decade. One photographer highlights the graffiti art in a new exhibit. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Wednesday, July 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/07/12/All-My-Friends-Are-Dead-Graffiti-Exhibit-Toxic-Drugs-Grief-Art/

Mark Zuckerberg has begun blocking Canadian news providers — including The Tyee. So we ask you, readers: Will you help us gauge the scope of the blast radius? Our editor in chief David Beers writes. Published Wednesday, July 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/12/Meta-Blocked-The-Tyee/

Kids with disabilities are being sent home early, asked to stay home or excluded from the full-time education they have a right to receive, according to a survey from BCEd Access Society. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Wednesday, July 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/12/Disabled-Kids-Excluded-From-Education/

Elon Musk will forever be invoked as a shorthand for epic screw-ups. But our saviour has arrived! Riding over the hill, getting closer, it’s the hero we’ve prayed for! It’s... Mark Zuckerberg. Steve Burgess writes. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Tuesday, July 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/07/11/Tech-Billionaire-Worst-Social-Media-Network/

“If [allegations] are substantiated it will be an embarrassment [for] government.” After a sexual assault was reported to Burns Lake RCMP in 2012, the force circulated briefs about the accused’s high-profile positions, all the way up to the commissioner. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Tuesday, July 11, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/11/RCMP-Investigation-Well-Known-Canadian/

After the BC Liberals sold Little Mountain's social housing site to Holborn Group for $334 million, residents were forced out. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/10/Little-Mountain-15-Years-On/Today, 15 years later, when residents look for reassurance of its completion, “it’s always, ‘It’s not happening this month.’” Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Monday, July 10, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/10/Little-Mountain-15-Years-On/

“As I tangle with Threads, I’ll never forget who’s holding the strings.” Senior editor Jackie Wong spends a weekend with Meta's new social media platform, Threads. A comforting yet hollow refuge as Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk continue to lock horns. Published Monday, July 10, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/07/10/The-Pull-of-Threads/

Much of the trees in McLeod Lake Indian Band’s treaty lands have been stripped in a logging surge. Defenders say beetle infestations made it necessary. But it isn’t clear how much of the logged timber was degraded. Special report from Ben Parfitt. Ben is a resource policy analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives B.C. office. Published Monday, July 10, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/10/Logging-in-McLeod/

Zuckerberg’s firm is killing links to Canadian news, but the province keeps spending on Facebook and Instagram.Written by Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/07/Feds-Stopped-BC-Will-Keep-Buying-Ads-Meta/

People facing environmental racism will now have more tools to protect themselves. But is it too late for those already facing high levels of pollution? Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Friday, July 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/07/Canada-Cornerstone-Environmental-Law-Gets-Update/

There are over 4,700 PFAS, and the Canadian and international regulations in place only cover a tiny fraction of the forever chemicals in the market. Amira Aker, Mélanie Lemire, Pascale Ropars and Pierre Avotte write. Aker is a postdoctoral fellow in environmental epidemiology, Lemire and Ayotte are professors in the department of social and preventative medicine and Pascale Ropars is a researcher at Sentinel North; all at Université Laval. Published Friday, July 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/07/06/Canada-Regulating-Forever-Chemicals/

The videos in artist Jeremy Shaw’s dance exhibition — on display at the @PolygonGallery — are so well choreographed they appear authentic at first glance. Walking through can make one intensely aware of being a body in space. Dorothy Woodend reviews. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Tuesday, July 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/07/04/Jeremy-Shaw-Phase-Shifting-Index/

“We wanted to alarm the government on the international stage.” These architects selected to represent Canada at Venice’s Biennale disrupted impressions that Canada is a well-functioning social democracy that has housing all figured out. Christopher Cheung reports. Chris is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

Tomorrow it’ll be exactly 100 years since Canada closed the door on immigration from China through its Chinese Exclusion Act. Fittingly, a new museum helping people understand themselves and each other, Chinese or not, opens tomorrow. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Friday, June 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/30/Chinese-Canadian-Museum-Vancouver-Chinatown-Wing-Sang/

A B.C. region where two Indigenous children were horrifically abused in foster care — one of them fatally — has the second lowest safety compliance rate. It demonstrates how B.C.’s foster care system continues to fail vulnerable kids, say critics. Jen St. Denis and Katie Hyslop report. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Published Friday, June 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/30/Horrific-Case-Highlights-Huge-Safety-Gaps-BC-Foster-Care/

Two children endured abuse a judge described as ‘torture’ in a Lower Mainland region with abysmally low safety compliance rates.Written by: Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Katie Hyslop is a reporter with The Tyee covering education and youth issues.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/30/Horrific-Case-Highlights-Huge-Safety-Gaps-BC-Foster-Care/

“We as a community should celebrate and where possible preserve”: Don’t miss West Coast Modern Week, an annual celebration of the distinct architectural style with deep roots in West Vancouver. By West Coast Modern. This is a Tyee Presents sponsored content article which highlights events and initiatives put on by us or select partners. Published Friday, June 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/06/30/Celebrate-West-Coast-Modernism/

“Closure on the worst nightmare of my life”: Two years later, answers for what caused the devastating #Lytton fire — which destroyed 90% of the community and killed two residents — continue to be mired in secrecy. Amanda Follett Hosgood, The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter, reports. Published Friday, June 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/30/Lytton-Long-Road-Home/

Before we celebrate the fiscal rose in Alberta, three things Albertans should keep in mind. Graham Thomson writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years. Published Friday, June 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/06/30/Receding-Oil-Prices-Dog-Danielle-Smith-Pet-Projects/

Noted scientist, historian and Big Data expert Peter Turchin argues that if we approach history as a science, we can predict at least the general trend of the near future. Crawford Kilian reviews End Times, Turchin's latest book. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Thursday, June 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/29/These-End-Times-Who-Save-Us/

It’s been over 20 years since Robert Pickton was arrested after years of preying on women in the #DowntownEastside. But Pickton was not the only serial killer to prey on sex workers in the city. Journalist Eve Lazarus reveals another. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Thursday, June 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/29/Vancouver-Serial-Killer-Unmasked/

The only way to pull a fourth term from under Trudeau’s feet is for the Opposition to make themselves more attractive to voters who don’t like anyone. But how does Poilievre do that? Michael Harris writes. Michael is a Tyee contributor and a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published Thursday, June 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/06/29/Canadians-Want-Change-Poilievre/

When you need a laugh, a fresh perspective or submarine content, The Tyee staff has your next favourite book on our summer reading list. By Tyee Staff. Published Monday, June 26, 2023.

“I want to know what physically happened to my son.” After a 90-metre tower crane in Kelowna collapsed in July 2021, a delay for answers and accountability is unacceptable, say family members of those who died and advocates. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Monday, June 26, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/26/Crane-Collapsed-Five-People-Died-Two-Years-No-Answers/

Carefully, says Dr. Steve. And with tattoos.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/23/Please-Advise-Dress-Public-Pool/

More than 600 people helped us achieve our goal with days still left of our campaign. So we’ve set a “stretch goal” of $70,000. If we reach it, we’ll fund an additional cool reporting project investigating how B.C. can better manage its forests. By Jeanette Ageson, The Tyee's publisher, and David Beers, The Tyee's chief editor. Published Friday, June 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/06/23/Supporters-Hit-Goal-Upping-Ante/

“I have dear friends here in Kelowna whose children are trans. I have felt the heaviness of their anxiety. Concern about safety and visibility.” Wilbur Turner, Advocacy Canada founder, on what media has missed in the coverage of the Kelowna track meet. Published Friday, June 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/23/Kelowna-Transphobia-Queer-Grandpa-Heart/

Attention: The Tyee — and your other go-to news outlets — may soon disappear from your news feeds and search engines. What the hell is going on, you say? Our publisher Jeanette Ageson explains. Published Friday, June 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/23/News-Erased-Google-Facebook/

“We’ll never lock ourselves out of management again.”Indigenous harvesters have pulled herring out of Kitasu Bay for thousands of years. But stocks have been in decline for a hundred years. Now the Kitasoo Xai’xais close the area to commercial harvest. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Friday, June 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/23/One-Last-Herring-Roe-Harvests-Coast/

“Indigenous law is a standalone legal order.” Colonization took away First Nations’ rights to protect their land, resulting in diminishing resources and species. But nations are re-establishing stewardship. Part one. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Thursday, June 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/22/Dense-Intense-History-Plate-Tectonics/

Are crashes inevitable in urban life? Not according to a one approach incorporating infrastructure, law and human error. B.C. communities followed suit in some ways, but 2,000 crashes with pedestrians a year in the Lower Mainland, there is work to do. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Wednesday, June 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/21/Why-Redesigning-Roads-Can-Save-Lives/

In the first five months of this year, 1,018 British Columbians died due to #ToxicDrugs and since 2017 about 1.4% of #ToxicDrug deaths involved someone younger than 19, reported the BC Coroners Service Monday. These new beds will help, says gov. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Wednesday, June 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/21/BC-Adds-New-Drug-Treatment-Youth-Beds/

When a Canadian museum tweeted something not entirely accurate about #Kamloops, denialists jumped to spread misinfo. Niigaan Sinclair and Sean Carleton encourage all to understand how denialists spread misinformation. We all have role to play in responding. Niigaan is a professor of Indigenous studies at the University of Manitoba, where Sean Carleton is an assistant professor of history and Indigenous studies. Published Tuesday, June 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/20/Residential-School-Denialism-On-Rise/

“This is supposed to be a company that protects women. What is going on?” Lisa Welsh was evicted from the Columbia Hotel — her home after the Winters Hotel fire — due to the behaviour of a man who visited her when she wasn’t home. Jen St. Denis reports. Published Tuesday, June 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/20/Winters-Fire-Survivor-Evicted/

“If I didn’t have access to safe drugs I’d probably be dead, just like a lot of my friends.” Should we be concerned about diverted safe supply?Why hasn’t safe supply reduced drug deaths? Where from here? Michelle Gamage and Jen St. Denis report. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Tuesday, June 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/20/State-of-Safe-Supply/

One BC Parks community liaison officer is travelling from Prince George to Houston, Smithers, Hazelton and more, dropping shiny new packs and equipment for a day on the trails. And all you need to get your hands on one is a library card. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Tuesday, June 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/20/Hiking-Check-Backpack-Out-Library/

When Josef Tesar decided a competitor at a Kelowna kids’ track meet was a boy, he disrupted the event. Any reasonable person would agree this is despicable behaviour. Not BC Conservatives. Paul Willcocks writes. Published Tuesday, June 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/20/Conservatives-Ugly-Approach-Democracy/

It turns out the crises are intricately connected. How Parker Cove — and other B.C. regions that burned in 2021 — faced the whiplash of fires followed by floods. Zoe Yunker reports. Zoe is a Victoria-based journalist writing about energy and environmental politics. Published Monday, June 19, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/19/When-Fire-Burns-Path-Flood/

PlaceDetective🔍: It’s witnessed unions deliberating, Grateful Dead performances, even raves. To Vancouver’s labour movement, the Maritime Labour Centre and its trove of treasures represent a disappearing part of their history. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Monday, June 19, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/19/Case-Nearly-Lost-Mural-Lionizes-Workers/

TOMORROW: Tune in for an online discussion with survivors and reporters on healing and rebuilding after devastation. Free to attend! By SFU Public Square. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, June 19, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/06/19/Meet-BC-Climate-Risks-Event/

Immigrants are a “large proportion of the workforce, but really at the bottom.” From rising tuition to unpaid practicums, it’s difficult for immigrants and refugees to succeed in the sector, say workers and advocates. Five policies to help. Emma Arkell reports. Emma is a multimedia journalist based in Vancouver. Published Monday, June 19, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/19/How-To-Improve-Opportunities-Child-Care/

For Palexelsiya Lorelei Williams, finding safe spaces for Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit means the world. She spoke to us about her dance group Butterflies in Spirit that celebrates identity, culture and community, and remembers #MMIWG2S. Poornima Francis interviews. Poornima is a journalist and filmmaker completing an internship with The Tyee. Published Friday, June 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/16/Butterflies-Spirit-Names/

Const. Rachel Cox and Const. Andrea Hanley were put in charge of a spin-off investigation into broader assault allegations at Immaculata Elementary School in Burns Lake a decade ago. But they’ve been removed from the list of RCMP witnesses. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Friday, June 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/16/RCMP-Removes-Investigators-Tribunal-Witness-List/

Analogue dams mimic beaver-built dams and help create wetlands, which help resiliency against wildfires and improve fish habitats by slowing streams. Despite being human-made, beavers are key to their success. Liz McDonald and Curtis Seufert report. Liz is a journalist based in the Thompson-Nicola region of B.C. Curtis is a Vancouver-based journalist covering arts, culture, municipal affairs and environment issues. Published Friday, June 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/16/BC-Restore-Wetlands-Beavers/

One by one over the weeks, The Tyee published 11 stories of survivors who escaped disaster. We wove in how people, communities and province can be better prepared in an era of rising climate-related catastrophes. Now gathered here in one article. Francesca Fionda writes. Francesca is an investigative reporter and regular contributor with The Tyee. Published Friday, June 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/16/Surviving-In-Their-Own-Words/

“Ethan could still be with us if the people in power acknowledged what is going on in cities.” Surrey high school students wrote letters about the murder of Ethan Bespflug that “could have [been] prevented.” Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Thursday, June 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/06/15/Student-Letters-Ethan-Bespflug/

“I was getting ready to die.” Women return to abusive situations, enter homelessness and some report contemplating suicide following their time in transitional housing. We spoke to eight former residents about what needs to change. Emily Fagan reports. Emily Fagan is a freelance journalist and associate producer at CBC News. Published Thursday, June 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/15/Women-Nowhere-Transitional-Housing/

Forests have come back significantly over the last century, owing in large part to the exodus of rural residents to cities. We can keep the momentum by returning land to Indigenous communities, notes Fred Pearce in “A Trillion Trees.” James Boothroyd reviews. James Boothroyd is a communications consultant, and project director of EcoAnalytics Research. Published Wednesday, June 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/14/Restore-World-Forests-Trillion-Trees-Nature-Indigenous-Canada/

Designed for anyone in government, engineering or other sectors impacted by climate change, this new online program offers the skills, knowledge and strategies needed to overcome systemic barriers and implement effective climate solutions. By Kim Mah. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, June 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/06/14/New-SFU-Program-To-Fight-Climate-Change/

Updates to the Public Interest Disclosure Act are meant to protect health-care workers who come forward with concerns. Critics say workers will continue to be “muzzled” until they can speak publicly without going through the comms department. Michelle Gamage and Zak Vescera report. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Wednesday, June 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/14/Health-Workers-Doubt-Whistleblower-Protections/

“Now, I can help in a moment’s notice because I’m not traumatized.” Patsy Gessey on what Lytton taught her about wildfires, and how it led to her saving her market garden from another wildfire the following summer. As told to Francesca Fionda. As part of our Bracing for Disasters series, The Tyee  partnered with researchers and journalists at the Climate Disaster Project to  gather and share 11 survivors’ experiences told in their own words. Published Wednesday, June 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/14/Not-Afraid-Of-The-Fire/

In 2011, a former French president got a two-year suspended sentence for corruption, and the same year, a former Israeli president was sentenced seven years in prison for rape. But don’t count on Trump joining the accountability club? Michael Harris writes. Michael is a Tyee contributor and a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published Tuesday, June 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/06/13/Trump-Finally-Cooked-Dont-Bet-On-It/

“Harm reduction work across the country is really positive to read about (thanks to The Tyee). Those helping hands and hearts give me hope for a better world.” We interviewed Jack Derricourt, Tyee Builder, about why he supports independent media. Em Cooper writes. Em is outreach manager for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, June 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/06/13/Become-Tyee-Builder-Hear-From-One/

“Without contributors, there is no zine.” As Alberta regresses on supporting youth transitioning out of care, Penny Frazier, former group home operator, spoke to us about the importance of listening to their stories. Katie Hyslop interviews. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, June 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/13/Penny-Frazier-Zine-Heard-Interview/

A job action of roughly 800 student teachers has been launched after a graduating student handed a strike notice to the Simon Fraser University president while crossing the stage during a convocation ceremony on Friday on behalf of the Teaching Support Staff Union. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, June 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/13/SFU-Teaching-Assistants-Job-Action/

Brain-smoked Americans name Canada, not global heating, as the source of orange air. Brain-smoked Ontario Premier Doug Ford blamed the wildfires on lightning and careless campers. Crawford Kilian on the condition befuddling citizens and politicians alike. Crawford is a contributing editor to The Tyee. Published Monday, June 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/06/12/Clear-Minds-Brain-Smoke/

Imagine getting out on the water aboard a historic tall ship, while supporting Indigenous work to protect marine ecosystems. Well, one lucky Tyee reader will win two tickets to do just that. Learn more here. By RAVEN. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, June 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/06/12/Indigenous-Stewardship-Aboard-Tall-Ship/

Geoffrey Picketts: Columnist Lorne Gunter’s argument that it’s downhill for the NDP from here shows how many Alberta conservatives remain mental prisoners to the halcyon days of explosive oilsands investments to give a whit about political discourse. Geoffrey Picketts is a writer based in Calgary with a background in political science and sociology. Published Monday, June 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/12/Alberta-Last-Conservative-Government/

For more than 13 months, thousands of Canadian actors have been unable to work on commercials because of a labour dispute with some of the country’s largest ad agencies. Our labour reporter Zak Vescera explains the confusing impasse. Published Monday, June 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/12/Inside-Long-Strange-Labour-Battle-BC-Actors/

Maybe, says Dr. Steve. But some right-wing commentators are thanking us.By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Link to the story, published on June 9, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/09/Please-Advise-Smoke-Canada-US-Enemies-List/

Maybe, says Dr. Steve. But some right-wing commentators are thanking us.Written by Steve Burgess politics and culture writer for The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/09/Please-Advise-Smoke-Canada-US-Enemies-List/

“The exam booklets had a section devoted to personal info where I’d find this question: ‘What is your racial background?’ “I couldn’t reply accurately because only one response was allowed. I usually just checked ’Other.’” An excerpt of “Almost Brown.” By Charlotte Gill. Charlotte is a bestselling and award-winning writer of fiction and narrative non-fiction. Published Friday, June 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/09/Think-Myself-Normal-Regular/

Mask up, scrub the air and head to a clean-air shelter. Don’t ignore the hazy skies, say experts.Written by Michelle Gamage The Tyee health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/09/Wildfire-Smoke-Sick/

While smoky days and even weeks might be a regular feature of future Canadian summers, they’re not something we should be complacent with, according to health experts. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Friday, June 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/09/Wildfire-Smoke-Sick/

Originally from the Kootenays, Tricia Thorpe knows what fire can do — she lost three older brothers to a fire six weeks before she was born. In 2021, she evacuated Lytton — and then Lillooet too. Our latest #BracingForDisaster, as told to Geena Mortfield. Published Friday, June 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/09/No-Looking-Back-Past-Wiped-Out/

The new art exhibit on display at the @VanArtGallery is out there between extreme imagining and practical use — the stuff for the citizens of unknown futures to come. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Friday, June 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/09/Fashion-Fictions-Future-Now/

“We are never static. Acceptance of this in a literal and literary sense expands the boundaries of who we are and can become.” We caught up with author (and former Tyee intern!) Emi Sasagawa on growth, hybrid identity and her debut novel “Atomweight.” Jackie Wong reviews. Jackie is The Tyee's senior editor. Published Thursday, June 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/08/Emi-Sasagawa-Interview/

Negotiations between the industry and the provinces could lead to a $500 billion payout. But they’re completely confidential.Michelle Gamage is The Tyee’s health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published on June 8, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/08/Big-Tobacco-Lawsuit-Off-Public-Radar/

International shipping, “a major source of air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions,” is one of the only two sectors not covered under the Paris climate agreement, notes researcher Imranul Laskar. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Thursday, June 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/08/Shipping-Climate-Crunch/

As the VSB debates whether to close Guy Carleton elementary, questions resurface about local enrolment projections.Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee. Link to the story, published on June 7, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/07/Vancouver-School-Board-Closures-Enrolment-Projections-Carleton/

Only the Crown corporation can end the dispute that’s left the region without service, it says.By Zak Vescera who is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published June 7, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/07/Fraser-Valley-Bus-Drivers-Strike-BC-Transit/

Known for sunsets and shorebirds, Iona Island’s human history traces back thousands of years. But it’s under intense development and environmental scrutiny, highlighting a tension between built infrastructure and the need to protect the natural world. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Wednesday, June 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/07/Island-History-Displacement/

REVIEW: “BlackBerry,” another buddy film of a sort, is about the Canadians who devised the eponymous device before being muscled out of the market by other smartphones. But at its tender heart, it’s about ambition, writes Dorothy Woodend. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Wednesday, June 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/07/Buddy-Movies-Re-Spun/

Two officers made their first court appearance six years after the Wet’suwet’en man’s death.By Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to the story, published June 7, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/07/RCMP-Officers-Plead-Not-Guilty-Dale-Culver-Death/

The man behind insurgent Take Back Alberta seems to hate his province’s electoral system. Why?By Andrew Seal who is a freelance journalist based in Canmore, Alberta, who focuses on politics and elections. Follow his work @AndyJSeal and mountain adventures @andrew_.seal.Link to the story, published on June 7, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/06/07/No-Alberta-First-Past-The-Post/

“A much needed service to B.C.” Suffering from pink eye, shingles, a urinary tract infection, hemorrhoids or in need of contraception? As of June 1, British Columbians can now head to their pharmacy rather than a doctor to get medication. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, June 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/06/BC-Pharmacists-Basic-Ailments-Contraception/

“I’m carrying the photo albums with pictures of my dead mother and dead brother and dead boys. I’m thinking, I’ll never recover those.” Dian Brooks on waking up to the Princeton floods, and how “the memories will have to do.” As told to Geena Mortfield. As part of our Bracing for Disasters series, The Tyee partnered with researchers and journalists at the Climate Disaster Project to gather and share 11 survivors’ experiences told in their own words. Published Tuesday, June 7, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/06/You-Could-Feel-Moss-Growing-On-Your-Teeth/

“This is going to be a trauma story but funny.” Paloma Pacheco interviews B.C.-based author Charlotte Gill on her new book “Almost Brown,” in stores today (a Tyee excerpt incoming), on her part immigration, part coming-of-age, part love letter to a distant father story. Paloma is a Vancouver-based journalist who writes about art, culture, social justice and how humans and the natural world interact. Published Tuesday, June 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/06/Charlotte-Gill-Author-Interview/

On Saturday, Martha Martin released the ashes of her children Chantel Moore and Mike Martin into the Somass River, a favourite place of both siblings. What has changed since Chantel was shot five times by police? Not enough, writes Judith Sayers (Kekinusuqs). Judith is from the Hupacasath First Nation in Port Alberni, B.C. She is president of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council. Published Tuesday, June 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/06/Three-Years-No-Justice-Chantel-Moore/

Canada’s need for farriers is outpacing the number of workers with the specialized skill. This two-week pilot program for Indigenous students teaches centuries-old skills that have been used wherever humans and horses worked together. Chris Keam reports. Chris is a freelance writer living in the South Cariboo. Published Tuesday, June 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Solutions/2023/06/06/Training-New-Indigenous-Farriers/

“I shouldn’t have done it.” Cpl. Bill Larsen blamed his inexperience as a junior officer for his choice in asking Beverly Abraham to take a polygraph in July 2012 after she reported sexual abuse at a local Burns Lake school. Amanda Follett Hosgood's latest report on the Burns Lake tribunal. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Tuesday, June 6, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/06/RCMP-Testifies-Burns-Lake-Investigation/

An empty playing field unhealthy both for the parties and public: Andrew MacLeod reflects on the troubling lack of candidates for the recently vacant Langford-Juan de Fuca on Vancouver Island and Vancouver-Mount Pleasant MLA jobs. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Monday, June 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/06/05/Why-People-Not-Fighting-Become-MLAs/

“Mental health is key.” When extreme weather events upend lives, empowering survivors to shape their futures — individually and collectively — can help them cope. But slow-moving officials and poor comms has made that all the more difficult. Francesca Fionda reports. Francesca is an investigative reporter and regular contributor at The Tyee. Published Monday, June 5, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/05/What-Climate-Disaster-Survivors-Need-To-Heal/

Not Democrats, not Republicans, but some secret third thing: How the No Labels movement wants to see America push back to a golden age — or at least, an orange one. Steve Burgess, The Tyee's spin doctor, writes. Published Monday, June 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/06/05/Please-Advise-Trump-Again/

Sounds like our readers are tired of bad-faith yelling on the internet these days. Us too. So as a non-profit newsroom, we have just one ask: Help us reach our spring fundraising goal, and get more of the stories you told us are important to you. By Jeanette Ageson and David Beers. Jeanette is The Tyee's publisher. David is The Tyee's editor-in-chief. Published Monday, June 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/06/05/Conversations-We-Need-You-Told-Us/

In May 2022, a tailings pond at Imperial’s Kearl Lake facility started leaking waste into groundwater, affecting many First Nations unknowingly for almost a year. The great Canadian scientist who tried to stop events like this, writes Andrew Nikiforuk. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Monday, June 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/06/05/Cleaner-Oilsands-Lie/

“The future is Indigenous.” Kickstart summer and Indigenous History Month with the 22nd annual, one-of-a-kind event bringing together Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer artists for multidisciplinary showcases. Learn more here. By Full Circle. Published Friday, June 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/06/02/Talking-Stick-Fest-Summer-Kickoff/

An excerpt from Angela Sterritt’s ‘Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls.’Written by Angela Sterritt is an award-winning investigative journalist and author from the Gitanmaax community of the Gitxsan Nation on her father’s side and from Bell Island, Newfoundland, on her mother’s side.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/02/Place-Maple-Trees/

“I dreamed of becoming an artist, model or business owner. Looking back at my school records, I don’t recall having space to imagine living out any dream.” An excerpt of Angela Sterritt’s “Unbroken,” out today. Angela Sterritt is an award-winning investigative journalist and author from the Gitanmaax community of the Gitxsan Nation on her father’s side and from Bell Island, Newfoundland, on her mother’s side. Published Friday, June 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/02/Place-Maple-Trees/

“Hopefully this is along the way to putting excited delirium with other junk science.” Vancouver police have no plans to change training on excited delirium, a dubious theory that critics say has been used to absolve police when people die in custody. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Friday, June 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/02/Despite-Inquest-Evidence-Police-Use-Force-VPD-Stands-Ground/

In her own words, Donna Rae recounts her flood ordeal and gets real about living on a pension after a climate catastrophe.Written by Donna Rae, as told to Geena Mortfield.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/02/Everything-Else-Whole-Past-All-Gone/

“I got a coffee and drove back to the park and sat there just eating and drinking and thinking, ’I don’t know what to do next.’” Donna Rae’s first-hand account of enduring the 2021 Merritt flood, as told to Geena Mortfield. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/02/Everything-Else-Whole-Past-All-Gone/

A StatCan report found marginalization and unhappiness are risk factors as large number of high school students use substances.By Michelle Gamage who is The Tyee’s health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story published on June 1, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/01/Teens-Drink-Do-Drugs-Reduce-Harm/

“Rather than move through the world like a chameleon using my white or Indigenous identity to my advantage, I’ve chosen to use both as a point of responsibility.” Angela Sterritt on her new book exploring grief, sexual assault, Canadian media and more. By Solana Pasqual, an intern with The Tyee. Published Thursday, June 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/01/Angela-Sterritt-Interview/

Made over the course of eight years in five hospitals in northern Paris, “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” shows what’s happening in contemporary medicine: hospitals are understaffed and overworked health care providers are dealing with complex caseloads. Dorothy Woodend reviews. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Thursday, June 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/01/De-Humani-Film-Review/

Would a new condo revitalize the area, or would it continue to make Chinatown more exclusive? Of 48 speakers at Monday’s meeting, 44 urged the board to reject the application. About 25 speakers remained by the time the meeting was adjourned. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Thursday, June 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/01/Chinatown-Seniors-Protest-105-Keefer/

Incomplete, corrupted and faulty: Electronic medical records have long held promise to improve health care. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent, there’s still no agreed-upon system to keep patient data straight and accessible — intel that could help save lives. Andrew MacLeod writes. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Thursday, June 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/01/Canada-Broken-Medical-Records/

Meet changemakers in our bioregion who are the inaugural recipients of a new award from Salmon Nation.By David Beers who is the founding editor of The Tyee and serves as current editor-in-chief.Link to the story, published May 31, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/31/Are-You-Edgewalker-These-Just-Won-Prizes/

Andrew Nikiforuk: It’s getting harder and harder for the electorate to connect the dots between unfettered oil production, wildfires and wildfire programs getting cut when oil prices drop so it can spend on oil propaganda like the Canadian Energy Centre. Nikiforuk is a contributing editor at The Tyee. Published Wednesday, May 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/31/Danielle-Smith-Example-For-Canada/

Manga is known to have a wide range, from horror to erotica. “JAJ” tells the story of the first contact between Indigenous people and white Europeans using a similar approach, running the gamut from tragedy to comedy and back again. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Wednesday, May 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/31/Haida-Manga/

In this present-day version of the timeless story, Brutus, played by Andrew McNee, strives for political freedom and justice — but makes fatal errors along the way. Tyee readers get a special deal on tickets — get yours now. By Bard on the Beach. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Wednesday, May 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/05/31/Julius-Caesar-Bard-Beach/

“Every culture has its taboos. For people in Lytton, you do not play with fire.” Here is Micha Kingston’s first-hand account of surviving the Lytton fire and preparing for the future it revealed, as told to Aldyn Chwelos of the Climate Disaster Project. Published Wednesday, May 31, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/31/Post-Wildfire-Parenting/

Following a damning report that found former BC Housing CEO repeatedly ignored conflict of interest rules when pushing for projects to Atira Women’s Resource Society — then headed by his wife — Atira has announced Catherine Roome will be its new CEO. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, May 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/30/New-Atira-Head-Pledges-Improved-Safety-Financial-Management/

B.C. will open new cancer centres in Kamloops, Nanaimo, Surrey and Burnaby, with the Kamloops location likely to open by 2027. But opposition party BC United pointed out that in 2020, then-premier John Horgan promised a new centre as early as 2024. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, May 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/30/BC-Promise-Four-New-Cancer-Centres/

The NDP knocked out health and justice ministers Jordan Copping and Tyler Shandro — who were struggling with health care and the opioid deaths crisis. Those files will pass once again to inexperienced ministers, notes political scientist Lori Williams. Authors: Brett McKay is a journalist based in Edmonton. David Slater is a student journalist at MacEwan University. Charles Rusnell is an investigative journalist in Edmonton. Published Tuesday, May 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/30/Danielle-Smith-UCP-Shuts-Door-NDP-Opportunity/

“The irony of looking for a Pacific yew is that yews pop up when you’re not looking for them. These short slender trees blend in and thrive in the shade of bigger trees.” Read an excerpt of Amanda Lewis’s “Tracking Giants,” out today. Author Amanda Lewis writes. Published Tuesday, May 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/30/Tracking-Giants-Excerpt/

“There are concerns when media are seen as law enforcement.” A 2012 Georgia Straight article — still online today — contained abuse allegations. RCMP “kept asking for the affidavits, but wouldn’t get a production order,” recalls former editor Charlie Smith. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Tuesday, May 30, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/30/Georgia-Straight-Testify-RCMP-Tribunal/

B.C.’s housing plan, while a step toward better housing, is largely re-announcing previously planned units — and is still missing key regulations like vacancy control and supports for those displaced for redevelopment. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives senior economist Marc Lee writes. Published Monday, May 29, 2023. @ccpa senior economist Marc Lee writes.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/29/New-BC-Homes-People-Plan/

It’s understandable people are worried after high-profile events of violence on transit, says one transit police constable. But the public may be conflating it with the real problems: homelessness, the toxic drug crisis and inadequate mental health care. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Monday, May 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/29/Myth-Increased-Transit-Violence/

Why are people obsessed with big trees? While many fiddle with measurements and coordinates, “Tracking Giants” author Amanda Lewis was more interested in what questions in her life they could answer. andrea bennett interviews. andrea is senior editor at The Tyee. Published Monday, May 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/29/Hunt-For-Big-Trees/

One day, these apartments will join the ghosts. Until then, photographer Nakita Cheung is documenting the buildings with their sun-faded Christmas stickers — that is, without the romanticizing of an idealized past. Christopher Cheung reports. Chris reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, May 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/29/Lovely-Lobbies-Of-Past-Burnaby/

‘The most incredible thing is cardiac resuscitation.’Link to the story, published May 26th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/26/Day-In-Life-Paramedic/

Danielle Smith’s party is focused on policies that keep wages low.By Gil McGowan who is the president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, Alberta’s largest worker advocacy group, representing 175,000 unionized Albertans in both the public and private sectors.Link to the story, published on May 26, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/05/26/Vote-For-UCP-Vote-Wage-Suppression/

With thoughtful policies in place, the controversial development can light a spark in Vancouver’s Chinatown.By Auston Chhor who is a biologist and writer living in Vancouver.Link to the story published on May 26th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/05/26/How-105-Keefer-Done-Right/

At a certain size, they can dictate their own terms across a landscape, writes John Vaillant. An excerpt from ‘Fire Weather.’Written by John Vaillant, author of national bestsellers The Golden Spruce and The Tiger. He recently published Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast. He lives in Vancouver. Follow him on Twitter @JohnVaillant.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/26/Corporations-Wildfires-Grow-Similar-Ways/

‘Justice Warriors,’ co-authored with Ben Clarkson, is an ultra-violent satire on policing, crime and inequality.By Olamide Olaniyan who is associate editor at The Tyee.Link to the story, published on May 26th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/26/Welcome-Matt-Bors-Bubble-City/

An expert look at policies on the economy, education, health care and the environment.By Brett McKay who is a journalist based in Edmonton. David Slater is a student journalist at MacEwan University. Charles Rusnell is an investigative journalist in Edmonton.Link to the story, published on May 26, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/26/Where-They-Stand-UCP-NDP-Four-Key-Issues/

‘Fire Weather’ examines the lies we tell ourselves about climate change, and what needs to happen next.By Tyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian, who, like more than half of Canadians, lives in a house on the wildland-urban interface.Link to the story, published May 25th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/25/John-Vaillant-Fire-Weather-Fort-McMurray-Alberta/

Eby accused of unfair firings as the board prepared to investigate.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story, published May 25th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/25/BC-Housing-Board-Had-Conflict-Concerns/

Hyper-partisan politics and shoddy reporting created a dangerous frenzy.By Michael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, who is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Author of Party of One, the bestselling exposé of the Harper government, his investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry.Link to the story, published May 25th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/25/Phoney-Chinese-Election-Interference-Scandal/

“We got a hotel room and they took advantage of us for being refugees. We had explained that we were leaving the wildfires. There could have been compassion. They decided to up the price. I will never forget that.” Billie Sheridan on her evacuation from Williams Lake as told to Aldyn Chwelos. Published Thursday, May 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/25/Leaving-Your-Life-Behind/

Anila Lee Yuen, pres and CEO of the Centre for Newcomers, says Alberta must do more to make immigration a team effort, and make space for immigrants in workplace environments. Ximena González writes. Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Published Thursday, May 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/25/NDP-UCP-Need-Better-Immigration-Plans/

Toxic drug deaths aren’t just an urban issue.By Holly Mathias who is a PhD student and Vanier scholar in the school of public health at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. She conducts research in partnership with people who use drugs and their families in rural Canada.Link to the story, published May 24, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/05/24/People-Who-Use-Drugs-Rural-Alberta-Ignored/

Officers should have been aware of Indigenous people’s historical mistrust of the force, law professor David Milward told the tribunal.By Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to the story, published May 24th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/24/DOJ-Objections-Expert-Witness-Testifies-RCMP/

When The Tyee's Vancouver team stated returning to in-person work, our office co-ordinator Kimberly Sayson knew proper air filtration would run a steep bill. So she made her own filters. How she did it, and how you can too. Zoë Yunker writes. Zoë is a Victoria-based journalist writing about energy and environmental politics. Published Wednesday, May 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/24/DIY-Filters-For-The-People/

An election doesn’t mean much if we don’t pay attention to Alberta’s petro-dysfunction. Andrew Nikiforuk on what to consider while electing representatives. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Wednesday, May 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/24/Only-Path-To-Change-In-Alberta/

“They want to forge a career for their lives and retire with something in their pocket still.” Canadian animators get a worse deal than their U.S. counterparts. But that’s changing, and it all started with a raunchy Seth Rogen film. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Wednesday, May 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/24/Vancouver-Animators-Draw-Up-Union-Plans/

News orgs these days are controlled by algorithms and ad revenues. The Tyee, however, is a collaborative project with our audience. What do you want to read in our digital pages? Take our short poll now. By David Beers and Jeanette Ageson. David is editor-in-chief of The Tyee. Jeanette is publisher of The Tyee. Published Wednesday, May 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/05/24/Tell-Tyee-What-Conversations-We-Should-Have/

Between 2016 and 2021, more than one in 10 B.C. tenant households have experienced an eviction, new research has found. B.C. landlords are in the lead, initiating 85.4% of total evictions. Christopher Cheung and Jen St. Denis report. Chris reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, May 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/23/BC-Leader-In-Evictions/

RCMP investigators dismissed allegations of abuse at Immaculata Elementary School because they believed journalist Laura Robinson “manipulated the Indigenous complainants for her own purpose,” said the complainants’ lawyer Karen Bellehumeur. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Tuesday, May 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/23/RCMP-Planted-Memories-Burns-Lake/

The Tyee’s extensive fact check of Thursday’s debate between the premier candidates found Rachel Notley was the more truthful. Meanwhile, Danielle Smith made statements in which figures were cherry-picked, taken out of context or flat-out false. Authors: Brett McKay is a recent MacEwan University journalism graduate. David Slater is a MacEwan University journalism student. Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter in Edmonton. Published Tuesday, May 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/22/Notley-Smith-Debate-Fact-Check/

“When the fire happened, I was making dinner. I walked onto the front porch to see the lay of the land and that’s when friends drove by. ‘Get out.’ I just knew at that point.” Michele Feist, as told to Aldyn Chwelos and Christina Gervais. Published Monday, May 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/22/Michele-Feist-Wildfire-Escape/

Fit to govern? Here’s what Alberta’s UCP leader has done to spark the question.Written by Brett McKay a recent journalism graduate from MacEwan University. Charles Rusnell is an Edmonton-based investigative journalist.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/19/How-Smith-Words-Actions-Made-Trust-Ballot-Issue/

A damning ethics report and dumped candidate upstaged a leaders’ debate draw.Written by David J. Climenhaga an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. He blogs at AlbertaPolitics.ca. Follow him on Twitter at @djclimenhaga.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/05/19/Danielle-Smith-Day-Debate/

Inside the Kenney team’s torment of political ‘enemies’ and where his troll brigade has landed. A Tyee investigation.Written by Charles Rusnell an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/17/Bully-Haunting-Alberta-Election/

Two new VR productions invite readers to question their minds and engage their humanity.Written by Dorothy Woodend the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/19/Virtual-Reality-New-Truth-Emerges/

In her own words, Rochelle Rupert tells of waking up to the nightmare of the Coldwater River poised to invade her home.Rochelle Rupert is one of 11 climate catastrophe survivors who narrate their experiences as part of The Tyee’s Bracing for Disasters series.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/19/Rochelle-Rupert-Water-Rushing/

Timothée Govare crossed Canada in the dead of winter. He says slower travel is possible and even pleasurable.Written by Michelle Gamage a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/19/Hitchhiking-Climate/

Two former Immaculata students testified that they had never heard from RCMP during its 18-month investigation of alleged abuse which began in 2012, but then received unexpected visits a month or two before the Human Rights Tribunal hearing.Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory.Published on Thursday, May 18, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/18/Burns-Lake-Witnesses-RCMP-Visits/

“Binners” are often low-income people who make regular trips to collect and return recyclables to pay bills. But the immigrant seniors who do this work in and around Chinatown are marginalized in additional ways.Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, May 18, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/18/Bottle-Binning-Chinatown/

Various municipalities have already banned, or plan to ban, public drug use following B.C.’s decriminalization of possession of small amounts of drugs.Odette Auger (Sagamok Anishnawbek) is a freelance reporter whose work has appeared in APTN, IndigiNews, Watershed Sentinel and Asparagus Magazine.Published on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/17/BC-Town-Bylaws-Undermine-Drug-Decrim-Pilot/

For this International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, read Katie Hyslop’s interview with Trans qathet, a peer resource and support group for the trans community in Powell River, a small city boasting one of the highest per-capita trans populations in Canada.Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, May 18, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/17/Dedicated-Safe-Space-Powell-River-Trans-Community/

Named after the historic racecourse that hosted the infamous Concert for Democracy in China in 1989, ‘Happy Valley’ dissects the historic, political and cultural context surrounding Hong Kong’s current democratic struggles.Published on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/05/17/Happy-Valley-Hong-Kong-Memories/

“It was like a bomb had gone off in some areas. There were no birds or anything, it was just burnt-out nothingness.” Maggie Lord survived the 2021 Lytton fire. Here’s her first-hand account, in her own words.Published on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/17/Chalkboard-Eraser-To-My-Life/

Chief Dsta’hyl of the Likhts’amisyu Clan was originally taken into custody for mischief and theft over $5,000. He’s now facing a charge of criminal contempt for his 2021 role in the Coastal GasLink pipeline conflict.Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Published on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/17/Trial-For-Chief-Charged-In-CGL-Conflict/

Premier David Eby said the audit is needed to restore public trust in both BC Housing and Atira, so “we could trace every public dollar with confidence.”Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Published on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/16/Atira-Audit-For-Profit-Arm-Problem-SROs/

Even as another Alberta provincial election approaches, the RCMP continues to investigate allegations of voter fraud and illegal donations within the UCP that most voters have forgotten about.Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Published on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/16/Endless-RCMP-Probes-UCP-Scandals/

“There was so much smoke in the air that Kasha got burns in the back of her throat from breathing.” Racine Jeff survived the 2017 Williams Lake fire. Here’s her first-hand account.Racine Jeff is one of 11 climate catastrophe survivors who narrate their experiences as part of The Tyee’s Bracing for Disasters series.Published on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/16/Racine-Jeff-Climate-Survivors/

In the latest edition of The Tyee’s Place Detective series, andrea bennett investigates a tall, skinny building in Powell River known as the “white tower.”andrea bennett is a senior editor at The Tyee and the author of Hearty: Essays on Pleasure and Subsistence, forthcoming with ECW Press.Published on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/16/White-Tower-Powell-River/

After being assaulted by a passenger, Aman Sood could have applied to B.C.’s workers’ compensation board for money and medical help — if he worked almost anywhere else. But Sood works for Uber.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. Published on Monday, May 15, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/15/Gig-Workers-Denied-Basic-Safety-Support/

Doc Steve’s foreign posting has given him a new perspective on politics and life. For example, are there more important things than a Toronto Maple Leafs’ loss?Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Published on Monday, May 15, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/05/15/Please-Advise-Eurovision-Song-Contest/

Both the UCP and the NDP have women as leaders, but they have very different views of gender equity, women’s role in the economy and even women’s involvement in politics.Lisa Young is a professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Her newsletter on Alberta politics is ‘What Now?!?’Published on Monday, May 15, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/15/Danielle-Smith-Women-Voters/

Lisa Young: Both the UCP and the NDP have women as leaders, but they have very different views of gender equity, women’s role in the economy and even women’s involvement in politics.Lisa Young is a professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Her newsletter on Alberta politics is ‘What Now?!?’Published on Monday, May 15, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/15/Danielle-Smith-Women-Voters/

In “Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma,” Claire Dederer is honest, critical, very funny and willing to ask herself the hard questions and face the answers head on. @/Dorothy reviews.Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.Published on Monday, May 15, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/15/Why-do-Monstrous-People-Win/

“We all responded in the same way, by fleeing for our lives.” Ken Pite survived the fire that eventually leveled Lytton in 2021. Here’s his first-hand account of the day he left.Published on Monday, May 15, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/15/Ken-Pite-Lytton-Fire/

The Tyee asked B.C. disaster survivors, emergency management professionals and volunteers about how you can be prepared for the next one. Here are their answers.Francesca Fionda is an investigative reporter and regular contributor at The Tyee.Published on Monday, May 15, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/15/Ready-for-Next-Disaster/

BC Housing helped Atira buy an SRO hotel for $7.8 million over assessed value. A Tyee special report.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/12/Altered-Minutes-Duelling-Appraisals-Troubled-Supportive-Housing/

Lawyers threaten a Charter challenge and job action.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/12/BC-Government-Lawyers-Head-Toward-Unionization-Showdown/

Former Immaculata student Beverly Abraham says she was abused, and then retraumatized when she came forward to the RCMP.Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.

I proudly wrote for the Okanagan Advertiser. Now I mourn its loss as independent community news fights to survive.Ken Bolton is a semi-retired journalist, recovering spin doctor, actor and occasional standup comic who calls his Dodge Grand Caravan “No Fixed Address.”https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/12/Kill-Century-Old-Local-Newspaper/

With Mother’s Day on the way, the blooms are booming at Burnaby’s ‘Silicon Valley of flowers.’Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter @bychrischeung.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/12/Fast-Furious-Flower-Auction/

Community health centres offer one-stop access to care and supports, say proponents.Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/12/Better-Way-Deliver-Primary-Health-Care/

Following a scathing government investigation, the housing provider says it’s done nothing wrong.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/10/Atira-Refuses-To-Fire-CEO/

The WFH movement isn’t going away. While the Public Service Alliance of Canada lost its bid to have the right to remote work enshrined in its new contract with the feds, observers say the deal they reached is a big win for remote work. Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/11/Big-Strike-Advanced-Home-Work/

“I ping-pong between wanting to hit humanity with a shovel to being convinced the only way forward is with everyone linking arms singing socialist anthems.” Anyone relate? If you don’t, you should still read “Not Too Late.”Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/11/Rebecca-Solnit-Essay/

On May 5, the WHO declared that #COVID19 was no longer a public health emergency of international concern. Yet many demographics with high rates of illness and mortality from COVID continue to shoulder the impacts of the virus.Tyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian blogs about the pandemic.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/11/What-We-Havent-Learned-Pandemic/

Dunbar’s Starbucks location is just the fourth in all of B.C. to be represented by United Steelworkers Local 2009. But even as a wave of organizing hits the coffee giant’s stores across the continent, unionizing is no easy thing.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/10/20-Year-Old-Unionized-Vancouver-Starbucks/

In our most-read article last month, Andrew Nikiforuk argued that clean tech will not save us. Any imperfect solution will require us dial down our all-consuming nature. But many didn’t like that. Today he addresses the critics.Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/10/Warning-Against-Green-Energy-Boom-Sparks-Debate/

The art-gallery-like approach to raising awareness around the #ToxicDrugCrisis sees a group of individuals walk together in matching headphones listening to individual stories of those affected by the crisis.Dustin Godfrey is a freelance journalist based in New Westminster. They are interested in justice and its many intersections.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/10/Walk-With-Me-Lifts-People-Up/

Following a scathing report about conflict of interest violations with BC Housing, the board of Atira Women’s Resource Society says it has full confidence in CEO Janice Abbott, and is refusing a request from BC Housing to return a $1.9 million surplus.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/10/Atira-Refuses-To-Fire-CEO/

Smith’s in trouble again! This time because of 2021 comments suggesting the 75% of COVID-vaccinated Albertans allowed themselves to “succumb to the charms of a tyrant” like the followers of Hitler. Will it affect the election? Likely not.Graham Thomson is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer with various news outlets.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/10/Danielle-Smith-Special-Power/

Alberta’s United Conservative Party is a Master Class in statistical cherry-picking.While its latest emissions reduction plan accurately reports emissions fell from 2015 to 2021, it omits some damning facts.Ian Urquhart writes. Ian is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alberta and the author of Costly Fix: Power, Politics, and Nature in the Tar Sands.Published Tuesday, May 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/05/09/UCP-Emissions-Plan-Mirage/

Nearly half of high-risk surgeries, which needed to be completed within an hour of diagnosis, had been delayed, according to a study at BC Children’s Hospital.Brishti Basu reports. Brishti is a journalist and editor based in Victoria, B.C. Published Tuesday, May 9, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/09/Emergency-Surgery-Delays-Harming-Kids/

“It’s looking so hopeful in K to 12.” We caught up with Jo Chrona, a former curriculum manager for the First Nations Education Steering Committee, about the progress the province has “surprisingly” seen for Indigenous learners.Katie Hyslop interviews. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee.Published Tuesday, May 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/09/Jo-Chrona-QA/

After Marilyn Johnson, a Gitxsan woman, was injured in November 2022, a pharmacist misprescribed her to take an entire prescription of slow-release morphine.She received an overdose of medication and was sent to the hospital where she was further mistreated.Isabella Zavarise reports. Isabella is a freelance journalist and podcast producer.Published Tuesday, May 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/09/Marilyn-Johnson-Health-Care-Discrimination/

An audit released today revealing a pattern of mismanagement and repeated conflict of interest violations by BC Housing follows nearly a year of The Tyee breaking stories on mismanagement allegations. Jen St. Denis has the timeline. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee.Published Monday, May 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/08/Timeline-Tyee-Reporting-BC-Housing-Concerns/

Auditors investigating BC Housing have found a pattern of mismanagement including “missing important financial info” as well as spending millions of dollars without proper scrutiny, Premier David Eby told the legislature today.Jen St. Denis and Andrew MacLeod report. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief.Published Monday, May 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/08/Devastating-Report-Cites-BC-Housing-Mismanagement/

Critical Mass, a monthly protest advocating for safe cycling infrastructure in Vancouver that started in the ’80s, is back.Will their efforts make a difference under the ABC-led Vancouver city council? Michelle Gamage reports.Michelle regularly reports on climate for The Tyee.Published Monday, May 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/08/Resurging-Critical-Mass/

Death remains a taboo in western cultures.But one duo is trying to get more people to think seriously about planning for the end of their lives.Josh Kozelj interviews. Josh is a freelancer and was the inaugural Hummingbird fellow with The Tyee.Published Monday, May 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/08/Taking-Death-Seriously/

Richard Perry began attending Immaculata Elementary School in Grade 2.Instead of getting support as he struggled to read English, he was abused to the point of being pulled out of school entirely, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal heard this week.Content warning: Stories of abuse and trauma. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.Published Monday, May 8, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/08/Immaculata-Student-50-Years-Later/

CUPE is seeking to represent more than 3,000 research assistants.Written by Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/05/UBC-Heads-To-Labour-Board-Student-Right-Unionize/

“Research seems to magically happen without any research employees.”The University of British Columbia is arguing thousands of its students are not paid workers but students receiving a form of scholarship, and so do not have the right to unionize. Zak Vescera reports.Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Friday, May 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/05/UBC-Heads-To-Labour-Board-Student-Right-Unionize/

The stuff that used to constitute the badges of adulthood — a home, a pet, a settled and comfortable life — isn’t what it used to be, thanks to colonialism. Dorothy Woodend on the new exhibit at Richmond Art Gallery.Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Friday, May 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/05/Amy-Ching-Yan-Lam-First-Solo-Show/

Steve Burgess: The coronation of King Charles marks the end of a 70-year internship. Aside from becoming King of England, Charles may be honoured with a place in the Guinness Book of Records.Steve is The Tyee's accredited spin doctor.Published Friday, May 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/05/05/Please-Advise-King-Charles-Show-Must-See-TV/

“People are afraid.” Neither the UCP nor the NDP have pledged rent increase caps as an election looms.In the meantime, grassroots organizers apply pressure for bolder action. Ximena González reports.Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary.Published Friday, May 5, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/05/Skyrocketing-Rents-Alberta-Voters-Afraid/

Yes, awards are great. Yes, as always, we thank you, our readers and Builders, whose support enables us to do the work we do. By Tyee Staff.Published Thursday, May 4, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/05/04/Three-Digital-Publishing-Awards-Nominations/

A total of 239 sex workers have weighed in on the challenges of sex work in a new report, including housing, health care and the #ToxicDrugCrisis. As workers report clients being increasingly demanding, here’s how they want to make it safer.Brishti Basu reports. Brishti is a journalist and editor based in Victoria.Published Thursday, May 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/04/Sex-Workers-Making-Lives-Better/

A lot of folk are serious haters of controversial composer Richard Wagner, but for the opera fans and stans out there, it’s near impossible to turn away from this stuff.Dorothy Woodend on Vancouver Opera’s production of “The Flying Dutchman.” Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Thursday, May 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/04/Why-Opera-Still-Slaps/

Would you build a nuclear power plant with a lower carbon footprint than fossil fuels, but also produce toxic nuclear waste and could malfunction in a deadly, disastrous fashion? A Delta resource seeks to help kids ask good questions and back their choices with evidence.Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee.Published Thursday, May 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/04/Delta-Students-Navigate-Issues/

Cathy Woodgate et. al. v. RCMP got underway in Burns Lake this week.But Woodgate, the lead complainant, did not get to share her story — she died before the hearings which were repeatedly delayed. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports.Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.(CW: Stories of trauma and abuse.)Published Thursday, May 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/04/Burns-Lake-Indian-School-Survivors/

The housing “crisis” is not a crisis, says Ricardo Tranjan. It’s rather a situation that benefits those making money at the expense of others, namely tenants.andrea bennett interviews. andrea is senior editor at The Tyee.Published Wednesday, May 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/03/What-Behind-Housing-Crisis-Canada/

Vancouver school district staff finally balanced the budget.But the school board has rejected it, some citing complexity, insufficient time and lack of transparency.Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee.Published Wednesday, May 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/03/Delay-In-Vancouver-School-Board-Vote/

Starting on Jan. 1, B.C. will become the first province to require firms that specialize in asbestos abatement to be licensed, meaning they’ll have to meet educational requirements on safety.That’s critical to worker safety, says one advocate.Zak Vescera reports. Zak reports on labour for The Tyee.Published Wednesday, May 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/03/Tackling-Asbestos-Workplace-Danger/

Leave forests alone and they’ll save us? Almost, but it’s not that simple.On how trees can help humans adapt to climate change and his new book, Michelle Gamage spoke with Peter Wohlleben from his home in Germany.Michelle regularly reports on climate for The Tyee.Published Wednesday, May 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/03/Forests-Will-Save-Us-If-We-Let-Them/

“I love working for Atira in terms of my job. But I know for certain they could be doing a lot more for Indigenous women in the community, Indigenous women who they serve and support, Indigenous frontline workers who work for them.”Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee.Published Tuesday, May 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/02/Atira-Workers-Unionizing/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=050223-f&utm_campaign=editorial

“Nobody ever came looking for me.”A new report identifies 198 young people in care who were reported missing between April and December 2022. Of the people identified, the majority were Indigenous. Katie Hyslop reports. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/02/Youth-Fleeing-Welfare-Placements/

The truck carrying 17,000 litres of diesel has been successfully retrieved from coastal waters north of Campbell River after it fell off a barge in a storm.Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, May 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/02/Rescue-Mission-Coastal-Disaster/

A lot of sweat and sacrifice goes into cultural products. Yet in a foodie city with Michelin-starred dining, there is a lack of recognition about how these staples satisfy the population’s diverse diets.Christopher Cheung’s final #FreshOffTheShelf.Chris is The Tyee's urban issues reporter.Published Monday, May 1, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/01/What-Gets-Left-Out-Of-Local-Food/

Structure is where everything begins, writes Dorothy Woodend. The composition of a painting; the building blocks of cells.Structure was crucial in Jeannie Marshall’s tackling of so much, from religion to history to her own childhood, in “All Things Move.” Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Friday, April 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/28/Learning-To-See-Fresh-Eyes/

Sonia Furstenau: Two years ago, the deadliest mass shooting in Canadian history took place in Nova Scotia — 22 killed and many more harmed.Despite the shooter starting by killing his partner, no new money has been committed for women’s safety since. Sonia is leader of the BC Greens.Published Friday, April 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/28/Curb-Mass-Violence-Act-On-Misogyny/

India is a dairy titan of a country. But despite local demand, long-lasting, authentic-tasting paneer was missing from B.C. shelves.One day, a tech instructor and Future Shop manager decided to solve the paneer problem.Christopher Cheung writes. Chris writes about urban issues for The Tyee.Published Friday, April 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/28/Paneer-Skies-Fresh-Off-Shelf/

You’ve heard of the social determinants of health — education, income, working conditions, etc. Here are the commercial determinants of health.Crawford Kilian reviews a new book on the private-sector activities impacting health and enabling economic norms.Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Friday, April 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/28/Commercial-Determinants-Health/

Smithers residents know all too well the hazardous air that takes over each year as thousands of slash-burning fires are set at logging sites.When a company swooped in claiming it could help, residents, council and government were all hoodwinked. Ben Parfitt writes.Ben is resource policy analyst for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office.Published Friday, April 28, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/28/Pellet-Plant-Clean-Air-Fail/

A mission is under way to recover a fuel truck holding 17,000 litres of diesel oil that rolled off a barge and sank off Vancouver Island last week.Can it be raised? Zak Vescera reports.Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Thursday, April 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/27/Time-Bomb-BC-Waters/

“2% is for milk”: More than 100,000 federal workers went on strike last week after negotiations hit an impasse over salaries and the right to work remotely.Zak Vescera hit the rainy Vancouver picket lines to hear from strikers.Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, April 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/25/From-Picket-Line-Strike/

The tofu in your hot pot, or that soy milk in your latte — it has a story. Christopher Cheung visited Vancouver’s Sunrise Soya Foods tofu factory and spoke with Leslie Joe, 88, whose business grew as his family did.Chris is The Tyee's urban issues reporter.Published Tuesday, April 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/25/Canada-Tofu-Champions/

🌳 Tree-planting, while well-intentioned, highlights an unfortunate reality: non-native trees are beginning to make up significant portions of forests. Learn more with German forester and author Peter Wohlleben in conversation with Arno Kopecky next month. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners.Published Tuesday, April 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/04/25/Poor-Outcomes-Follow-Good-Intentions-Tree-Planting-Campaigns/

Did Tucker get a memo from “Succession”? Our Doc Steve tries to puzzle together what led to the demise of Fox News’ star arsonist.Steve Burgess writes. Steve is The Tyee's cultural spin doctor.Published Tuesday, April 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/24/Please-Advise-How-Did-Tucker-Carlson-Get-Fired/

Tofu, bò viên, tortillas and paneer, among many cultural foods, are welcome sights in stores for newcomers.But how did they get here?Immigrants went to great lengths to bring back foods core to their diets. Christopher Cheung launches a new series.Chris reports on urban issues for The Tyee.Published Monday, April 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/24/Cultural-Foods-On-The-Table/

“I can confirm that the board has not initiated any new school closure processes.”On April 19, school board chair Victoria Jung tweeted out a letter on behalf of the district denying closure rumours. Advocates aren’t convinced.Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education issues for The Tyee.Published Monday, April 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/24/School-Closures-In-Vancouver/

Indigenous people only represent 3.3% of the B.C. population, but 16.4% of #ToxicDrugCrisis deaths in 2021.Action is needed on the health emergency entering its eighth year, said chief medical officer Dr. Nel Wieman of Little Grand Rapids First Nation.Odette Auger (Sagamok Anishnawbek) reports. Odette is a freelance reporter whose work has appeared in APTN, IndigiNews, Watershed Sentinel and Asparagus Magazine.Published Monday, April 24, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/24/Indigenous-People-Bearing-Brunt-Toxic-Drugs/

We caught up with Canadian filmmaker Amy Miller about her new doc “Manufacturing the Threat,” screening at DOXA Documentary Film Festival on May 5.By Josh Kozelj. Freelance journalist Josh was the inaugural Hummingbird fellow with The Tyee. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, April 24, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/24/School-Closures-In-Vancouver/

A pair of federal immigration programs were billed as “a clear, direct pathway to permanent residence” for migrant caregivers, but less than 17% of applications have been processed to date.Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/21/Migrant-Caregivers-Permanent-Residency-Path-Empty-Promise/

Protect Our Province BC has argued for some time now that there is functionally no public health in B.C.As if to highlight the point, the province just dropped the requirement for health-care workers to wear masks around sick patients.Physicians write: Lyne Filiatrault is a retired emergency room physician. Karina Zeidler is working as a family physician in Vancouver.Published Friday, April 21, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/21/BC-Bring-Back-Mask-Protections-COVID/

An Indigenous Vancouver project shows a way forward.Written by Geoff Meggs a politician and political operative and communications expert. The article was first published on Air Quotes Media.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/21/Housing-Cost-Trudeau-Next-Election/

Filmmaker and activist Alanis Obomsawin, 90, has a sprawling new Vancouver Art Gallery exhibit, shaped by a lifetime of contending with racist violence at the hands of white classmates and an insulting school curriculum. Dorothy Woodend reviews. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Friday, April 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/21/Speaking-For-Ourselves/

B.C. governments portray the province a climate leader.Yet six other provinces have surpassed B.C. in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions since 2005. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's bureau legislative chief.Published Friday, April 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/21/BC-Lags-Most-Provinces-Cutting-Emissions/

Deep Water Recovery was found to be out of compliance four times under B.C.’s environmental regulations and has not faced accountability.Without enforcement, we could face another industrial disaster like Mount Polley, notes BC Greens’ Sonia Furstenau.Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle regularly reports on climate for The Tyee.Published Thursday, April 20, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/20/BC-Greens-Call-Provincial-Ship-Breaking-Regulations/

Many barriers still exist for medical users to access safe and effective cannabis.So thousands still go to dispensaries or other low-threshold access points. B.C.’s decision to use extensive resources to target them is alarming, write researchers.Published Thursday, April 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/20/Shutting-Cannabis-Clubs-Hurts-Public/

Twenty-nine rain gardens in the North Delta area show how gravity, creativity and a little bit of upkeep can mitigate the effects of urban development by finding new places where water can be absorbed into the ground.Marissa Tiel reports. Marissa is an award-winning photojournalist and writer based in Vancouver, B.C.Published Thursday, April 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/20/Rain-Gardens-Concrete-Solution/

The new documentary by veteran journalist and Tyee contributor Christopher Guly is a fascinating series of interviews on the liberation — and price — of politicians shattering silence around their queer identities.David Beers writes. David is the founding editor of The Tyee.Published Thursday, April 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/20/Coming-Out-Politics/

B.C. had years to prepare before 2017 was deemed “one of the worst wildfire seasons” in B.C. history. And yet support was “close to failure.”Francesca Fionda spoke with over a dozen survivors about their experiences — more specifically, the aftermath.Francesca is an investigative reporter and regular contributor at The Tyee.Published Thursday, April 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/20/Surviving-Disaster-Just-First-Hurdle/

The BC Employment Standards Coalition, which aims to resolve employer-worker disputes within 180 days, is failing to meet its goal in 80% of complaints it handles.Meanwhile, workers living paycheque to paycheque are unable to afford the months-long wait. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Wednesday, April 19, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/19/Employment-Standards-Branch-Time-Targets/

“When I have housing, I want it to be safe.”Vancouver police shutting down the camp on Hastings Street citing violence and sexual assault has not kept women and gender diverse people safe — it’s taken away the only shelter people had, say advocates.Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter.Published Wednesday, April 19, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/19/Women-Not-Safe-After-Hastings-Camp-Clearing/

The numbers regarding climate action speak for themselves, said Canada’s minister for environment and climate change Steven Guilbeault.He’s right, but the numbers — other than for electricity — paint a picture of negligible or no accomplishment at all.Ian Urquhart writes. Ian Urquhart is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alberta.Published Wednesday, April 19, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/19/Ugly-Truth-Behind-Canadian-Climate-Progress/

Bikeways catering only to fit, reckless men are inaccessible and under-used by a majority of people.Let’s take a hard look at our infrastructure, and consider the diversity of people it’s meant to serve, writes Auston Chhor.Auston is a biologist and writing in Vancouver.Published Wednesday, April 19, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/19/Making-Vancouver-Bikeways-Better/

To say that architecture in Vancouver is something of a fraught subject is perhaps putting it too mildly.Dorothy Woodend reviews a new West Van Art Museum photo exhibit and considers the beauty — and limitations — of making art about palatial homes.Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Tuesday, April 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/18/Problem-Architectural-Photography/

Freedom of expression is a constitutional right. But in recent weeks, our municipal institutions have abandoned it.Spencer Izen on a city abandoning democratic norms when the questions get tough.Spencer Izen is a civil and digital liberties researcher with the Freedom of Information and Privacy Association and Co-Champion of Free Expression for 2023. Published Tuesday, April 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/18/Vancouver-Freedom-of-Expression-Problem/

Doc Steve is brainstorming slogans for the Premier Danielle Smith’s new one-question, zero-followup policy ahead of #ABElxn2023:“Ask me no more than one question and I’ll tell you no more than one lie.” Impressive, says Doc Steve!Steve Burgess is The Tyee's in-house spin doctor.Published Tuesday, April 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/18/Danielle-Smith-One-Question-Policy/

A psychologist who developed a protocol combining reprocessing therapy and Buddhist mindfulness that’s now used in trauma and addiction treatment centres across the U.S. also says, without hesitation, that the punk scene saved his life.An excerpt from "Scream Therapy" by author Jason Schreurs.Published Tuesday, April 18, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/18/Excerpt-Scream-Therapy/

You may’ve heard. Our reporters Jen St. Denis and Amanda Follett Hosgood were recognized for some of the best Canadian investigative journalism this weekend.By Tyee Staff. Published Monday, April 17, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/04/17/Tyee-Snags-Two-CAJ-Awards/

Shane Simpson is a former BC NDP social development minister who grew up in a flourishing Downtown Eastside.Today’s reality is very different, he writes, due to a street entrenched population and a poison drug supply.Here’s how to change it.Published Monday, April 17, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/17/Better-Future-For-Downtown-Eastside/

Myles Gray was 33 when he died after a confrontation with seven Vancouver police officers that left him with horrific injuries.As his inquest starts today, his family wants people to know he was a gregarious man who was quick to make others laugh.andrea bennett and Jen St. Denis report. andrea is a senior editor at The Tyee. Jen covers civic issues for The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/17/Remembering-Myles-Gray/

“The mistakes are of such magnitude they can influence elections”: For the second time in 18 months, Elections Alberta has produced a campaign so misleading one expert says the office, while legitimate, can no longer be trusted.Independent investigative reporter Charles Rusnell writes. Published Monday, April 17, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/17/Elections-Alberta-Mess-May-Skew-Ballots/

Do not mistake your dog’s goofy nature for a lack of lethal ability. 🐕🏖 Ben Goldfarb explains the beach mayhem of off-leash dogs, controversial leash policies and dog bans, and how playfulness can lead to habitat loss.Ben Goldfarb is the author of "Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter."Published Monday, April 17, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/17/Dogs-Are-A-Shorebird-Enemy/

Fact-based reporting is a bedrock of democracy. That’s why some want it gone. Second of two.Written by David Beers, the founding editor of The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/14/War-Journalists-Part-Two/

Tourists flock to appreciate a past that never was. But the kitschy attraction nonetheless holds the story of the neighbourhood.Written by Jen St. Denis, a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/14/Gastown-Case-Misunderstood-Clock/

Stress reveals character. The Rouleau Commission ignored the self-inquiry Canadians still need.Written by Crawford Kilian, a contributing editor of The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/14/Freedom-Convoy-Taught-Ourselves/

Tree planting offers lots of alone time outdoors, good for anxiety. On the other hand, there’s wildfire season.Madeline Dunnett spends her time between Vancouver, the Comox Valley and the West Kootenays. She has a master of journalism from UBC and is interested in the intersections of climate change and mental health.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/07/Panic-Cutblock/

Alcohol and tobacco are still doing the most harm, but toxic drugs are taking an increasing toll.Brishti Basu is a journalist and editor based in Victoria, B.C.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/07/Counting-Cost-Substance-Use-Finding-Solutions/

Smokey Devil has made waves in the Downtown Eastside. The artist now stars in a new doc film.Eden DaSilva is a freelance journalist from Victoria, B.C., and a graduate of the University of Victoria writing program.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/07/Big-Step-Graffiti/

The green techno-dream is so vastly destructive, they say, ‘we have to come up with a different plan.’Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/07/Rising-Chorus-Renewable-Energy-Skeptics/

Canada’s Conservative party took to the populist right in the first days of the convoy in Ottawa, betting that evangelicals and angry blue-collar workers could chauffeur them back into power. Michael Harris dives deep on the Conservatives’ big bet.The approaches of Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again movement are recognizable in Pierre Poilievre’s direction for the Conservatives. But MAGA emulation isn’t without hazards. “Poilievre employed many Trumpian tactics, including attacking media, exploiting social media’s echo chambers and darkly characterizing the nation as “broken,” suggests Harris.It’s a dangerous game. But were Canada’s Conservatives tempted to believe they could manage the risks?Link to the story published on April 5th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/05/Poilievre-Big-Bet-On-Convoy-Politics/

Moving forward, “affordable housing” in Alberta will be defined as any housing that’s rented (or owned) at below-market rates. Ximena González explains why new policies could make things worse for low- and moderate-income renters.“We’re feeding into the issue by handing unregulated organizations more public funds.” Subsidies can be life-saving. But they also perpetuate affordability issues, Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness chair Nadine Chalifoux.The mixed-income model pushed by Alberta can give lower-income households more choice, but gearing rental rates towards market prices can contribute to inflation and leave landlords without concern for what local incomes can afford.Link to the story published April 5th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/05/Why-Alberta-Funds-Public-Housing-Privatization/

The incoming BC Conservatives leader was kicked out of the Liberal party last August due to showing “behaviour not supportive of our caucus team.” In a time of contrarian populism being a viable political brand, he could lead his party into a spoiler role next election. If John Rustad succeeds in fielding a slate of credible candidates, and uses his seat to raise the party’s profile, the floundering BC Liberals Leader Kevin Falcon could win even fewer seats than predecessor Andrew Wilkinson.As much as MLA and incoming Conservatives leader John Rustad’s takes about “[hiring] back our health-care heroes” is irresponsible, his kind of political claims can resonate, as Trump showed in the U.S. and Pierre Poilievre as federal Conservative leader. By Paul Willcocks who is a senior editor at The Tyee.Link to the story published April 5th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/05/John-Rustad-Will-Hurt-BC-Liberals/

After the city issued an order requiring an SRO landlord to fix fire safety problems, tenants got a notice telling them the entire building has been “decommissioned.” That notice is not legal, says the city.Many of the tenants say they weren’t told where to send their rent after the building sold to new owners in 2021. That includes Sherry MacDonald, who has lived at the building for over 20 years.Landlords have incentive to empty buildings like this one, says Jess Gut, a tenant organizer who has been helping the residents protest their eviction, “given the building is in a rapidly gentrifying neighbourhood and the city is already losing SRO units at a rapid rate due to neglect and fires.”By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story published on April 5th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/05/Inside-SRO-Eviction-Attempt/

For as long as humans have been making images, we’ve been making ink.A new documentary allows you to dive into the magic of the medium that is one thing in the bottle and on paper something else entirely.Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Tuesday, April 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/04/Luscious-Poem-Creativity/

All shame has disappeared from politics. Andrew Nikiforuk on the petrostate where ethics disappear faster than woodland caribou.Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Published Tuesday, April 4, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/04/Albertans-Demand-Politicians/

Telus and B.C.’s Medical Services Commission are working on a resolution in a dispute over the company allegedly extra billing patients for health services.Under B.C.’s medicare act, no provider can offer preferential treatment in exchange for payment. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief.Published Tuesday, April 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/04/BC-Telus-Talks-Health-Care-Extra-Billing/

The BC NDP promised to build 114,000 housing units in the 2017 election.To date, almost half of the 74,668 units the government claims have been added are “policy created” rather than newly built units.Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief.Published Tuesday, April 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/04/Creative-Accounting-NDP-Faces-Questions-Housing-Promises/

International students provide crucial labour, income for landlords and revenues for post-secondary institutions.Canada needs to act to ensure applicants aren’t being taken advantage of — both in and outside of Canada. 🇨🇦 Tania Das Gupta and Yvonne Su write. Tania Das Gupta is a professor at York University. Yvonne Su is an assistant professor at York University.Published Monday, April 4, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/03/Pandemic-Worsened-International-Student-Exploitation/

Emily Carr U is at it again. Win a prize pack including $150 toward a teen course or workshop, a gift certificate, a tote and more. Enter below.By Emily Carr University. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, April 4, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/04/03/Contest-Emily-Carr-Teen-Prize-Pack/

“A throbbing orange light seeps through your blinds. A voice booms out. ‘Evacuate immediately.’”As climate disasters become more frequent and severe, B.C.‘s disaster response may not be nearly enough. Francesca Fionda reports a special Tyee series.Francesca Fionda is an investigative reporter and regular contributor at The Tyee. Find her on Twitter @FrancescaFionda.Published Monday, April 4, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/03/Bracing-For-Disasters/

If you get just five friends to sign up for our free newsletter, we’ll arrange a virtual coffee with a Tyee editor so you can get in on the behind-the-scenes of your favourite Tyeesters and Tyee stories.By Jeanette Ageson. Jeanette is publisher of The Tyee.Published Monday, April 4, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/04/03/Share-Free-Newsletters-From-Tyee/

As climate disasters increase, those who seek refuge can expect to be uprooted for long stretches. Our data analysis found the average tops three weeks — far longer than the length of time B.C. supports evacuees.Francesca Fionda reports. Francesca is an investigative reporter and regular contributor at The Tyee.Published Monday, April l4, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/03/Major-Gap-In-Disaster-Education-Support/

We launched a big project today on The Tyee. How did we do it?Reporter @FrancescaFionda interviewed collaborator and data scientist @vb_jens about their analysis, what to do with flawed data and the most surprising parts of their research.Francesca is an investigative reporter and regular contributor at The Tyee.Published Monday, April 4, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/03/How-We-Counted-Data-On-Disaster-Survivors/

A major BC study sets out a road map to a better future.Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Link to the story, published on March 31, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/31/BC-Study-Targeted-Supports-At-Risk-Children/

No, says Dr. Steve. But she might try if you had COVID while driving drunk.Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Link to the story, published on March 31, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/31/Danielle-Smith-Artur-Pawlowski-COVID-Recording/

Our work tells us recent changes to the province’s Mental Health Act in a toxic drug crisis are counterproductive.By Marilou Gagnon and other academics (listed in the story) who is a professor in nursing at UVic and scientist at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.Link to the story, published March 31, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/31/Nurses-Oppose-Forced-Hospitalization/

‘The Petroleum Papers’ author Geoff Dembicki gave this testimony yesterday to Parliament.Geoff Dembicki reports for The Tyee. His work also appears in Vice, Rolling Stone and the New York Times.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/31/Senators-Canada-Climate-Coverup/

Developers told council that Vancouver needs to add more rental development — not slow it down — as the city expects to welcome 60,000 new residents a year. But “if we can slow… displacing people, that seems like a good thing,” said a Broadway renter.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues.Published on Thursday, 30 March 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/30/Vancouver-Council-Rejects-Plan-To-Slow-Broadway-Evictions/

Unable to teach for a full minute before needing to address behavioural problems. Kids slipping through the “crevasses.” Lack of support. Why teaching gets the joy sucked out of it, according to a teacher who retired early.Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, 30 March, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/30/How-Fix-BC-Teacher-Shortage/

That time of year is coming again. What’s the update on tenant protections against deathly heat waves? Not much.Mohammed Rafi Arefin is an assistant professor, Naomi Klein is a professor of climate justice and Geraldine Pratt is Canada Research Chair and professor at UBC. Andrea Krombein is co-lead of the South Vancouver Seniors Network and Marpole Oakridge Family Place. Zuzana Modrovic and Robert Patterson are lawyers for TRAC.Published on Thursday, 30 March, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/30/Renters-Summer-Scant-Protections/

More evidence has emerged of the Alberta premier appearing to have attempted to interfere in a criminal case of a far-right pastor. Her loyal voters will likely stay that way, says one expert, but she may’ve ruined her chances in critical Calgary ridings.Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Published on Thursday, 30 March, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/30/Damaging-Danielle-Smith-Recording/

What layers of meaning have we associated with skin?From mites to culture wars, Science World’s “Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity” walks a delicate line between real-world information and more complex stuff. Dorothy Woodend writes.Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Wednesday, March 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/29/Skin-You-Are-In/

The dreamt-of universal child-care system has failed three times, says one child-care research unit.As Canada puts $30 billion of its budget into high-quality child care this year, is it really guaranteed to succeed this time?Brittany Hopkins writes. Brittany is a freelance journalist and newcomer in Vancouver.Published Wednesday, March 29, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/29/Trapped-In-Full-Time-Parenting/

The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change dropped its likely final report before the world hits 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels.The generation inheriting that future is working to redirect that course. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle regularly reports on climate for The Tyee.Published Wednesday, March 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/29/Giving-Youth-A-Voice-In-Climate-Change/

A high rate for projected job growth in Victoria is a good thing, right? Sure — but not if it can’t attract working people enough for them to stay.The missing ingredient? Family-friendly housing. Luke Mari explains.Luke is an urban planner, land economist and principal at Aryze Developments.Published Wednesday, March 29, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/29/Missing-Middle-Saves-Cities/

Instead of lecturing from the bias of a “grumpy old man,” as Crawford Kilian puts it, why not ask AI models how to fix health care?The result: “The chatbots literally read the room, distilling a consensus I heard from experts since the pandemic began.” Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Wednesday, March 29, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/29/How-To-Rebuild-Public-Health/

For animals as well as humans, social bonds are key to happy lives. A new doc explores ‘The Secrets of Friendship’.Written by Dorothy Woodend, the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/24/Everyone-Needs-Pals-Animals-Humans-Friendship-Secrets/

Northern MLA reaches out to social conservatives and convoy supporters as first in the race.Written by Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/24/MLA-Rustad-Launches-Conservative-Leadership-Bid/

Experts say the Vancouver board of trade’s dire report is based on flawed company-funded research.Written by Zak Vescera The Tyee’s labor reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/24/Business-Groups-Gig-Workers-Employee-Rights/

For months, the Alberta Energy Regulator failed to disclose a toxic oilsands leak. As it faces increased scrutiny, critics of CEO Laurie Pushor note that this isn’t the first time he’s been at the centre of a scandal. Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Published on Thursday, March 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/23/Hot-Seat-Alberta-Energy-Regulator-CEO-Laurie-Pushor/

A Stanford study confirmed the findings of a Tyee investigation: A bitumen wastewater disposal well likely triggered recent record-breaking earthquakes in Peace River country that rattled homes and shook Albertans as far as Edmonton.Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Published on Thursday, March 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/23/Oilsands-Trigger-Alberta-Earthquakes-Regulator-Silent/

After park rangers moved to evict encampment residents in Vanier Park after neighbourhood complaints, supporters say that eviction violates a previous park agreement not to evict if there’s no other place to live.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Published on Thursday, March 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/23/Development-Neighbourhood-Tiny-Encampment/

Spanning generations, geographies and three East Van stages, join The Cultch’s Femme Fest starting April 15 through May 14. Learn about all the shows you won’t want to miss.Published on Thursday, March 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/03/23/Cultch-Femme-Festival/

From eugenics to Dr. Google, misconstrued ideas often lead to the misdiagnosis of Black patients. An excerpt from ‘Bleed.’By Tracey Lindeman who is the author of Bleed: Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care, now out with ECW Press.Lin to the story, published on March 22, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/22/Why-Endometriosis-Patients-Cannot-Win/

Wrongful convictions get little public attention, notes law prof Kent Roach in his new book about lives snatched away by the justice system.But with an independent commission in the works for Canada, that may soon change.Michael Harris writes. Michael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker.Published Tuesday, March 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/21/Hero-Falsely-Imprisoned/

Legal Aid BC and its union are asking B.C. for pay increase for the 28 full-time lawyers supporting some of the province’s most vulnerable people: Indigenous parents whose children were apprehended by government.Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, March 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/21/Legal-Centres-Struggle-Lawyers/

Register for free for the University of British Columbia’s upcoming speaker series on political divides with acclaimed journalist and Pulitzer winner Linda Greenhouse and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 By UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners.Published Tuesday, March 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/03/21/Speaker-Series-Political-Divide/

“BLEED” is a salve to the isolation and blame endometriosis patients face on top of their pain.” 🩸📖 Moira Wyton interviews author Tracey Lindeman.Moira Wyton is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Tuesday, March 22, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/21/Tracey-Lindeman-Endometriosis-Book/

COP27 adopted a historic fund to address climate change impacts on vulnerable nations.What if B.C. made one for First Nations, who’ve contributed least to climate change in the province, but are suffering the most severe impacts? Lisa Akinyi May writes. Lisa is Associate Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, BC Office.Published Tuesday, March 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/21/BC-Climate-Fund-First-Nations/

A Trump trial would certainly be something, writes resident political spin doc Steve Burgess.If nothing else, it will be worth following just to hear Trump make up judge nicknames: Judge Dreadful, L’il Gavel, Sleepy Ito.Published Monday, March 20, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/20/Please-Advise-Trump-Putin-Crowbar-Hotel/

The exhibition “Dressed for History” features some of the rarest garments in the world. Win your pass today! 🎟🎟 By Museum of Vancouver. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners.Published Monday, March 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/03/20/Contest-History-Fashion-Passes/

B.C. is the only province where a long-acting drug to treat HIV is not funded through public health coverage. #BCPoliMoira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Monday, March 20, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/20/Widen-Access-To-HIV-Drugs/

Crawford Kilian: Reports alleging China meddled in Canadian elections — even last year’s Vancouver race for mayor and council — suggest that China is going a little too far in trying to regain its old imperial clout.Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Monday, March 20, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/20/China-Big-Canadian-Mistake/

Blaming inflation, supply chains and “challenging terrain,” spin can’t continue to excuse the #TMX pipeline expansion project costing Canadian taxpayers billions and billions.Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Monday, March 20, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/20/Trudeau-Pipeline-Scandal/

The funding begins rolling out April 1. Though the province has given few details, some communities are optimistic.Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/17/Where-Will-RCMP-Spend-Money-For-Rural-Policing/

But what happens when there’s nowhere left to go?Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/17/Species-Seeking-Higher-Ground-Escape-Climate-Change/

Yes, says a former employee. And homeowners are paying more as a result.Written by Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/17/BC-Assessment-Letting-Businesses-Dodge-Property-Taxes/

Dennis Hunter and his family are still waiting for answers about the horrific collision last September.Written by Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/17/Police-Smashed-Interfered-First-Aid/

Education analyst John Malcolmson applauds B.C.’s school meals initiative for students affected by poverty. But from underfunding to staffing, the new B.C. budget raises some sticky questions about the future of education in B.C.Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, March 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/16/Education-Underfunded-System/

“We have an obligation,” says BC Liberals Leader Kevin Falcon about helping the world transition away from dirty power. Do we? Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy.Published on Thursday, March 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/16/BC-LNG-Green/

Former Vancouver city councillor Jean Swanson wants to know what is happening to 98 units of temporary modular housing as the city wants to put office towers on the site. BC Housing says it’s still figuring it out. Is not losing what we have an option?Jean Swanson is a former Vancouver city councillor.Published on Thursday, March 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/16/Unhoused-Lose-98-Units/

Photographs of power, community and identity are on display now at North Van’s Polygon Gallery. It captures family celebrations, underground dance parties and remarkable artists of past and present. Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, March 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/16/Black-Atlantic-Fashion-Photography/

How one word in forestry regulations has limited the protection of so-called “non-timber” values in B.C. forests for two decades.Michael Ekers is an associate professor in the department of geography and planning at the University of Toronto. Estair Van Wagner is an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Sarah Morales is an associate professor at the University of Victoria faculty of law, where Van Wagner is currently a visiting professor.Published on Thursday, March 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/16/Private-Forest-Land/

The 1858 gold rush brought sweeping change, and sealed a grim future for Indigenous people.By Tyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian who is the author of Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black Pioneers of British Columbia (Harbour Publishing).Link to the story published March 15th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/15/Year-Made-And-Broke-BC/

Haisla Nation welcomes green light, but critics sound warning on threat to province’s climate plan.By Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Link to the story, published on March 15, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/15/BC-Approves-LNG-Plant-Introduces-Emission-Caps/

A generation that faced intense discrimination is ‘now just trying to find a safe, affirming, affordable place to live at the end of their lives.’By Tegwyn Hughes who is a Victoria-based journalist focusing on health, politics and equity. You can find her on Twitter @tegwynhughes.Link to the story, published March 15, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/15/Vancouver-Housing-For-Queer-Seniors/

Destabilizing humour; kinky surrealism; entertainingly creepy pieces — all tools one artist used to help people tackle the thornier stuff in Shary Boyle’s exhibition “Outside the Palace of Me.” Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Tuesday, March 14, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/14/What-We-Talk-About-When-We-Talk-About-Whiteness/

The hearings for Dave Culver, who died during an altercation with RCMP officers nearly six years ago, were set to begin today.No reason was given for the postponing — and Culver’s family say it’s been a struggle to navigate the “horrendous” justice system.Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.Published Tuesday, March 14, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/14/Delayed-Hearings-RCMP-Officer-Manslaughter/

British Columbia says it wants to force employers to pay people of all genders the same money for the same work — just not yet. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, March 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/14/Pay-Transparency-Law-Lands-Thud/

Lindsay Wong had 13 publisher rejections for being “too dark,” “too niche” or “too weird.” “What can I say? Real life is sometimes stranger than fiction.”Jackie Wong writes. Jackie is a senior editor with The Tyee. Published Tuesday, March 14, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/14/Lindsay-Wong-Pleasant-Things-Interview/

SVBCollapse depositors should learn to caulk, says Doc Steve. There’s a pretty penny to be made in plumbing!Steve Burgess is The Tyee's spin doctor.Published Monday, March 13, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/13/Please-Advise-Why-Banks-Failing/

The BC Green Party’s Sonia Furstenau is pushing for a pilot program where companies trial a four-day work week.In exchange for a tax break, companies would help government study the idea that’s making waves across the globe. Zak Vescera reports. Zak reports on labour issues for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/13/Four-Day-Work-Week/

“Everybody is just kind of letting it rot.”In a neighbourhood in dire need of shelter, housing and gathering spaces, one “very handsome,” government-owned building at 301 E. Hastings sits empty and derelict. “When are they going to do something with it?”Jen St. Denis reports. Jen covers civic issues for The Tyee.Published Monday, March 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/13/East-Hastings-Empty-Temple/

Spring boosters will be available in B.C. in April for seniors over 80, Indigenous people over 70, #LTC residents, home care clients and anyone immunocompromised over 18, and who had their last dose or infection at least six months ago.Moira Wyton reports. Moira Wyton is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Monday, March 13, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/13/Spring-COVID-Boosters/

The shock of sex, power and subversions of what we hold dear crackle and pop in a provocative new art show.Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/10/Get-Messed-Up-Art-Show/

A mother and wife now knows there were no safety procedures when her husband set sail on a tugboat from Kitimat to his death. “Canada has to do better.” Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Published on Thursday, March 9, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/09/Systemic-Safety-Failings-Tug-Sinking/

Blackness can’t be easily categorized as one or even a handful of things. Author Esi Edugyan on deconstructing ideas of Blackness, finding fiction and how it all started for her in Calgary, Alberta.Olamide Olaniyan is associate editor at The Tyee.Published on Thursday, March 9, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/09/Esi-Edugyan-Interview/

B.C.’s budget showed increased spending on health care and housing — great, says one advocate. But it’s spending one-fifth of what it needs to spend on the climate emergency to meet its targets, setting B.C. up for failure.Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. Published on Thursday, March 9, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/09/BC-Budget-Climate-Action/

A national council is advising the shots for high-risk adults, but BC won’t confirm if, and when, it will provide them.By Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her here. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published March 8th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/08/Spring-COVID-Boosters-Recommended-But-Are-They-Coming/

The new $200,000 Carol Shields Prize aims to address the gender pay gap for fiction writers.andrea bennett is a senior editor at The Tyee and the author of Hearty: Essays on Pleasure and Subsistence, forthcoming with ECW Press.Published on March 8th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/08/Life-Changing-Author-Award-In-Canada/

So why hasn’t the government cancelled oil and gas exploration permits that could damage them?Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.Link to the story, published on March 8th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/08/Rare-BC-Reefs-Fight-Climate-Change/

No, says Dr. Steve. Not yet, anyway.Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Link to the story, published March 8th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/08/Please-Advise-BC-Cocaine-Capital/

Ours is one of the worst in Canada. It’s time to take real action.Shannon Daub is director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives BC Office.Humera Jabir is a staff lawyer at West Coast LEAF.Link to the story, published March 8th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/08/Fixing-BC-Gender-Pay-Gap/

Nearly seven people a day died in January, more than in December and just under the year before.By Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her here. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published March 7th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/07/BC-Toxic-Death-Toll-Not-Budging/

From the renters’ rebate to speeding up home building, here’s what housing sector experts are watching.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Published on March 7th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/07/Five-Things-About-BC-Housing-Plan/

Reaman Miller was drifting until he leapt into the net of the Kwikwetlem community his parents left. Second of two. By Josh Kozelj who is the inaugural Hummingbird fellow with The Tyee.Published on March 7th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/07/Torn-Nation-Past-Helps-Secure-Its-Future/

Privatizing health care to save money, while presenting a big budget that relies on volatile oil and gas revenues? Welcome to Alberta.By David J. Climenhaga who is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. He blogs at AlbertaPolitics.ca. Follow him on Twitter at @djclimenhaga.Published March 7th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/07/All-Aboard-Energy-Rollercoaster/

‘We’re not going to agree to a bill that takes away the ability of our members to decide what union they want to apply to.’Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Published on March 7th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/07/BC-Negotiations-Government-Collapse/

The city ends its six-year commitment as inflation rises and the living wage rate jumps.By Zak Vescera who is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Published on March 6th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/06/Vancouver-Decision-Abandon-Living-Wage-Program/

Evolution, sacrifice, cannibalism — all in the name of sex. Dorothy Woodend on the new nature doc “Bug Sex.”Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Monday, March 6, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/06/Bug-Sex-In-New-Nature-Film/

After high hopes from then-premier Gordon Campbell, the world’s biggest sawmill is closing after 20 years.It’s yet another casualty in a province that went all-in on the idea that bigger is better and now faces the consequences.Ben Parfitt writes. Ben is resource policy analyst for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives B.C. office.Published Monday, March 6, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/06/Monster-Mills-Ate-BC-Timber-Jobs/

Langley-based cannabis company Adastra Holdings announced it was given federal permission to possess, produce, sell and distribute cocaine.Health Canada clarified that doesn’t include the general public. Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Monday, March 6, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/06/BC-Company-Not-Selling-Cocaine/

When a member of Kwikwetlem First Nation dies, their life is not over. Their spirit lives on, says knowledge keeper George Chaffee.But rising water levels are leaving the deceased no safe place to eternally rest. A Tyee special report by Josh Kozelj. Josh is The Tyee's inaugural Hummingbird fellow.Published Monday, March 6, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/06/First-Nation-Quest-To-Know-Why-Cemetery-Flooded/

A PhD in biology taught me to sniff out pseudoscience, and it is rife in abstinence-only treatment.” Euan Thomson, lead of a national coalition seeking more inclusive community responses to the toxic drug crisis, on the for-profit “recovery” business.” #ToxicDrugCrisis #ABpoliStudies the government has relied on show survivor bias, showcasing only people who survive treatment while looking past the many thousands of participants who die. And they relentlessly ignore the positive results of evidence-based practices like supervised consumption sites.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/03/Why-Fighting-Deadly-Alberta-Drug-Model/

We’ve had an eventful year here at The Tyee. In case you missed a couple of updates, here’s what our team’s been up to. :fishing_pole_and_fish:takes breath We welcomed five fellows (check ’em out at @/josh, @/kate, @/kaitlyn, @/akhila); welcomed our new labour reporter @/zak, welcomed Tyeesters @/andrea and @/jackie as editors, and welcomed our homepage editor Tara Campbell as our now managing editor!https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/03/03/Fly-Hummingbird-Buzz-Managing-Editor/

ChatGPT and I have been discussing morality, jokes, and what it can do for my field of study, education. Listen in.Written by Charles Ungerleider a professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia who writes a blog on education.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/03/Talking-With-Robot/

Dockworkers at a Global Container Terminals’ Deltaport site are still climbing cranes without working elevators despite an initial federal investigation that identified serious safety issues after a worker’s death. @ reports.In late January, some employees at the site refused to climb the 23 flights of stairs to the top of gantry cranes unless elevators were working. That was about six weeks after maintenance worker Dan Alder after experiencing a medical emergency while atop a crane.The federal Labour Program investigation into his death found six safety violations and ordered changes. But a second investigation by Transport Canada — a different federal department — found there was “no imminent danger” to workers if elevators aren’t functioning.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/03/Conflicting-Federal-Investigations-Raise-Deltaport-Concerns/

Charter violations and use of excessive force by RCMP are alleged by Wet’suwet’en members and supporters in their application.Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/02/Land-Defenders-Call-To-Dismiss-Charges/

Calgary police and its police commission failed to properly investigate why they hired a California man with fabricated credentials to conduct PTSD debriefing training that one psychologist called “nonsensical psychobabble,” experts told The Tyee.Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative journalist based in Edmonton.Published Thursday, March 2, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/02/Calgary-Police-Service-Investigation-PTSD/

With two proposals waiting to hear from government, B.C. is at a pivotal moment of weighing the economic promise of #LNG against the goal of reducing #GHG emissions. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief.Published Thursday, March 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/02/Clouds-Building-BC-LNG-Projects/

“A beacon of hope” for the rest of Canada: This week’s B.C. budget revealed the province will eliminate out-of-pocket costs for prescription contraceptives including pills, injections, Plan B and more.Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Thursday, March 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/02/Health-Benefits-Savings-Free-Contraception/

“Brooklyn’s Last Secret” is a love song to life on the road as a band, with a deep well of affection for the oddballs that heed the siren call of the musician’s life, no matter the cost. Dorothy Woodend reviews Leslie Stein’s first full-length fiction. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Thursday, March 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/02/Tales-From-Tour-Van/

While police got a big budget increase, councillors say a last-minute funding boost to other departments was welcome.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Published March 1st, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/01/Vancouver-Budget-Libraries-Police/

Anonymous claims say over the last few months “several sections of the Coastal GasLink pipeline have been vandalized,” including drilling holes and damaging the pipe’s joints and protective coating. Investigations are underway. “Financially, the consequences of each act were minor: a few holes in the pipeline here, some corroded welding seams there, damaged concrete here. Our goal was to contribute to the small delays in a project that was already well over budget,” the post said.When contacted by The Tyee, someone behind the BC Counter-info website, where the anon claims were made, said its submission system does not provide personal details for those who submit content.The threats are the latest development in a years-long dispute over the 670-kilometre pipeline, which is under construction from northeast B.C. to the LNG Canada export facility in Kitimat.By Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to the story, published in March 1, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/01/Activists-Sabotage-CGL-Pipeline/

Andrew Nikiforuk explains why changing government body names to exclude “oil and gas” and instead include words like “energy” makes all the difference for industrial interests.The BC Oil and Gas Commission, after allowing fossil fuel companies to build a series of illegal dams to hold water for fracking, will change its name to BC Energy Regulator.“Plastic words in the mouths of experts and politicians not only blind people to shifts in power, but make a state of continuous disruption seem natural.”By Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk who is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Link to the story, published on March 1, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/03/01/How-Plastic-Words-Mask-Reality/

BC Budget Focuses on Increasing Treatment Options in Toxic Drug CrisisThe 2023 budget continues Premier David Eby’s treatment-oriented approach to the drug crisis but is quiet on expanding provisions like safe supply and more overdose prevention sites.A released budget service plan from B.C.’s Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions does not list decreasing the number of people dying in its key performance measures, Moira Wyton reports.The province plans to spend $586 million in the next three years to open 190 new and no-fee treatment and recovery beds in its disjointed system.An additional $184 million will expand mental health and substance use early intervention for children and youth and $67.7 million will expand prescribed safer supply to people at risk of drug poisoning.Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published on Feb 28th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/28/BC-Budget-Increasing-Treatment-Options-Toxic-Drug-Crisis/

The province is projected to run a $4.2-billion deficit for the coming fiscal year.By Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Link to the story, published on Feb 28th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/28/BC-Budget-Promises/

The families of Chelsea Poorman, Noelle O’Soup and Tatyanna Harrison rallied at a Vancouver police station to call for change.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story, published Feb 28, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/28/Families-Charge-Police-Neglect-Over-Missing-Persons/

Guided by survivors’ memories, the Tseshaht First Nation is uncovering horrific truths about Alberni Indian Residential School.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story, published Feb 28th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/28/Uncovering-Truths-Alberni-Indian-Residential-School/

No, says Dr. Steve. At least not yet.By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Link to the story, published on Feb 28th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/02/28/China-Choosing-Canada-MPs/

Expanding midwifery in B.C. could help improve pregnancy outcomes, particularly those in rural and remote areas, according to a new study from B.C.-based researchers.But there aren’t enough midwives, and the ones we do have face extreme burnout.Moira Wyton reports.Published Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/27/Good-Record-For-Midwife-Delivered-Babies/

The Tyee’s been paywall-free since 2003 because we want our work to reach as many people as possible.So we’re kicking off a campaign to enlist our most dedicated readers to help grow the number of people getting our free daily newsletter. 📧📣By Jeanette Ageson. Jeanette is The Tyee's publisher.Published Monday, Feb. 27, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/02/27/Getting-Good-Journalism-Into-The-World/

Fisheries and Oceans Canada will not renew 15 open-net pen salmon fish farms in the Discovery Islands — a key migration route for B.C.’s wild salmon, it announced.Esteemed marine biologist Alexandra Morton was enormously relieved. A Tyee interview.Amanda Follett Hosgood reports.Published Monday, Feb. 27, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/27/Alexandra-Morton-Hopes-For-Salmon/

The Tyee’s strong showing among 469 total entries by publications and broadcasters across Canada, said senior editor Paul Willcocks, is a validation of reader-supported journalism.Olamide Olaniyan writes. Olamide is The Tyee's associate editor.Published Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/02/27/Tyee-Snags-Five-CAJ-Nominations/

A single senior woman in B.C. with a $29,000 annual pension is not eligible for the federal guaranteed income supplement, and would need to pay $9,000 a year for one hour of care every day, notes advocate Isobel Mackenzie, leaving insufficient funds for housing and food.Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her here. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/24/Must-Improve-Home-Support-Seniors/

Between 2012 and 2019, Vancouver police made about 8,000 street checks — also known as carding — per year. In 2022, the practice, disproportionately affecting Black and Indigenous people, was down to just eight checks.Street checks have fallen steadily ever since B.C. began requiring police to do annual audits of street checks and reasons for them. They cannot be based on identity or arbitrary. Officers must also tell the person being stopped why they need the information.Civil liberty advocates have pushed for street checks to be ended entirely, saying they are not legal. But police say they do have the legal authority to do the stops and they are still necessary for certain situations.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/24/Police-Street-Checks-Plunge/

When you get caught, and there was a good likelihood you are going to get caught, it’s going to cost you big time.” Former Employment Standards Branch employees say it is now a shadow of its former self. B.C.’s government says it wants to change that.On Thursday, Labour Minister Harry Bains announced $11.9 million in new money for the branch over the next three years, part of a response to a backlog of cases that have left many employees waiting months or years for help.Pamela Charron, exec director of the Worker’s Solidarity Network, said her organization routinely hears from workers who’ve been waiting one to two years just to resolve a complaint. The funding is a good first step, she says, but she wants deadlines.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/24/BC-Pledges-Big-Budget-Boost-Protect-Workers-Rights/

On the somber first anniversary of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, The Tyee offers this review of our coverage over the course of the year.Written by David Beers founding editor of The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/24/Understanding-Putin-War-Ukraine/

We lose as many people to air pollution in a year as COVID-19 has killed in three years. Do we just not care anymore? It’s less easy to shrug it off, given this recent study. @Crof in The Tyee today:The study out of @UBC shows those exposed to diesel exhaust had “changes in brain connectivity,” which has been associated with decreased memory and deteriorating productivity at work. Those who breathed filtered air did not lose connectivity.We also know that traffic-related air pollution causes 1,200 premature deaths — those most at risk of this being those living 250 metres within high-traffic roads like kids, old people and “lower socio-economic groups,” according to Health Canada.How does Health Canada advise us to reduce this toll? Don’t exercise in heavy traffic. Stay indoors. Drive a new car with a good engine and emission control, and fill it with low-sulphur fuel.Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/24/Deaths-Air-Pollution/

The province will unveil new spending priorities next week. Here are areas that need a big push.Alex Hemingway is a senior economist and public finance policy analyst at the CCPA’s B.C. office. Marc Lee is a senior economist at the CCPA’s B.C. office. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/23/Time-Bolder-BC-Budget/

Melanie Mark quit as a B.C. MLA Wednesday, sharing her frustrations as the only First Nations woman elected to the legislature to serve in cabinet: Government are resistant to change and “allergic” to doing things differently.Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018).Published on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/23/Melanie-Mark-Quits-BC-Politics/

As advocates across B.C. clamoured for a provincial Black history curriculum, three Surrey high school teachers founded a course and welcomed their first class of students earlier this month.Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird fellow with The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/23/Black-Studies-Arrives-Surrey-High-Schools/

Ray Haynes spent a lifetime at picket lines, masterminding some of the biggest job actions in B.C. history. The former BC Federation of Labour secretary-general, and its oldest living officer, died earlier this week at the age of 94.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Published on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/23/Leader-Working-People-BC/

No, says Dr. Steve. But that doesn’t mean Kevin Falcon is thrilled about John Rustad’s move.Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/02/22/One-BC-MLA-For-Conservatives/

Upstart & Crow announces its inaugural writers’ residency program, with a $4,000 stipend and studio workspace on offer.Written by Ian Gill, Zoe Grams and Robyn Smith.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/02/22/Get-Paid-To-Demonstrate-World-Changing-Stories/

The Tyee recently published a column by former city councillor Jean Swanson on why vacancy controls will help Vancouver’s housing crisis.Today, Michael Geller writes why he fears vacancy controls in actuality do harm. Michael is a Vancouver-based planner, real estate consultant, retired architect and adjunct professor at SFU’s school of resource and environmental management. Published Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/02/21/Case-Against-Vacancy-Controls-Vancouver/

Where did all the teachers go? ✏️ Northern B.C. school districts are hiring uncertified teachers to fill a void that’s left districts scrambling to fill teacher jobs. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth/education reporter.Published Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/21/How-Solve-Teacher-Shortage-BC/

There were more than 32,200 people in B.C. under the federal government’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program at the end of 2022, according to the latest data.It’s more than Ontario — which has more than twice B.C.’s population. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/21/Temporary-Foreign-Workers-Hit-Record/

“When people look to come into my store at five minutes to close, I’m like, ‘No, sorry. This isn’t a five-minute walk through.’ It’s disrespectful.”Krazy Bob’s Music Emporium owner Bob Foster on overthinking, self-deprecation and music for the soul. 🎶 Josh Kozelj reports. Josh is The Tyee's inaugural Hummingbird fellow.Published Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/20/BC-Slow-Action-Ship-Breaker-Case/

Record-high grocery prices got you down? Good news: One Abbotsford-based farm is collaborating with other organic growers in the province to produce a community shared agriculture program.Learn more here.By Glen Valley Organic Farm. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/02/20/Fresh-Produce-Local-Farm/

A ship breaking business has been caught acting in contravention of environmental regulations several times in the last year — but has yet to be punished for it.B.C. could be helping the company’s case against the suing local gov, says one expert.Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle regularly reports on climate for The Tyee.Published Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/20/BC-Slow-Action-Ship-Breaker-Case/

Barbara Brandon-Croft was the first Black woman to have a syndicated comic strip. Now it’s back as an anthology. A Tyee interview.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Published on Feb 20th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/20/Cartoonist-Blazed-Trail-For-Black-Womanhood/

My quest to rethink travel in a troubled world starts in Miyama. ‘We need the balance,’ I’m told.By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Link to the story, published Feb 20th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/20/Answer-To-Revive-Tourism-From-Japan/

More British Columbians are being involuntarily detained now than ever before, according to new government data. @moirawyton interviews Rob Wipond, “Your Consent Is Not Required” author, who says involuntary treatment isn’t the solution many think it is.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/17/Reform-Involuntary-Care-Personal-Roots-Rob-Wipond/

The number of people who died because of climate disasters is actually DOWN 99 per cent,” Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad told one concerned resident. “Look into the data if you don’t believe this.” So our reporter Amanda Follet Hosgood did.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/17/Climate-Deaths-Down-Century-Ago/

The bubble reminds us that life is transient and demise is certain. Who knew a bubble could be so deep? @DorothyWoodend ponders “aBIOTIC,” on view at the New Media Gallery through April 23.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/17/New-Media-Gallery-Reminder-Alive/

Advocates applaud a key legislative change, but call for faster action to protect biodiversity.Zoë Yunker is a Victoria-based journalist writing about energy and environmental politics. Follow her on Twitter @zoeyunker.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/17/BC-Forest-Health-Industry-Needs/

While the proposed increases for the Saanich Inlet aggregate quarry — a source of construction materials — are too small to automatically trigger an environmental assessment, one is being considered anyway.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/17/Controversial-Island-Quarry-Expansion-Environmental-Assessment/

As a federal decision on a massive container-port expansion looms, opposition mounts.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/16/Union-Fears-Robots-Will-Kill-Jobs-Port-Expansion/

In 1997, then-Hong Kong health director Dr. Margaret Chan ordered the destruction of all poultry in the region. It put a stop to the outbreak cold. Twenty-five years later, the virus has spread again through birds — and B.C. is a focus. Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/16/H5N1-Bird-Flu-Home-Roost/

Premier Danielle Smith only just became the leader of the United Conservative Party on Oct. 6. Will Albertans vote based on her record or Jason Kenney’s? This is a common and vicious cycle for Alberta conservatives. Duane Bratt is a political science professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, and a co-editor of Blue Storm: The Rise and Fall of Jason Kenney.Published on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/16/Looking-Ahead-Notley-Smith-Showdown/

The identity of East Vancouver has come a long way. There was once a chasm between the city’s two halves, drawing divides from political and racial to the prestige of real estate. But now, a cross marks ‘cool,’ and everyone wants a piece of it.Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter @bychrischeung.Published on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/16/Ken-Lum-East-Van-Cross/

ARTIFACT: ‘Born from my own feelings of fear being a Black woman,’ the Afro-surreal dreamscapes of Crystal Noir.By David Beers who is the founding editor of The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Feb 15, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/15/Guilty-As-Skin-Exhibit/

The province’s public watchdog handled 64 death investigations in 2022, raising questions about IIO resources and police use of force.By Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to the story, published on Feb 15, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/15/Rising-Police-Involved-Deaths/

The province needs more tradespeople. But we must improve how they’re educated.By Nick Smith who is a veteran public school teacher who lives on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia. You can find him on Twitter @mr_nixmith.Link to the story, published on Feb 15, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/02/15/Solution-To-Overhaul-BC-Trades-Training/

An annual Women’s Memorial March in Vancouver honoured the missing and called for answers.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story, published on Feb 15, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/15/Justin-Trudeau-Say-Their-Names/

High fashion or ‘Why, fashion?’ For me, silliness is part of the appeal.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Feb 9, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/09/High-Fashion-Silliness-Appeal/

The premiers and PM realized that the public wants improvements, not finger-pointing.By Michael Harris, who is a Tyee contributing editor and a highly awarded journalist. Author of Party of One, the bestselling exposé of the Harper government, his investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry.Link to the story, published on Feb 9, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/09/Squabbling-Health-Funding/

BC’s groundbreaking carbon tax is working. But some less controversial measures were even more effective.Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Link to the story, published Feb 14, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/14/Beyond-Carbon-Taxes-Better-Climate-Solutions-Government/

The diminutive 27-year-old was in crisis. What went wrong? And what do experts advise to avoid another tragedy?Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Her reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published on Feb 14, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/14/Inside-Dani-Cooper-Death/

Critics worry the scaled-down plan lets the province off the hook for mental health services and is still too reliant on police.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story, published on Feb 14, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/14/ABC-100-Police-100-Nurses-Heads-Council/

RAVEN legal defence trust has created a course just for you. And it’s funny, too.Andrea D. Smith is a regular Tyee contributor. Link to the story, published on Feb 14, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/14/How-Talk-About-Indigenous-Rights/

Sure, says Dr. Steve. It’s time to look beyond facts to what really matters.Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Link to the story, published Feb 14, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/02/14/Enrol-Danielle-Smith-University/

The non-profit news outlet alleges the arrest of Amber Bracken breached press freedom.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues and Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter.Link to the story, published on Feb 13, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/13/Narwhal-Suing-RCMP/

The feds’ plan for a “just transition” for fossil fuel workers to low-carbon jobs is meeting big political resistance in Alberta, write Brendan Boyd and Marielle Papin.How to make lemonade out of a political lemon?Brendan Boyd is assistant professor in anthropology, economics and political science at MacEwan University. Marielle Papin is assistant professor in political science at MacEwan University.Published Monday, February 13, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/13/Just-Transition-In-Alberta/

The remains of Chelsea Poorman, Noelle O’Soup and Tatyanna Harrison were found over six months in 2022. The cases raise questions about the quality of police investigations into missing Indigenous persons, experts say. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Monday, February 13, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/13/Chelsea-Noelle-Tatyanna-Went-Missing/

.@ReadLocalBC has recos from B.C. publishers, highlighting varied aspects of Black history, art and lived experiences this #BlackHistoryMonth.Get your excerpts here and find the reads at your local bookstores.By Read Local BC. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, February 13, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/02/13/Celebrate-Black-History-Turn-Page-Black-Futures/

When a tenant leaves a unit, landlords can raise rent to whatever the market will bear.Vacancy control would only allow the permitted increase — 2% this year — as opposed to the average 43%.Former city councillor Jean Swanson explains. Published Monday, February 13, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/02/13/Vancouver-Needs-Vacancy-Controls/

Volunteers spent hundreds of hours creating traditional skirts for Tuesday’s memorial march for missing Indigenous women.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story, published Feb 9, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/09/Ribbon-Skirts-Stitch-By-Stitch/

Nicole Chan dreamed of being a police officer since she was a child. But inside the Vancouver PD, she encountered a toxic workplace environment, faced gossip and abusive relationships, and would die by suicide on Jan. 27, 2019. Jen St. Denis and Katie Hyslop report.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Feb. 9 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/09/Tragic-End-Nicole-Chan-Fight-Justice/

Jobs were plentiful. Last names were not. One writer recounts her and her husband’s trial of the small-town life, looking for meaningful careers, friends and an answer to whether it’s all worth it.Fiona McGlynn moved to Atlin, BC, in 2018 after spending three years sailing from Canada to Australia on a 35-foot boat with her husband, Robin. She runs Waterborne magazine.Published on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/09/Serving-Cranberry-Crowd/

Calling Ottawa’s offer “fiscally limited,” as B.C. Premier David Eby did, is the understatement of this political season. David Climenhaga on the reasons around the polite politics of funding Canada’s impending health-care collapse.Michael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly awarded journalist. Author of Party of One, the bestselling exposé of the Harper government, his investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry.Published on Thursday, Feb. 9 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/09/HerSo-Little-Squabbling-Health-Funding/

Dorothy Woodend is in a silly goofy mood today for fashion — but is fashion in a silly goofy mood back?Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/09/High-fashion-silliness-appeal/

New federal funding welcomed, but most agree innovation also required.By Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Link to the story, published Feb 8th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/08/Extra-Money-Not-Enough-Fix-Health-Care-Premiers-Agree/

James Rebanks is living a pastoral life as a shepherd in 2023. He explains why ‘rewilding’ won’t save us.By Crawford Kilian who is a contributing editor of The Tyee.Link to the story, published Feb 7, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/07/Farmer-Climate-Emergency/

A proposed class-action suit could bring compensation and information on the deadly fire’s cause.By Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to the story, published on Feb 8, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/08/Lytton-Fire-Victims-Head-To-Court/

The area’s population of adults over 55 will double in 20 years. Where will they live?By Christopher Cheung who reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter @bychrischeung.Link to the story, published on Feb 8, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/08/Few-Places-For-Seniors-Living-In-Chinatown/

Paul B. Rainey’s new graphic novel packs an unexpected punch.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story, published Feb 8, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/08/Paul-B-Rainey-New-Graphic-Novel/

Government opens door wider for working from home to keep employees.By Zak Vescera who is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published Feb 8, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/08/BC-Embraces-Remote-Work-Future/

James Rebanks is living a pastoral life as a shepherd in 2023. He explains why ‘rewilding’ won’t save us.By Crawford Kilian who is a contributing editor of The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Feb 7, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/07/Farmer-Climate-Emergency/

Something as simple as removing driftwood can heal ecosystems and help coastal communities adapt to climate change, say experts.By Michelle Gamage who is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.Link to the story, published on Feb 7, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/07/Climate-Fixes-Boundary-Bay-Marsh/

BC rejected the Sukunka mine to protect one threatened herd. Now it considers an application from Telkwa Coal.By Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to the story, published Feb 7, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/07/Between-Caribou-and-Coal-Mine/

The Richmond Art Gallery’s new show places a gentle finger on how quiet can speak volumes.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story, published Feb 7, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/07/Black-Blue-Over-You-Art-Exhibit/

Eby’s first throne speech says government’s priorities remain unchanged.By Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Link to the story, published on Feb 6, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/06/BC-Pledges-To-Spend-Surplus-Billions-Services/

Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi saved children’s lives in the operating room. Now he is a deputy leader of the BC Greens.By Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her here. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published on Feb 6, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/06/BC-Heart-Surgeon-Quit-For-Politics/

Perhaps, says Dr. Steve. Anytime the PM and premiers meet on health care there are lots of potential fireworks.By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Link to the story, published on Feb 6, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/02/06/Smith-Trudeau-Cage-Match/

Her tragic death tells us we must do more for survivors of institutional sexual abuse.By Meenakshi Mannoe who is a criminalization and policing campaigner at Pivot Legal Society. Link to the story, published on Feb 6, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/02/06/Nicole-Chan-Deserved-Safety-At-VPD/

Staff cuts at Overstory Media’s flagship raise alarms about its vision for local journalism’s future.Written by Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/03/Bold-Experiment-Local-Journalism-Hits-Rocks/

My BC home can be fractious, and factionary. But in a community this small, we have to make more space for each other.Written by Leesa Dean, author of Waiting for the Cyclone and The Filling Station, lives in Krestova, B.C.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/03/Newcomers-Doukhobor-Territory/

Tyee readers flocked to our inbox to share beautiful photos and quirky stories.Written by Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/03/Backyard-Bird-Pics/

The government is seeking to prevent businesses from charging fees for access to doctors’ care.Written by Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/03/BC-Launches-New-Legal-Action-Privatized-Health-Care/

BC’s police watchdog says it needs more resources as criticism swirls over lengthy delay.Written by Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/03/Six-Years-Deadly-RCMP-Incident/

Peter Scott, president of Athabasca University, Canada’s top distance learning institution, appears to have been fired Wednesday without a vote by the entire board of governors, The Tyee has learned.Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Published on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/02/Athabasca-U-President-Firing/

Christy received the eviction notice in May 2022. Shortly after, she took her own life. “Her final act of control over her life was, arguably, to end it before falling back into homelessness.” Researchers Audrey Tung and Kendall Fraser write.Audrey Tung is a PhD candidate in the University of Victoria’s geography department. Kendall Fraser is a MA candidate in the University of Victoria’s social dimensions of health program.Published on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/02/Christy-Lived-Fiercely-Died-Precariously/

Did you know that two exciting developments are unfolding that could kickstart the next chance for electoral reform in Canada? Anita Nickerson and Gisela Ruckert explain.Anita Nickerson is the executive director of Fair Vote Canada. Gisela Ruckert is a board member of Fair Vote Canada and a long-time environmental campaigner. Published on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/02/Electoral-Reform-Not-Dead-Canada/

A fire safety co-ordinator will train tenant leaders on fire safety, help them make safety plans and learn to advocate for themselves and neighbours in a new pilot project taking place in 18 buildings. Jen St. Denis reports.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Published on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/02/2022-Deadly-Year-SRO-Fires/

Vancouver’s “purpose built rental housing,” meant to exclude individually owned units, have skyrocketed. But less cause to celebrate is the lack of evidence that this is leading to the hoped-for reduction in rental rates. Patrick Condon writes.Patrick Condon is the James Taylor chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.Published on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/02/When-Will-Rents-Come-Down/

Especially for Black people.By Daniella Barreto who is Amnesty International Canada’s digital activism co-ordinator and creator and host of the podcast Rights Back at You on anti-Black racism and policing.Link to the story, published on Feb 01, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/02/01/Police-Body-Cameras-Threaten-Public-Safety/

It’s another brutal winter in health care. Here’s what we need to do to set things right.By Tyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian, who blogs about the pandemic at H5N1.Link to the story, published Feb 01, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/01/Fixing-Public-Health-Crisis/

Over a third of 20 to 34-year-olds live with a parent. How to navigate daily life?By Christopher Cheung who reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter @bychrischeung.Link to the story, published Feb 01, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/01/Living-With-Parents-In-Adulthood/

New: B.C.’s worsening #ToxicDrugCrisis killed 2,272 people last year — more than four times the number who died in 2015, shortly before the province declared a public health emergency. Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/31/Inadequate-Response-Toxic-Drug-Deaths/

Exclusive: Code Whites are used to alert staff to aggressive people in health-care settings without alarming patients.The Fraser Health Authority issued a record 2,370 across 14 facilities in the 2021–22 fiscal year — triple the calls from 2014–15. Moira Wyton and Zak Vescera report. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/31/Health-Workers-Record-Levels-Violence/

Cheryl Trade wasn’t deterred by the protesters that showed up outside the Coquitlam Public Library last August.“I just smiled, waved and walked right on.”How the pride of local drag performers is louder than protests against them. Josh Kozelj reports. Josh is The Tyee's inaugural Hummingbird fellow.Published Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/31/Amidst-Protest-Pride-and-Joy/

Layoffs are fresh across @postmedianet and Victoria’s vibrant online startup @CapitalDailyVic. Deborah Campbell spoke with our editor-in-chief David Beers on journalism vs. misinforming media, the passive response to the journalism crisis, and his solutions. Deborah is an award-winning author and associate professor at the University of Victoria.Published Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/31/Todays-War-On-Journalists/

Caught between inflation and a high cost of living, families in the Lower Mainland and on Vancouver Island are having to make cuts on their food budgets, rely on free food programs or even a few programs at a time to get by.Emily Fagan reports. Emily is a freelance journalist and associate producer at CBC News.Published Tuesday, January 31, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/31/BC-Families-Cope-Grocery-Bills/

In the land whose students once topped the world, scores are declining. Why?By Crawford Kilian who is a contributing editor of The Tyee.Link to the story originally published on Jan 30, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/30/Shine-Off-Of-Finnish-Education/

Six observations on viral evolution and how it may shape our lives in this, the fourth year of the pandemic.Andrew Nikiforuk writes in today’s Tyee. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Monday, January 30, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/30/We-Face-An-Army-Of-COVID/

Tomorrow, B.C. will become the first jurisdiction in Canada to decriminalize small-amount possessions of drugs including heroin, cocaine and fentanyl.Advocates say it doesn’t do enough to reduce the harms of criminalization. Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/30/BC-Eve-Drug-Decriminalization/

“Workers are waiting over a year to recover thousands and thousands of dollars,” says Worker Solidarity Network’s exec director, as B.C.’s Employment Standards Branch sees the number of complaints it receives spike — and as its responsiveness tanks.Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Monday, January 30, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/30/Rising-Cases-Deny-Worker-Justice/

An ex-employee and other workers say they flagged risks posed by a non-working elevator on huge cranes.Written by Zak Vescera The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/27/Investigato-Finds-Six-Deltaport-Safety-Issues/

Feral rabbits abound across Metro Vancouver. They’re cute. But can they be contained?Written by Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter @bychrischeung.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/27/Overrun-With-Buns/

Advocates raise the alarm about a council decision to close Vancouver’s Renter Office.Written by Jen St. Denis a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/27/Who-Will-Help-Vancouver-Renters/

‘It’s the worst thing that ever happened to me and it’s been my greatest teacher.’Written by Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/27/Canada-Leader-Avalanche-Safety/

In his law society hearing Wednesday, Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro appeared to seriously breach the personal privacy of a witness. It was unnoticed by members of the tribunal and Shandro’s lawyer. Tyee reporter Charles Rusnell caught it.Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Published on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/26/Bombshell-Derails-Alberta-Minister-Shandro-Law-Society-Hearing/

There’s a lack of public awareness about long COVID. But it has lasting consequences. Writes Sophie Harrison: “I felt like I was in free fall, reaching for something to slow my descent, but with my hands grasping at thin air.”Sophie Harrison is a youth climate organizer turned law student.Published on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/26/Long-COVID-Never-Been-Taken-Seriously/

Coastal GasLink once again owes more than $200,000 for its ongoing erosion and sediment-control issues that have plagued pipeline construction almost since the start of the project. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports.Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Published on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/26/BC-Environmental-Regulator-Issues-Coastal-GasLink-Fine/

While British Columbians rang in the New Year, the province quietly increased the minimum piece rate wage for farm workers by a pitiful 2.8%. Meanwhile the cost of living has increased by 11.5%. Experts report.Anelyse Weiler is an assistant professor at the University of Victoria’s department of sociology. Labour economist David Fairey is co-chair of the BC Employment Standards Coalition.Published on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/26/Farm-Workers-Deserve-Basic-Minimum-Wage/

Canadians everywhere are in shock when they see this documentary disproving our “good cop” facade. Dorothy Woodend interviewed director Elaine Brière on “Haiti Betrayed.”Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/26/Haiti-Collapse-Canada-Shame/

One long-term care resident fell and bumped her head twice. She died three weeks later. Two of her children say her death was a result of Simon Fraser Lodge negligence, but their pursuit of accountability is limited by wrongful death laws. Moira Wyton reports.Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her by email. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/25/Family-Seeks-Justice-For-Long-Term-Care-Death/

It’s all touching until the part pet, part wild predators see the end of their life by the end of the story.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story, published Jan 25th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/25/Should-We-Befriend-Wolves/

Eighteen U.S. states passed legislation banning trans girls and women from women’s sports. And in 2021, at least 145 bills want to ban trans people from teams and bathrooms that match their gender. Where is Canada headed for trans rights in sports?By Katie Hyslop who is a reporter for The Tyee.Link to the story, published Jan 25, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/25/Trans-Kids-Should-Get-To-Play-Sports/

“There’s been a lot of scrutiny on the operator… but I’m taking a leap of faith.” A $720,000 grant has been approved for the renovation of a notorious SRO building in Chinatown.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story published on Jan 25, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/25/Council-Approves-SRO-Grant/

In BC, a charity and a college cut ties to Robert Perkins after his education claims failed to add up. Second of two.By Charles Rusnell who is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Link to the story, originally published on Jan 24, 2023: https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/24/Burned-Shady-PTSD-Expert/

The new Edge Prize offers up to $20,000 for initiatives that showcase ‘what works’ in communities.By David Beers who is founding editor of The Tyee.Link to the story, originally published Jan 24, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/24/Helping-Bioregion-Edge-Prize/

A union-backed BC startup hopes to make it easier and safer for today’s workers to organize with a new, anonymous web tool.By Zak Vescera who is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to story, originally published on Jan. 24th, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/24/Taking-Unionization-Drives-Online/

An Indigenous mother whose two eldest children were removed from her custody after her medical records were examined is challenging B.C.‘s child welfare legislation due to what she says is discrimination against parents with mental health challenges.Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Monday, January 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/23/Will-BC-Cut-Case-Workers-Access-Health-Records/

With a dubious resume, Robert L. Perkins created an entire industry that targeted police services peddling bogus degrees, useless credentials and potentially harmful PTSD training. Charles Rusnell writes. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Published Monday, January 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/23/Training-Calgary-Police-After-Scam-Warnings/

Celebrate a decade of local storytelling! TELUS STORYHIVE will fund 80 short docs with $20,000 this year. Learn more here.By Telus Storyhive. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, January 23, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/01/23/StoryHive-Documentary-Edition/

On Dec. 14, the elevator on “Crane 8” was broken.The colleagues of Dan Alder, the man who died at the top of the 56-metre-tall crane, believe it might’ve been the difference between life and death. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Monday, January 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/23/Death-In-The-Sky-Deltaport/

The Tyee apologizes to the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada and its president Paul Meinema.David Beers writes. David is The Tyee's chief editor.Published Monday, January 23, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/23/Apology-To-United-Food-Workers-And-Commerical-Workers-Canada/

Vancouver’s Lunar New Year parade returns to Chinatown after years of cancellations. We’re glad to be back.Written by Fiona Tinwei Lam, Vancouver’s sixth poet laureate.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/20/Welcome-Year-Rabbit/

A new ruling says the province only needs to update the public on shorter-term targets. Advocates say that’s not enough.Written by Michelle Gamage a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/20/Sierra-Club-BC-Loses-Lawsuit-Climate-Commitment-Reporting/

Kwakiutl Hereditary Chiefs issued a cease-and-desist order on old-growth logging in their territory. It continued anyway.Written by Zoë Yunker a Victoria-based journalist writing about energy and environmental politics. Follow her on Twitter @zoeyunker.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/20/Clear-Cut-Old-Growth-Kwakiutl-Territory/

A Ukrainian refugee shares his story of fleeing fear to navigate a fresh start in BC.Written by Yuriy Umansky, a former journalist in Ukraine with a focus on politics, economics, and social life, now lives in B.C.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/20/Escape-Crimea-Canada/

Councillors said they had problems with how the drug user group handled a previous city contract.Written by Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/20/Donors-Step-Up-Vancouver-Council-Axes-Funding-VANDU-Art-Program/

Poorly fitting safety gear is dangerous, and a fact of life for women in construction.By Zak Vescera who is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, originally published on Jan 19, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/19/Hardhats-Boots-PPE-Women-Trades/

The real subject of the new documentary about two men who’ve shaped American journalism and literature is less about the curious relationship between writers and editors and more about the joy of intelligence itself.See it at VIFF Centre on Jan. 20. Dorothy Woodend reviews. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Thursday, January 19, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/19/Turn-Every-Page-Writer-Editor-Shape-America/

Bitcoin brought jobs to B.C. towns — but not enough to replace the forestry void.That’s not why, however, B.C. is hitting pause on crypto in its towns. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.Published Thursday, January 19, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/19/Why-BC-Putting-Brakes-Bitcoin/

The only thing left to figure out is political will, economic investment and public acceptance. Michelle Gamage sat down with author and reporter Bob McDonald on his new book, “The Future is Now.”Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.Link to the story, published on Jan. 18, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/18/Tools-Climate-Change-Bob-McDonald/

“Spray paint, more than anything, has brought me closer to my culture.” Alex Taylor-McCallum is a Kwakwakaʼwakw and Nuu–chah–nulth artist working to create more Indigenous representation in Victoria’s art scene.By Eden DaSilva who is a freelance journalist from Victoria, B.C., and a graduate of the University of Victoria writing program.Link to the story published on Jan. 18, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/18/Meet-Artist-Indigenizing-Victoria-Streets/

“It is hard for many British Columbians who live in cities to grasp the size of the province they live in, let alone just how much of its natural endowment is gone.” Mill closures mean we’re running out of trees. Ben Parfitt writes.By Ben Parfitt who is a resource policy analyst for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives B.C. office.Link to the story published on Jan. 18, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/18/Running-Empty-BC-Forestry-Crash/

Three ideas to improve public health by reducing alcohol consumption.By Rita Koutsodimos who is the executive director of the BC Alliance for Healthy Living.Link to the story, published on Jan. 17, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/01/17/Taking-New-Drinking-Guidelines-Seriously/

The movie raises difficult questions about the potential for AI to offer deliverance. And cap us at the knees.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Jan. 17, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/17/Why-MEGAN-Moves-Us/

Are we using M3GAN or is she using us? Dorothy Woodend reviews the film that’s surpassing expectations about a knife-yielding four-foot sentient doll.Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Tuesday, January 17, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/17/Why-MEGAN-Moves-Us/

A 1981 tragedy saw four carpenters fall to their deaths from 100 metres up after the platform that held them collapsed.Workplace safety was revolutionized. It still isn’t enough. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, January 17, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/17/Construction-Disaster-Changed-BC/

For years, unreliable weather tracking stations have added a layer of uncertainty to sea travel and increased the need for private companies like water taxis to safely service hard-to-reach areas.Josh Kozelj reports. Josh is the inaugural Hummingbird fellow with The Tyee.Published Tuesday, January 17, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/17/Murky-Forecast-Central-Coast/

Procedures for resetting sprinklers, alarms and fire extinguishers were not followed in the three days before a 2022 fire at the Winters Hotel that killed two residents, according to a former building manager.Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Monday, January 16, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/16/Questions-Raised-About-Winters-Hotel-Fire/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_content=011623-m&utm_campaign=editorial

Email us! We’re collecting reader bird snaps to feature next month in a Tyee photo essay. 🕊By Michelle Gamage. Michelle reports on climate for The Tyee.Published Monday, January 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/16/Send-Us-Your-Best-Birding-Photos/

The Oil and Gas Commission found no non-compliances, it said.No one from the Crown corporation visited the site, it said.But putting Oil and Gas in charge environmental impacts puts the “fox in the henhouse,” said a Wet’suwet’en office co-ordinator.Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.Published Monday, January 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/16/Critics-Say-Pipeline-River-Protection-Lacking/

Kílala Lelum staff say the stops could impact the quality of care for its clients.Written by Jen St. Denis a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/13/Frequent-Police-Traffic-Stops-Employee/

Experts say most Canadians don’t have to pursue an all-or-nothing approach to reap the benefits of drinking less.Written by Moira Wyton The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her by email. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/13/Canada-New-Alcohol-Guidance-Damp-January/

An FOI request filed by The Tyee reveals the VPD did not offer specific instruction for officers working in schools.Written by Katie Hyslop a reporter for The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/13/School-Liaison-Officers-No-Special-Training/

Joshua Beamish explores false memory in his latest dance work.Written by Dorothy Woodend the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/13/What-Do-Our-Bodies-Remember/

Joshua Beamish explores false memory in his latest dance work.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story published on Jan. 13, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/13/What-Do-Our-Bodies-Remember/

In her new “Nomad Century,” science journalist Gaia Vince argues we can move billions of people from the tropics to the high latitudes. Including Canada. Why that’s dangerously optimistic.Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee.Published Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/12/Canadians-Could-Be-Climate-Migrants-Too/

“It is traumatizing to witness someone dying. It’s not the last way you want to see or remember someone.” Content warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of fatal medical emergencies.Julie Chapman is a born-and-raised Vancouverite who now lives and works in the Downtown Eastside.Published Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/01/12/DTES-Residents-Deserve-Dignity-Death/

Seaspan argued its shipyards polluted with creosote ought to have a lower property tax value. Had the courts ruled in its favour, North Van’s tax base would’ve had to cough up a several-million-dollar chunk of change. Why it’s a win for both the district and the environment.Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/12/No-Loophole-Seaspan-North-Van-Property-Taxes/

“I was considered a long-term HIV-AIDS survivor. That’s what I was categorized.” But then the Vancouver Tennis Association was born and a healthy — and inclusive — lifestyle for a healing Joe Crowell began. A special audio report.Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/12/Serving-With-Pride/

One nuclear engineer says we’ve got a bad case of historical amnesia: History tells us plagues end messily and some of us are choosing to ignore that lesson. Why the clean air movement is the answer.By Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk, who is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Link to the article, which was published on Jan 11, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/11/Revolution-Clean-Indoor-Air/

Can we slow climate change and keep buying shiny new things? Auston Chhor rethinks the privilege we take for granted today in The Tyee.By Auston Chhor who is a biologist and science writer living in Vancouver.Link to the article, published on Jan. 11, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/01/11/Why-Time-Rethink-Electric-Vehicle-Rebates/

Artist Liz Magor reimagines junk till it becomes something else entirely. This, writes Dorothy Woodend, is a fundamental act of kindness.Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Tuesday, January 10, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/10/Surfacing-New-Understanding-Everyday/

It’s happening! PuSh Festival is returning to a full in-person program this winter.From Jan. 19 to Feb. 5, witness the power of the arts to bring communities together to effect change.By PuSh Festival. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners.Published Tuesday, January 10, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/01/10/Explore-Annual-PuSh-Festival/

“We’ve been waiting 18 months for something that should take weeks.”As the critical window to minimize permanent damage to two-year-old Noël’s vision closes, one family fears a permanent regression in the health care quality their kids can expect.Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Tuesday January 10, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/10/Agonizing-Wait-Medical-Test/

When two friends rolled the dice and opened Reasons to Live Books and Records in Gibsons, BC, they worried they'd be run out of town. But the support from the community was overwhelming. Olamide Olaniyan reports. Olamide is The Tyee's associate editor.Published Tuesday, January 10, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/10/Start-Bookstore-This-Economy/

As the new “Kraken” subvariant appears in B.C. and the province reactivates emergency centres to prepare for more hospital demand, it still won’t reintroduce public health measures.Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Monday, January 9, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/09/Kraken-Rising-In-BC/

When Canadian professional athletes get hurt, it could mean missing rent.Unlike in much of the U.S., most Canadian players can't claim workers’ compensation if they’re injured in game or practice. A coalition is trying to change that.Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Monday, January 9, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/09/Pro-Athletes-Want-Compensation-For-Injuries/

Tyler Nielsen has had no traffic tickets in his five years living in B.C.But after a video he took reopened a probe into police conduct, he’s been pulled over six times in 18 months — with no resulting tickets or charges.Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Monday, January 9, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/09/Traffic-Stops-After-Probe-Into-Police-Misconduct/

“Starwalker” is coming to The Cultch’s York Theatre this Feb. 16! Enter and you might be the lucky Tyee reader who wins two tickets and a $100 gift certificate for Caffè La Tana. 🌟By The Cultch. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners.Published Monday, January 9, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/01/09/Contest-Starwalker-Musical-Tickets-Dinner-The-Cultch/

The former premier left the private sector this week and says he’s offered to help David Eby’s government.Written by Andrew MacLeod The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/06/Glen-Clark-Open-BC-Housing-David-Eby-Government/

The province is seeking an injunction to stop the corporation from charging patients for access to primary care.Written by Andrew MacLeod The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/06/Telus-Health-Extra-Billing-Case/

The precedent-setting decision affects strikes by federally regulated employees in the province.Written by Zak Vescera The Tyee’s labor reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/06/BC-Labour-Board-Rules-Workers-Refuse-Picket-Lines/

Diversity, connection and a car-free life come when all the things you need, from fresh meals to doctors, are steps away from your home.Written by Sarah Ghorpade a Canadian writer and researcher currently based in Mumbai, India.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/01/06/Canadian-Cities-Learn-Intense-Mumbai-Neighbourhood/

From humpback whales to maintaining safety to unexpected emotions, a sea captain tells all. Latest in our Day in the Life series.Michelle Cyca’s writing has appeared in Maclean’s, the Walrus, Chatelaine, SAD Mag and more.Published on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/05/Day-In-Life-Sea-Captain/

Canada is halfway through a 10-year, $78.5 billion plan to fix housing. But it can’t show that money is having any demonstrably positive effect. Patrick Condon explains.Patrick Condon is the James Taylor chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.Published on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/05/What-Does-Billion-Dollar-Housing-Program-Really-Fix/

To people judging and dissing Alberta, stop right there, thank you very much! Get to know the backstory of how Prairie resentments came to be, writes Doreen Barrie.Doreen Barrie is an adjunct assistant professor in the political science department at the University of Calgary, and author of The Other Alberta: Decoding a Political Enigma.Published on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/05/What-Canada-Needs-Understand-Albertans/

Canada is halfway through a 10-year, $78.5 billion plan to fix housing. But it can’t show that money is having any demonstrably positive effect. Patrick Condon explains.Patrick Condon is the James Taylor chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.Published on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/05/What-Does-Billion-Dollar-Housing-Program-Really-Fix/

Emerging research on the COVID variant sounds alarms about contagiousness, severity and health-system impact.By Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk, who is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Link to story, published Jan 4th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/04/Kraken-Virus-Threat-Level/

I’m arriving on the other side of a complicated year. I’m grateful for the solace of Stanley Park.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Jan 4th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/01/04/Running-Returning-Myself/

Paul Schachter writes that he couldn’t stay on in good faith. So he stepped down from the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board."After two years, I came to the conclusion that the system of police governance in B.C. is not robust enough to fully protect the public interest and to correct glaring inequities."By Paul Schachter who is a seasoned justice advocate and retired lawyer.Link to this story published on Jan. 4th, 2023:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/04/Why-I-Left-Victoria-Police-Board/

Robert Hackett, a professor emeritus of SFU School of Communication: We’re seeing a rising interest in socialism at a moment when our politics have become more divided and volatile. Why?Published Tuesday, January 3, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/03/Democratic-Socialists-Gathered-Compare-Notes/

No one knows where he is. Let alone cares.David Climenhaga on the election ahead for the United Conservative Party’s Danielle Smith, and who’s really in charge.David Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/01/03/Kenney-Bungle-Quitting-Fast/

Call it the Starbucks effect. Zak Vescera explains why young workers are being emboldened for unionization, from cinemas to cafés.Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/03/Why-2023-For-Unions/

Why is this hidden trail on Vancouver Island such a closely guarded secret? Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Published on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/02/Secrecy-Protects-Beloved-Nature-Spots/

Canada’s immigration detention system can cause serious, avoidable harms to migrants, refugees and permanent residents — anybody who does not hold Canadian citizenship.Olamide Olaniyan is associate editor at The Tyee.Published on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/02/Immigration-Detention-System/

Clearly there’s a great spirit of generosity and belief in the power of independent journalism alive in our community.Jeanette Ageson is publisher of The Tyee. David Beers is founding editor of The Tyee.Published on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2023/01/02/Thanks-For-Tremendous-Support/

The Cultch has announced their “extraordinary, unexpected, and totally East Van” winter-spring season. #Sponsored #TyeePresentsPublished on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/01/02/Cultch-New-Shows-Something-Everyone/

We humbly present Dr. Steve’s finalists for the biggest bastards of 2022.Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Published on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/12/30/Please-Advise-Worst-Person-2022/

From the forever plague to mapping convoy support, here are our most-read stories of 2022.David Beers is founding editor of The Tyee.Published on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/30/The-Tyee-Most-Read-Stories-2022/

What so many have missed in these pandemic years is the casual company of the people with whom we share a community.Jackie Wong is a senior editor with The Tyee.Published on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/30/Praise-Casual-Friendships/

There have been a lot of giant bastards in 2022. Who, in your estimation, is the year’s biggest? Dr. Steve weighs in.Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/12/29/Please-Advise-Bastard-Charts/

You’ll find mic-droppers, eyebrow-raisers, knee-slappers, heart-warmers and tearjerkers in our favourite quotes from 2022.Published on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/29/Year-In-Quotes/

She gave me hope, this Elder, writes Andrea Smith. She gave me a connection. And she gave me solace at a time when it was truly needed.Andrea D. Smith is a regular Tyee contributor.Published on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/29/Elder-Who-Changed-My-Life/

Jackie Hoffart produced a low-key revolution in the Vancouver comedy scene just by building an inclusive, intersectional space where everyone could laugh.Em Cooper is outreach manager at The Tyee and a standup comedian.Published Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/28/To-Brave-Generous-Laughter/

The barriers street-based sex workers face can feel insurmountable. Access to choice and supports must be a right.WISH Drop-In Centre Society. Tyee Presents. Sponsored.Published Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/12/26/Help-WISH-Provide-Crucial-Resources-Downtown-Eastside/

Ralf Dauns, North Vancouver’s beloved Soup Meister, was as warm, humble, and comforting a presence as the dish he was so well-known for. Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Published on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/27/Soup-Maestro-Obituary/

What does it take to translate a text? Find out all the creative interpretations and economic choices that go into being a literary translator.andrea bennett is the managing editor of The Tyee.Published on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/27/Day-Life-of-Literary-Translator/

With a week left in our fundraising drive, we’re inviting you to help The Tyee expand our Alberta reporting.Jeanette Ageson is publisher of The Tyee. David Beers is founding editor of The Tyee.Published on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/12/26/Add-To-Our-Fundraiser-Success/

Did you know you can grow citrus trees in a B.C. winter? Editor andrea bennett offers up an ode to yuzu.andrea bennett is managing editor of The Tyee.Published on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/26/Yuzu-My-Sunshine/

The strangest gift Zak Vescera ever received is a small Belgian weasel that has been dead for more than a century.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Published on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/26/Gift-Of-Preserved-Friendship/

To my chagrin, I can’t live without the three gifts I gave myself.Written by Christopher Cheung, who reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/23/Cyborg-Christmas-Glass-Castle/#comments

‘They’ve been misgendered. They’ve faced harassment. They’ve been let go.’ A new program aims to help.Written by Zak Vescera The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/23/Tackling-Barriers-LGBTQ2S-Canadians-Workplace/

You’ve been hanging by a thread. Now it’s the holidays? Here’s how to survive the festive season.Written by Dorothy Woodend the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/23/Holy-Christmas-Tough-Year/

If Donald Trump can exist, says Dr. Steve, why not old Saint Nick?Written by Steve Burgess, who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/12/23/Please-Advise-Santa-Real/

A B.C.-led research group says a long-acting preventative HIV medication, not yet approved in Canada, could help tackle the country’s stagnant rates of new HIV infections.Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Published on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/22/Promising-New-Way-To-Prevent-HIV-Infections/

It’s time for David Eby to be effective. Arny Wise with nine how-to’s.Arny Wise is an urban planner, economist and retired developer who has lived in Vancouver for 25 years.Published on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/12/22/Premier-Eby-Housing-Crisis/

Just four months after a 26-year-old Fort McMurray man was killed at Suncor’s oil sands plant — one of five workplace deaths in just two years — a sponsored article from The Globe and Mail named Suncor one of Canada’s top 100 employers.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Published on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/22/Top-Employer-Workers-Dying/

Growing up, Katie Hyslops’s family had a tradition of giving to the local food bank, when they could. But as tens of thousands of British Columbians access food banks, we ought to question this Band-Aid solution.Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/22/Why-I-Stopped-Giving-Food-Bank/

“British Columbia can be a place where everyone can create a good home for themselves.” David Eby’s vision for the province is simple. Getting there is not. The Tyee’s year-end chat with the new premier.Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Published on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/22/David-Eby-Change-BC/

Truth is stranger than fiction — and more fun. Here are the four best docs of 2022.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Published on Dec. 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/21/Documentaries-Non-Fiction-Films-Ruled-2022/

Despite rules, former CEO directed staff to fund his spouse’s housing agency, they allege.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Published Dec 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/21/BC-Housing-Conflict-Reported-Years-Ago/

Serving an early Christmas dinner to more than 2,000 guests is just one way the Downtown Eastside hub spreads cheer.By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The TyeePublished on Dec. 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/21/Visit-To-Union-Gospel-Mission/

We should be rallied to defend ourselves and our kids. Our leaders offer timid silence.By Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk who is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Link to the story, published Dec. 21, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/12/21/Ten-Downplayed-COVID-Facts/

“Your dream of having a roof, of retirement... was gone.”Decades-old BC Liberals legislation has been reversed in a BC NDP move that sees roughly 5,000 workers get their government and health authority jobs back.But the impact is far from over.Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, December 20, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/20/Health-Workers-Celebrate-After-Bitter-Battle-Rights/

At least former premier Jason Kenney knew he couldn’t accomplish a pipeline spiderweb out of Alberta without significant First Nations support. So he chose an Indigenous relations minister who was a sincere listener.Then in came Danielle Smith. #ABPoliDavid Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator.Published Tuesday, December 20, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/20/First-Nations-Fight-Back-Danielle-Smith-Power-Grab/

“Your dream of having a roof, of retirement... was gone.”Decades-old BC Liberals legislation has been reversed in a BC NDP move that sees roughly 5,000 workers get their government and health authority jobs back.But the impact is far from over.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/20/Health-Workers-Celebrate-After-Bitter-Battle-Rights/

The leader of the BC Liberals talks climate change, transparency and his evolving views with our Andrew MacLeod.Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief.Published Tuesday, December 20, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/20/Kevin-Falcon-Change-BC/

While the sensual dance can be read as a celebration of Latin hyper-machismo, it was perfected by men who danced together. Each step broke down gender roles, paving the way for a space for homosexuality in a world that condemned it.Kate Helmore writes. Kate was a Tula Foundation Immersive Journalism Fellow with The Tyee.Published Tuesday, December 20, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/20/In-Tango-Resistance-Futile/

We will never achieve unlimited energy, and for that Crawford Kilian is grateful.If we tried, we would only destroy the planet even faster than we are doing now.Crawford is a contributing editor of The Tyee.Published Tuesday, December 20, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/12/20/False-Promise-Nuclear-Fusion/

“No question that decreasing the number of toxic drug deaths is going to continue to be the defining objective of our government’s work.” Moira Wyton spoke with David Eby’s new mental health and addictions minister Jennifer Whiteside.Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Monday, December 19, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/19/BC-New-Drug-Crisis-We-Need-More-Urgency/

One emergency call centre says almost one in 10 of their staff is off the job on stress leave.Zak Vescera reports on the plague of ignored mental workplace injuries. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Monday, December 19, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/19/Growing-Toll-Job-Injuries-Cant-See/

In the beginning, there were three.Then 60 friends and strangers started gathering to prep a mountain of food, roll up their sleeves and dive into the pile of dishes.First in a series on giving and receiving.Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee.Published Monday, December 19, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/19/Thursday-Night-Cookups/

Visit Emily Carr University’s new, purpose-built campus to see what’s on in the gallery spaces and get inspired to choose from over 12 programs for teens to develop their skill sets.By Emily Carr University. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners.Published Monday, December 19, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/12/19/Emily-Carr-University-Prize-Pack-Youth/

In Vancouver, support groups formed across neighbourhoods using social media, exchanging everything from supplies to compassionate chats amid isolation.The efforts became vital lifelines. Kaitlyn Fung reports. Final in a series.Kaitlyn is a Tula fellow at The Tyee exploring the different forms that belonging and hope can take.Published Monday, December 19, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Solutions/2022/12/19/People-Making-Profound-Connections/

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith appointed Tracy Allard, UPC MLA for Grand Prairie, as secretary to protect the civil liberties of Albertans — specifically those who choose not to get vaccinated, The Tyee has learned. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Published Monday, December 19, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/18/Danielle-Smith-Appoints-Champion-For-Unvaccinated/

We asked what you’re comfort-viewing this festive season. Your picks are delightful.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/16/Winter-Holiday-Watch-List/

The state of Canadian media in four graphs, according to new census data.Written by Christopher Cheung, he reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/16/Losing-Journalists-PR-Jobs-Rising/

Some workers have found a winning strategy, while others struggle.Written by Zak Vescera The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/16/Inside-Gig-Work-Trading-Flexibility-Uncertainty-Risk-Racism/

A vast ‘honeypot’ of records tempts hackers, and cyber-defenses are weak, probe finds.Written by Moira Wyton The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her by email. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/16/Medical-Info-BC-Privacy-Watchdog/

With B.C.’s rate of C-Sections being higher than the rest of the country’s, one app funded by Canadian health orgs wants to personalize support by helping you find what’s most valuable to you based on your experience.Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Published on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/15/Matchmaking-App-Expecting-Parents/

“I feel like there’s been a lot of times when things aren’t in my control for her. I was like, ’This soccer is going to happen one way or another.’” Meet the moms of kids with disabilities who wouldn’t take no for an answer. Katie Hyslop reports.Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/15/Accessible-Soccer-Club-Youth/

Despite public discourse pitting Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside against its neighbouring Chinatown, the rest of Vancouver could learn from the solidarity that exists between them, hidden in plain sight. Kaitlyn Fung writes, second of a special Tyee series.Kaitlyn Fung is a Tula fellow at The Tyee exploring the different forms that belonging and hope can take.Published on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Solutions/2022/12/15/Small-Care-Happens-Every-Day/

The BC Greens failed to make gains to their two-seat caucus in the election held in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. But it was a better showing than expected. Our year-end interview with the party’s leader Sonia Furstenau.Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018).Published on Friday, Dec. 15, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/15/Sonia-Furstenau-What-Must-Change/

Health Justice, a non-profit targeting ‘coercive’ care, has advice for BC’s government.By Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her by email. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published on Dec. 14, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/14/Weave-Human-Rights-Mental-Health-Act-Urges-Report/

Since 1998, non-profit HUB Cycling has worked to remove barriers to cycling in Metro Vancouver. This year was no exception.By Hub Cycling. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners.Published Tuesday, December 13, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/12/13/Metro-Vancouver-Cycling-Accomplishments-2022-Year-Review/

There’s more to the story of Meat the Victims activists storming a barn in the heart of Abbotsford farm country in April 2019.Kate Helmore explores the tensions of breaking the law for a radical movement. Kate was a Tula Foundation Immersive Journalism fellow with The Tyee.Published Tuesday, December 13, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/13/Excelsior-Case-Animal-Welfare/

Our Crawford Kilian ran a Turing test on ChatGPT, a chatbot recently released by Open AI. It flunked. But it’s still a student, and it shows promise. Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford is a contributing editor of The Tyee.Published Tuesday, December 13, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/12/13/New-AI-Chatbox/

Northern Health Authority was fined $355,000 after WorkSafe BC found it failed to properly investigate assaults against staff — highlighting a larger failure to stop violence against B.C. health-care workers.Moira Wyton and Zak Vescera report. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Monday, December 12, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/12/Health-Workers-Attacked-Investigations-Bungled/

Even before social distancing came into play, Vancouver has had a sad reputation as a lonely city. Kaitlyn Fung asks: What if it didn’t have to be? Today we kick off a solutions-focused series on the plague of social isolation and loneliness. Kaitlyn is a Tula fellow at The Tyee exploring the different forms that belonging and hope can take.Published Monday, December 12, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Solutions/2022/12/12/Glass-City-To-Care-City/

Let us introduce you to one of the many Tyee readers who make our journalism possible. Em Cooper writes.Em is The Tyee's outreach coordinator.Published Monday, December 12, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/12/12/Tom-Grimmer-Built-A-Passive-House/

This year, Push Festival is going to be visionary, genre-bending, multi-disciplined, startling and original.Be the lucky reader who wins two tickets, and a gift certificate!By PuSh Festival. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Monday, December 12, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/12/12/Push-Festival-Contest-Win-Tickets/

Delgamuukw v. British Columbia saw Indigenous oral histories be accepted as legal evidence, affirming Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en Elders and hereditary leaders as experts on their lands.Amanda Follett Hosgood spoke with Elders and experts about its significance. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.Published Sunday, December 11, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/11/25-Years-After-Indigenous-Rights-Decision/

With the holidays afoot, folks might have a bit of time to slow down and relax. To help you with that, here’s our year-end roundup of the good, the great, and the the-don’t-bother-unless-you’re-a-sucker-for-punishment filmsWritten by Dorothy Woodend the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/09/December-Movies-Go/

With its majority council, ABC Vancouver has successfully pushed through the first steps to see body cameras implemented. It's part of a suite of police-focused measures the party campaigned on, including hiring 100 more officers.Written by Jen St. Denis a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/09/Vancouver-Police-Body-Cameras/

Menon on sex ed Sex ed, ParentsVoice BC, SOGI? What’s actually going on with sex ed in Vancouver schools? Akhila Menon explains.Written by Akhila Menon a journalism fellow with The Tyee through Journalists for Human Rights inaugural Enhanced Access for BIPOC Youth in the Canadian Media program.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/09/Sex-Education-BC-Schools-Explainer/

Dozens of migrant workers, mostly Mexican, are suing an immigration consultant alleging she collected thousands in fees to apply for a Canadian immigration program that never existed. Liza Lucion denies the allegations.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter.Published on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/08/Canada-Immigration-Dreams-Nightmares-Class-Action-Consultant/

Sip coffee and heal? The Kettle Society’s Recovery Café wants to be just one more option in the many pathways of recovery, says manager Damian Murphy.Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter.Published on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/08/Vancouver-Recovery-Cafe-Oasis-Desert/

During the Nov. 4 windstorm, downed trees caused over 300,000 homes to lose power in southwestern B.C. But don’t blame the trees. On fostering a safe and sustainable urban forest.Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Solutions/2022/12/08/We-Love-City-Trees-Until-They-Land-On-Us/

Books offer comfort or a challenge; a moment of escape, or an opportunity for reflection about the world and our places in it. We have your gift list covered.Published on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/08/Novel-Ideas-Holiday-Giving/

“It’s a commitment to ensuring cultural safety is upheld”: A new standard, which allows B.C. to accredit health-care facilities and workers based on how safe they are for Indigenous people, is the first of its kind in Canada.Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter.Published on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/08/New-Tool-To-End-Racism-Against-Indigenous-Patients/

Fresh faces join veterans as Premier David Eby sets priorities.By Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Link to the story, published on Dec 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/07/New-Cabinet-Steering-BC/

The ex-BC Federation of Labour head on boxing, politics and working with an NDP government.By Zak Vescera who is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published Dec. 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/07/Mellowing-Laird-Cronk/

B.C.‘s whistleblower protection law expands to 39 government orgs — including BC Housing — one week after The Tyee’s report of its employees’ concerns that former CEO Shayne Ramsay had broken a conflict of interest protocol.Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story, published Dec. 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/07/Whistleblower-Protection-For-Crown-Corps/

Bill 1, which would give Premier Danielle Smith the power to bypass the Alberta legislature unilaterally, is not exactly strike one. Our spin doc Steve Burgess ponders the powers of the nearly queen of Alberta.By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Dec. 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/12/07/Danielle-Smith-As-Queen/

Anne Cameron died on Nov. 30. We republish Ben Mussett’s profile of the esteemed, non-word-mincing author in her Tahsis home.Ben Mussett is a B.C.-born journalist now living in Toronto. His reporting has appeared in the Globe and Mail, CBC News, Vice and the Capital Daily.Link to the story, published on Dec. 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/07/Visit-Anne-Cameron-In-Tahsis/

After her sister died, a then-11-year-old Nan Goldin retreated into near-muteness.She bounced between foster homes and schools before landing at a school where she’d find her people, become an artist and eventually activist. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Tuesday, December 6, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/06/Nan-Goldin-Art-Icon-Big-Pharma-Knees/

Dr. Bonnie Henry's slogan became a local catchphrase: “Be kind, be calm, be safe.” But as the pandemic evolved, her approach didn't change.Crawford Kilian on B.C.’s report card on its pandemic response.Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Tuesday, December 6, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/12/06/BC-Hasnt-Learned-Much-Pandemic-Report-Covid-Disappointed/

At the start of the #COVID19 pandemic, people banged pots and pans to support health-care staff.But the mood has shifted as nurses face violent abuse. Leaders say the source of the problem isn’t just one thing.Our Moira Wyton and Zak Vescera report.Published Tuesday, December 6, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/06/Health-Care-Workers-Facing-Violence-Epidemic/

In her novel ”Five Little Indians,” Cree author Michelle Good traces the path of five residential school survivors who find themselves in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood after aging out of the institution.Jen St. Denis writes. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Tuesday, December 6, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/06/Residential-Schools-to-Downtown-Eastside/

“The resource centre has been telling us absolutely nothing.”Ladysmith locals are still unclear on who will get to move into the Heart on the Hill building — originally meant to fill a gap for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Tuesday, December 6, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/06/Die-Without-Home-For-Daughter/

The flu isn’t the only thing to worry about: Influenza, COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses are sending an overwhelming number of kids to hospital.Meanwhile, some doctors urge mandatory masks and better ventilation.Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Tuesday, December 6, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/06/Calls-For-Flu-Fighting-Vaxapalooza/

“We have to explore everything to get shelter for people — it’s hard to kick people out into the cold.”As temperatures drop and shelters turn people away, the city continues to remove belongings and order residents off the Downtown Eastside sidewalks.Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Monday, December 5, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/05/Vancouver-Campers-East-Hastings-Discard-Us/

“The crisis looks different in every community.”Not only do maps highlight the much higher likeliness of dying of an overdose outside of B.C.’s urban centres — it highlights the life-saving impacts of harm reduction services. Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Monday, December 5, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/05/Mapping-Where-Overdoses-More-Likely-Kill/

It’s no secret people are overwhelmed by the news right now. It’s affecting our moods it seems more than ever, and is leading to more people avoiding the news entirely. What can news outlets like The Tyee possibly do about that? Here’s what.By Jeanette Ageson and David Beers. Jeanette is publisher of The Tyee. David is founding editor of The Tyee.Published Monday, December 5, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/12/05/Help-Us-Report-On-Making-Things-Better/

Get ready to go off at your favourite indie bookstore, thanks to Read Local BC!By Read Local BC. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Published Monday, December 5, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/12/05/Win-Local-Bookstore-Gift-Certificate/

Richmond’s legendary Harold Steves, 85, has fought a supertanker port, a plan to dump raw sewage in the river and unrelenting attempts to buy farmland for new homes and industry.He puts five decades as a city councillor behind him, but he’s hardly finished.Christopher Cheung writes. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, December 5, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/05/Harold-Steves-Leaves-City-Hall/

The BC Fed is calling for improved guarantees, but Labour Minister Harry Bains is cautious.Written by Zak Vescera The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/02/Labour-Paid-Sick-Leave-15-Days-Province-Hesitant/

Despite escalating threats and firings, Alberta Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides failed to force a mass relocation of Athabasca U staff to the small town or abandon its virtual strategyWritten by Charles Rusnell an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/12/02/Battle-Athabasca-Alberta-Government/

After a year-and-a-half of grief and frustration, there was relief as family and supporters of Jared Lowndes announced B.C.’s police watchdog will recommend charges against three officers involved in the Wet’suwet’en man’s death.Written by Amanda Follett Hosgood The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/02/Police-Watchdog-Recommends-Charges-Shooting-Death-Jared-Lowndes/

Students in Metro Vancouver are signing union cards. Organizers at SFU and UBC say many student workers face rising bills, uncertain working conditions and little to no transparency pay.Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Published on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/12/02/Battle-Athabasca-Alberta-Government/

The Medical Services Commission is seeking an injunction alleging Telus Health’s billing practices contravene the Medicare Protection Act, said Health Minister Adrian Dix.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/02/Telus-Health-Clinics-Breaking-BC-Law-Alleges-Medicare-Watchdog/Written by Andrew MacLeod The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.

That’s right Montreal, Edmonton, Toronto — Vancouver does snow, too. How we deal with it is another question.Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/12/01/Please-Advise-Great-Blizzard/

“Heck if ‘Lord of the Rings’ wasn’t balm for our exhausted souls.” Whether it’s a tired Christmas surviving toddlers, or a holiday away from parents, comfort watches can get us through a season of mixed feelings. What are yours?Published on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/01/Tell-Us-Comfort-Watching/

Competition Bureau Canada is investigating the Canadian Gas Association for alleged greenwashing after it claimed its product was clean, environmentally friendly and affordable. The org that lodged the complaint hopes the feds will levy a $10 million fine.Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee.Published on Thurs, Dec. 1, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/01/Fossil-Gas-Green-Greenwashing/

The Tuesday tremor registered a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale, shaking up large portions of Alberta and B.C. Why it may’ve been due to #OilAndGas activity in the region. By Andrew Nikiforuk.Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Published Thurs, Dec. 1, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/01/Alberta-Record-Quake-Check-Drilling/

Toxic drug poisonings killed 179 people in B.C. in October. The crisis’s fatal toll continues steadily at near-record levels.Almost six people per day died in October — a four per cent increase from the 172 people who died in September.The vast majority of people dying have been men aged 30 to 50. First Nations men and women are up to ten times as likely to die of toxic drug poisonings as their non-Indigenous peers.By Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton on Twitter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published on Nov. 30th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/Toxic-Drug-Crisis-Leads-Near-Record-October-Deaths/

The Vancouver School board voted five to four to see police officers return to public schools. “I understand that police do not belong in schools,” said board vice-chair Preeti Faridkot. But neither do crime, drugs or gangs, she added. Just over half of Indigenous respondents and 60 per cent of Black respondents had negative views of the program, citing fears and anxieties about police, as well as past experiences of harassment and violence from police in and outside of schools.By Katie Hyslop who is a reporter for The Tyee.Link to the story, published Nov. 30th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/Vancouver-School-Board-Votes-Cops-Back-Schools/

Coastal GasLink has become a flashpoint for environmental concerns and Indigenous rights in B.C. Given the high-profile police actions, dozens of arrests and nationwide protests, will we see more of the same for three additional authorized pipelines?By Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to the story, published Nov. 30th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/BC-Future-Pipeline-Development/

“We lost 100 per cent of our crop. The berries just cooked.” Tens of thousands of British Columbians were scarred by last year’s heat dome, then wildfires to follow, then the BC floods. Ben Parfitt and Marc Lee explore: just how much is B.C. paying for climate inaction?Marc Lee is a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Ben Parfitt is a resource policy analyst with the CCPA’s B.C. office.Link to the story, published Nov. 30th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/30/Staggering-Price-Climate-Inaction/

Transfer cash, not unlike the COVID-19 Canada Emergency Response Benefit program, to prevent people from losing their housing, says Tim Richter, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness CEO.By Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story, published on Nov. 30, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/How-To-Slow-Wave-Homelessness-Canadian-Cities/

Less than two months after Danielle Smith was elected Alberta premier, she has hired the former MLA who stepped aside to allow her to run in a byelection and gain a seat in the legislature, The Tyee has confirmed.Charles Rusnell writes. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Published Tuesday, November 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/29/Danielle-Smith-Hires-MLA-Quit-Safe-Seat/

“The BC Teachers’ Federation’s efforts to cancel province-wide Foundation Skills Assessments have me wondering if the federation is abandoning its tradition of social justice.” Charles Ungerleider writes. Charles is professor emeritus of education at UBC. During his tenure provincial assessments supported by First Nations were first introduced.Published Tuesday, November 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/29/First-Nations-Right-Back-Student-Assessments/

Author Eve Lazarus worked with families of missing and murdered people in B.C. to bring to light forgotten stories. “I’m convinced that many of these cases can still be solved.”Jen St. Denis reviews. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Tuesday, November 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/29/Forgotten-Stories-BC-Missing-Murdered/

The number of applications dropped — but the time it took to respond to them increased.Andrew MacLeod writes. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief.Published Tuesday, November 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/29/FOI-Fee-Has-Not-Sped-Up-Responses/

“We were an hour away from the hospital when they phoned to say they were canceling.” The nine-year-old has been waiting for an aortic valve replacement to relieve a blockage in his heart since May — his eleventh surgery since being born with holes in his heart.Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Tuesday, November 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/29/Jackson-Needs-Heart-Surgery-He-Waits/

China's problems in 2022 look like a polycrisis, with the biggest challenge the Communist Party of China has seen since Tiananmen Square in 1989. Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Monday, November 28, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/28/China-Serious-Trouble/

Vancouver initially planned to remove the unmoored barge by March 2022. So what happened? Documents obtained by The Tyee via freedom of information laws shed some light on why even the updated plan was not to come to fruition. Bryan Carney reports. Bryan is The Tyee’s privacy, technology, media and freedom of information reporter and director of web production.Published Monday, November 28, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/28/A-Year-To-De-Barge-Sunset-Beach/

Sussanne Skidmore is the first openly queer person to lead the BC Federation of Labour, and the second woman president in its 66-year history.Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Monday, November 28, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/28/New-Faces-BC-Labour-Movement/

Screenings this December at VIFF Centre include “The Grizzlie Truth” and “Holy Spider” plus the event “An Evening of Poetry & Music with Rodney DeCroo.”Don't miss your chance to win a premium annual membership!Published by Vancouver International Film Festival as part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/11/28/Win-VIFF-Membership/

BC Liberals say rules weren’t followed as issues were discussed affecting Atira Women’s Resource Society.Written by Jen St. Denis a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/25/Conflict-Interest-Alleged-BC-Housing-Funding/

The Vancouver hospital, a hub for drug users in crisis, will test a new model for BC pledged by Premier Eby.Written by Moira Wyton The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her here. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/25/Fast-Track-Addiction-Treatment-Coming-St-Pauls/

A new program plans to send people to the moon again. Here’s why they shouldn’t go.Written by Crawford Kilian a contributing editor of The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/25/Space-For-Machines-Earth-For-People/

‘Unable to see the forest for the timber.’ After 40 years, Herb Hammond says he’s done.Written by Amanda Follett Hosgood The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/25/Retired-Forester-Blasts-Professional-Association-Resignation/

A new doc film explores a weighty question amidst the climate crisis.Written by Dorothy Woodend the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/25/World-Burning-Should-We-Have-Baby/

Peer Assisted Care Teams pair a support worker with lived experience of mental health issues with a mental health professional to attend to people in distress. Premier David Eby announced B.C. will create 12 new PACTs across the province.Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton Published on Friday, Nov. 24, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/24/New-Model-Responding-Mental-Health-Crises/

A $708-million investment will increase the average family doctor’s gross billings from $250,000 to $385,000 per year. It’s meant to address the family doctor shortage in B.C. — but is the province looking in the wrong place?Nima Toussi is a medical student at the University of Saskatchewan. Reach him at nima.toussi@usask.ca.Published on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/24/Family-Medicine-Suffering-Bad-Case-Stigma/

“Lest anyone think that ABC stands for Anywhere But City Hall.”Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/24/Please-Advise-Why-Vancouver-Mayor-Qatar/

To become Canadian these days, some have to sue: Using a “writ of mandamus,” more people are demanding that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada fulfill its duties. Kate Helmore reports.Kate Helmore is a Tula Foundation Immersive Journalism fellow with The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/24/Why-Desperate-People-Suing-Immigration-Canada/

Will supply solve the housing crisis? A new book unpacks the young movement.By Christopher Cheung who reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.Link to the story published Nov. 23, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/23/Rise-Of-YIMBYS/

Singh warns BC Fed convention delegates the right to strike could be lost.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published on Nov. 23, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/23/NDP-Leader-Fights-War-On-Workers/

Several historic resolutions supporting Indigenous rights were considered at this year’s convention.By Zak Vescera who is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. And by Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter.Link to the story, published on Nov. 23, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/23/BC-Federation-Labour-Calls-Policing-Alternatives/

The program was cancelled in 2021, but ABC Vancouver campaigned on bringing it back.Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee. Link to the story, published on Nov. 23, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/23/Vancouver-Considers-Bringing-Back-School-Liaison-Officers/

Independent reports, leaked texts reveal concerns about financial mismanagement, conflict of interest, Opposition charges.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story, published on Nov. 22, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/22/BC-Liberals-Target-Eby-Mismanagement-BC-Housing/

A weak federal law on replacement workers gave a giant company power. The government promises change.By Zak Vescera who is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story published on Nov. 22, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/22/Three-Year-Strike-Bittersweet-Win-Workers/

Two bills aim to increase condo rentals and set housing growth targets for cities.By Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018).Link to the story, published Nov. 22, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/22/Eby-Launches-Housing-Action-Plan/

A new toolkit aims to helps businesses and organizations make bathrooms safer and equip staff to deal with drug poisonings.By Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton on Twitter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published on Nov. 22, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/22/Saving-Lives-Safer-Bathrooms/

ABC Vancouver’s graffiti prevention plan announcement has left local artists wondering about the future of their craft.By Josh Kozelj who is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Nov 22, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/22/Vancouver-So-Nice-Where-Graffiti/

‘The premier vilifies those who are saving Albertans,’ writes an outraged former Alberta Health Services board member.By Tony Dagnone who is a member of the Order of Canada for his work in the community and for his leadership in health care. He is a former Alberta Health Services board member.Link to the story, published on Nov. 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/21/Letter-Blasting-Danielle-Smith/

The group Urgency of Normal published a National Post article that misinforms, denying grave risks from lax school protections.By Dr. Susan Kuo who is a Richmond family physician. Dr. Christopher Applewhaite is a Salt Spring Island family physician. Kerri Coombs is a communications consultant. They are members of Protect Our Province BC, whose steering committee contributed to this analysis.Link to the story, published on Nov. 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/21/COVID-Crisis-For-Children/

Triggered tremors shook Fort St. John. Then one in Texas damaged a large university building, forcing its closure.By Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk who is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Link to the story, published on Nov. 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/21/Taking-Fracking-Quakes-Seriously/

The Vancouver-born artist’s cheeky humour turned high fashion on its head. Twelve years after his death, there’s much to admire about his work.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Nov. 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/21/Missing-You-Tobias-Wong/

Eight ways to judge the NDP premier’s legacy.Written by Andrew MacLeod The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/18/How-John-Horgan-Changed-BC/

Vancouver’s new council wants to spend $6 million on more police and mental health nurses. Experts say there’s a better way.Written by Jen St. Denis a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/18/Problem-Sending-Police-Mental-Health-Calls/

Amar Talic mentors World Cup aspirants ages six and up. The secret, he says, is to foster kids’ creativity in motion.Written by Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Read his previous articles.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/18/Day-In-Life-Youth-Soccer-Coach/

The stock response to mass violence is often ‘this isn’t us.’ But of course it is.Written by Crawford Kilian a contributing editor of The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/18/New-Kind-Terrorism/

Jeffery Chong’s ‘Home Edition’ is a rare glimpse of 1960s Chinese-Canadian domestic life.Written by Christopher Cheung who on reports urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/17/Grandparents-East-Van-Living-Room/

“The two things that are getting the most expensive are the two things that people can’t afford to cut corners on.”Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Published on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/17/Rent-Food-Push-Living-Wage-Up-17-Per-Cent/

Bridgeland-Riverside continues to have a high concentration of low-income residents — 10 per cent of Calgary’s non-market housing stock is located there — but that’s changing as eviction deadlines loom for longterm residents. Ximena González reports.Ximena González is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail and the Sprawl.Published on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/17/Breath-New-Life-Gentrification-Latest-Casualty/

The media showed tepid interest in the latest antics of the Florida man it usually obsesses over. @HarrisAuthor writes.Michael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly awarded journalist. Author of Party of One, the bestselling exposé of the Harper government, his investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry.Published on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/17/Trump-Fizzled-Relaunch/

Flooded water and debris from the Kenney dam has made boating hazardous and barriers for wildlife. But the Cheslatta Carrier Nation and B.C. government are attempting to reverse some of those impacts — and it seems to be working. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports.Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Published on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/17/Rescuing-Caribou-Dam-Damage/

BC United sounds a lot like Alberta’s United Conservative Party, no?By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Nov. 16, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/16/Please-Advise-BC-Libs-Jason-Kenney-Brand/

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s claim to Alberta exceptionalism was central to her pitch for party leadership. Lucky for her, rational thought is a hard sell in Alberta these days.By Mitchell Anderson who is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to The Tyee.Link to the story, published Nov. 16th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/16/Alberta-Childlike-Fantasies/

In just a few hours in June 2020, B.C.’s office in charge of dam safety stamped a request to embark on a costly fix at the #SiteC construction project — the bureaucratic equivalent of waiting in a Tim Hortons drive-thru for a double-double. Ben Parfitt writes.By Ben Parfitt who is a resource policy analyst with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives B.C. office.Link to the story published on Nov. 16th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/16/Site-C-Slippery-Slope/

Human trafficking and sex work are not the same, and yet are constantly grouped together by advocates, policymakers and the media. Angela Wu of Swan Vancouver on what happens when we conflate the two.Angela Wu is a project manager at SWAN Vancouver, an organization that supports and advocates for the rights and safety of immigrant and migrant women engaged in sex work.Link to the story published on Nov. 16th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/16/Oppose-Trafficking-Support-Sex-Workers-Rights/

One moment, the bunnymen seem chipper and upbeat. In the next, they’re all menacing. Dorothy Woodend dared to visit Bill Pechet’s “Who’s There” at the Bothkinds Project Space in Vancouver.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story published on Nov. 16th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/16/Bill-Pechet-Exhibit/

“Look at the rate that men are dying.” Good data is scarce, but a troubling picture of substance use in the trades surfaces — and a crisis of masculinity. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, November 25, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/15/Drugs-Death-Denial-Job/

Premier Kenney tweeted this summer enthusiastically about a Calgary-based crypto company launch. Woo-hoo! Never mind most of us had never heard of the company!David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator.Published Tuesday, November 15, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/15/Calgary-Winter-Crypto-Despair/

When Auston Chhor biked in a community ride for the Stanley Park Bike Lane two Sundays ago, some 100 cyclists of all ages and abilities rode through the rain and sleet."It’s important to remember that people cycle in Stanley Park for different reasons: fitness, transportation, escaping the city and connecting with nature.” Auston Chhor writes. Auston is a biologist and science writer living in Vancouver.Published Tuesday, November 15, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/15/Stanley-Park-Bike-Lane-Stay/

Disabled Vancouverite Madeline is still fighting for government support to stay alive nearly two years after being approved for a medically assisted death. Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Monday, November 14, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/14/Chronically-Ill-Dying-Poverty/

A dream of a better life turned into a nightmare, a series of disappointments and heartbreak that has cost Qinhua Lu’s family at least $320,000 with nothing to show for it. And Lu has discovered she’s not alone. An investigation.Michael John Lo reports. Michael is a journalist based between Victoria and Vancouver.Published Monday, November 14, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/14/Scammed-Dreaming-Of-Canada/

Well-known stories like “Cinderella,” “Pinocchio” and “Alice in Wonderland” have received the delightful East Van twist, thanks to Theatre Replacement and The Cultch. This year? They’re going under the sea with “The Little Mermaid.”This article was written by The Cultch and is part of a Tyee Presents initiative.Published Monday, November 14, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/11/14/Vancouver-Favourite-Holiday-Theatre-Tradition/

“From the beginning of this pandemic, people in Canada and B.C. have relied on health-care workers like Claudia Zamorano.”The province is urging the federal government to call off the deportation of a COVID frontliner and her family.Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/11/Let-Her-Stay-BC-Health-Minister-Tells-Ottawa/

A federal agency is campaigning for the approval of a superport in the Fraser estuary — one of Canada’s most endangered biodiversity hotspots.As we approach Canada’s global biodiversity summit, the port tests Trudeau’s bold environmental pledges.Margaret Munro reports. Margaret is a Vancouver-based journalist specializing in science, nature and the environment.Published Friday, November 11, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/11/Intensifying-Push-Build-Fraser-Delta-Superport/

The NDP has punched above its weight. But there were big hopes the NDP would by now have had a turn running the show in Parliament, reminds political strategist Matt Fodor. Michael Harris reviews his new book “From Layton to Singh.”Michael is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Friday, November 11, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/11/Jagmeet-Singh-Orange-Liberals/

Many diseases are making a comeback in the present polydemic, but our health systems aren’t ready for them, Crawford Kilian writes.Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Thursday, November 10, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/10/Next-Pandemic-More-Likely-Polydemic/

“All our summer was just fish every day.”How the Nechako River became unrecognizable after Rio Tinto Alcan, then the Aluminum Co. of Canada, dammed it and reversed its flow. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports part two of two. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.Published Thursday, November 10, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/10/How-Dam-Broke-Nechako-River/

Hiding from her landlord and working in a sex shop, Fred doesn’t exactly get the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.Underneath her trash-talking exterior, however, beats the heart of a true matriarch.Dorothy Woodend reviews “Rosie.” Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Thursday, November 10, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/10/Rosie-Movie-Fun-Sass/

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim dismissed the police-commissioned report that pegged social services spending in Vancouver at $5 billion. The report has been called flawed, misleading and opaque by some city councillors. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Thursday, November 10, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/10/Vancouver-Mayor-Says-Police-Report-Not-Useful/

For older men, mental health can be a struggle. Here’s how thousands built their way out.By Josh Kozelj who is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Link to the story, published Nov. 9th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Solutions/2022/11/09/Coquitlam-Mens-Shed/

The report, detailing $5 billion in police spending per year, is being called “copaganda” as critics recall a similar report being published in Edmonton in 2021 that was used to push back against calls to reduce the police budget.By Jen St. Denis who is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story, published Nov 9th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/09/Copaganda-Useful-Spending-Critique/

Meet the First Nation working hard to turn the tides on a tragic history. Part one of a series.By Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to the story, published Nov. 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/07/Devastation-Nechako-Reservoir/

In contrast to the labour strife in Ontario, the tentative deal between the B.C. government and teachers’ federation has managed to provide significant salary bumps, benefits improvements, mental health supports, BIPOC hiring support and more. Katie Hyslop reports.Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee.Link to the story, published Nov. 9th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/09/Tentative-Teachers-Deal-Good-News/

The widely predicted Republican wave is looking more like a puddle from a blocked sewer drain. Spin doctor Steve Burgess debriefs the U.S. midterms results.By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Link to the article, published Nov 9th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/09/Please-Advise-How-Bad-US-Election-Results/

The possibility of new information about the exhaustively explored boy king might seem impossible. But new discoveries come. Perhaps too many? Dorothy Woodend explores.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to story published on Nov. 9th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/09/Disco-Tut-Exhibit/

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover could be why you’re seeing a drop in your followers, and a general drop in faith for the platform. Our tweeter of a reporter, Jen St. Denis, gives her take on the afterlife. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Tuesday, November 8, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/08/Twitter-Really-Over/

T cells spot and attack viruses, and many experts say they will push back the pandemic. But immunologist Anthony Leonardi has stirred controversy by saying repeat COVID infections likely wear down T cell performance.Andrew Nikiforuk unpacks Leonardi's claims. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Monday, November 7, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/

Family doctors have turned to private care to make a better living. It’s led to roughly one million British Columbians with no family doctor. We need to ban corporate care, argues one doctor.Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief.Published Tuesday, November 8, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/08/One-Doctor-Treatment-Plan-Saving-Family-Care/

Russia is developing missiles that can evade detection by existing radar systems due to how low they fly. Canada’s North Warning System urgently needs upgrading. Michael Byers explains. Michael holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at UBC.Published Tuesday, November 8, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/08/Putin-True-Peril-Canada/

The new legislative report focuses on the same do-nothing-hope-for-better strategy B.C. has always used, say frontliners, researchers, advocates and legal non-profits. Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Tuesday, November 8, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/08/Report-Let-Us-Down-Once-Again/

Some media were quick to connect the October fire to the ongoing Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink pipeline conflict. Social media users accused RCMP of a false flag operation. In the absence of info, conspiracies thrived.Amanda Follett Hosgood writes. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.Published Tuesday, November 8, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/08/RCMP-Secrecy-Coastal-GasLink-Attack-Fuels-Rumours-Fears/

Advocates plan protest after at least 171 people died in September.By Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published Nov. 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/07/Toxic-Drugs-Continue-Death-Toll/

Happy 10th birthday to East Van Panto! They’re going under the sea at The Cultch’s York Theatre starting Nov. 16 with a rendition of “The Little Mermaid” that sees Ariel dive to the bottom of the Burrard Inlet and back.By The Cultch, as part of a Tyee Presents initiative.Published Monday, November 7, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/11/07/Win-Show-Tickets-Dinner-Cultch/

T cells spot and attack viruses, and many experts say they will push back the pandemic. But immunologist Anthony Leonardi has stirred controversy by saying repeat COVID infections likely wear down T cell performance. Today, Andrew Nikiforuk unpacks Leonardi's claims. Andrew Nikiforuk is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Monday, November 7, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/

I used to dread the sport. Now I’m starting to see it, and my dad, with fresh eyes.Written by Josh Kozel the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/02/Love-Tennis/

Sacred to an Andean people, they once nourished elephant-sized sloths. How did these living fossils get to Vancouver Island?Written by Neil Griffin an award-winning poet and essayist. He lives in Western Canada and can be found on Twitter at @prairielorax.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/04/Riddle-Monkey-Puzzle-Tree/

Poetry videos tap into the unconscious, the unspoken and the universal. Here’s why I love them.Written by Fiona Tinwei Lam Vancouver’s sixth poet laureate.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/04/When-Poems-Transcend-Page/

No publication won more Jack Webster Awards this year. Our reader supporters make this top-notch work possible.https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/11/04/The-Tyee-Snags-Four-BC-Top-Journalism-Prizes/

Through photography, film and video, Jin-me Yoon’s Vancouver Art Gallery exhibit gives us much to think about around vulnerability, mortality, temporality. Dorothy Woodend’s advice? If you’re going to take it in, take your time.Published Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/03/Journey-Through-Time-Jin-Me-Yoon/

If passed in the fall, new legislation would see injured workers in B.C. likely get millions more in compensation in a change that Labour Minister Harry Bains called “overdue.” Zak Vescera reports.Published Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/03/BC-Promises-Better-Deal-Injured-Workers/

Internal communications show B.C.’s then-chief forester floated the idea of holding back a critical advisory panel finding: how much #OldGrowth existed in B.C. before industrial forestry. Zoe Yunker reports.Published Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/03/BC-Old-Growth-Review-Findings-Blocked-Forestry-Execs/

Voters will likely unleash a fascistic inquisition when they go to the polls next Tuesday.Written by Michael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly awarded journalist. Author of Party of One, the bestselling exposé of the Harper government, his investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/01/Americans-Turning-On-Democracy/

Attempted mayoral bribery didn’t work out so hot. What’s a trickster to do?By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Nov. 2nd, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/02/Please-Advise-Canada-New-Era-Dirty-Political-Tricks/

Wildly conservative budgets are limiting our chance to discuss spending that could improve life for British Columbians.By Alex Hemingway who is a senior economist and public finance analyst at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, B.C. office.Link to story, published Nov. 2nd, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/02/BC-Flush-Why-Not-Investing-Better-Future/

Displaced residents were moved into a building that was not up to safety code.By Jen St. Denis who is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story published on Nov. 2nd, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/02/Winters-Hotel-Tenants-Struggle-After-Fatal-Fire/

An all-party legislative committee calls for urgent action and investment to save lives as toll climbs over 10,000.By Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton on Twitter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story published on Nov. 2nd, 2022: https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/02/MLAs-Demand-Immediate-Action-Toxic-Drug-Deaths/

In an email chain obtained through a freedom of information request, BC’s chief forester said BC’s tenure allowances, which set forest company logging levels, are “completely out of whack” with annual allowable cut assessments. Zoë Yunker reports. Zoë is a Victoria-based journalist writing about energy and environmental politics.Published Tuesday, November 1, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/01/Out-Of-Whack-Forestry/

The halt follows an Oct. 14 ministry order, but Coastal GasLink maintains the Environmental Assessment Office confirmed it does not need to halt work provided environmental mitigations are in place. That appeared to contradict the ministry. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.Published Tuesday, November 1, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/01/Coastal-GasLink-Halts-Work/

Republicans are poised to evict the Democrats from the House of Representatives in the mid-terms. With Americans gasping at gas prices and their skinny wallets, President Biden is about as popular as chewing tobacco. Michael Harris explains. Michael is a Tyee contributing editor.Published Tuesday, November 1, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/01/Americans-Turning-On-Democracy/

The government promised one year ago it will provide more disabled kids with supports, but that also meant clawing back individualized funding that B.C. currently provides to families of autistic children.Katie Hyslop reports the one-year anniversary protest. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter.Published Tuesday, November 1, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/01/Protest-Disability-Funding-Clawback/

A new agreement adds $708 million in funding for increased pay for physicians, premiums for after-hours service and more support to cover overhead. Doctors of BC president Ramneek Dosanjh says the move was “shaped by the voices of physicians.” Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Monday, October 31, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/31/BC-Unveils-Deal-To-Ease-Family-Doctor-Crisis/

A new project is building a blueprint for how to open up B.C. businesses to disabled workers and create a labour market that works for everyone. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Monday, October 31, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/31/Flipping-Script-Disability-Workplace/

A look at donations made to Vision Vancouver during the 2014 municipal election campaign shows just how much money was thrown at parties before legislation banned corporate and union donations to municipal campaigns in BC, and limited individual contributions. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Monday, October 31, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/31/Despite-Reforms-Big-Money-Still-Fuels-BC-Politics/

Hoping for a banger, I rolled the dice on ‘Halloween Ends.’Written by Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/28/Halloween-Ends-Kills-Horror-Franchise-Dead/

From the BCGEU’s own housing project to lobbying efforts, housing is on labour’s agenda.Written by Zak Vescera The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/28/High-Priced-Housing-Union-Issue/

A 2022 Poetry in Transit juror reflects on 26 years of powerful short poems.Written by Rob Taylor is the author of four poetry books, including Strangers (Biblioasis, 2021). He served on the jury for the 2022-23 edition of Poetry in Transit.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/28/Be-Brief-Tell-Us-Everything/

Meet the cosmologist who has found evidence of more universes than the one we’re in.Written by Crawford Kilian a contributing editor of The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/27/Multiverse-From-Here-To-Infinity/

The New Media Gallery turns our faith in tech on its head.Written by Dorothy Woodend the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/27/Human-After-All/

Filmmaker George Orr’s documentary looks at the early days of a then idealistic candidate.Written by Andrew MacLeod The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/27/When-David-Eby-Toppled-Christy-Clark/

‘Once fire season rolls around, there’s really no typical day.’Written by Francesca Fionda a Tyee contributing reporter and freelance investigative and data journalist.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/27/Day-In-Life-Plane-Jumping-Wildfire-Fighter/

BC ordered Coastal GasLink to ‘cease’ variations from approved work plans. The company insists it hasn’t broken any rules.Written by Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/27/Confusion-Swirls-CGL-Environmental-Risks/

Carbon capture storage, or CCS, captures and stores emissions underground. It’s an energy-intensive short-term remedy. Oil & gas, neoliberal allies and the B.C. government are content with it despite its potential impacts on Treaty 8 First Nations. Donald Gutstein writes.Donald Gutstein, a former professor in the school of communication at SFU, is the author of The Big Stall, Harperism, and three other books on links between corporations, politics and media.Link to the story, published Oct. 26th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/10/26/Industry-Carbon-Capture-Steamroller-Could-Crush-BC-First-Nations/

The classic paper bag offers many interpretations: your response to inflation; your move away from single-use plastic; or you’re a Vancouver Canucks fan.Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Link to the story, published Oct 26th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/26/Please-Advise-Halloween-Costume/

Groups strengthen their sense of community by rejecting another, writes Mitchell Anderson — a process of cultural bifurcation. Even the MAGA wing, openly hostile toward a shared rational truth, has sprouted from this process.Written by Mitchell Anderson who is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Oct 26th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/26/Why-Doubling-Down-Dangerous-Division/

The Tyee traced the source of a memo encouraging BC NDP membership and support of David Eby to a local union representing 6,000 Vancouver Island forestry workers. The dust-up highlights the nuances of what third parties can and can’t do in B.C. elections. Zak Vescera explains.Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, October 25, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/25/Why-NDP-Cleared-Union-Local-Pro-Eby-Effort/

In his first 100 days as premier, new BC NDP Leader David Eby wants to expand affordable housing, redirect fossil fuel subsides to clean energy, create safer communities and improve health care access.As of yet, there are few details on how.Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief.Published Tuesday, October 25, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/25/David-Eby-BC-Plan/

Coastal GasLink has damaged wetlands, rivers and lakes along the $11-billion pipeline route. Even though the government has tools to keep Coastal GasLink in compliance, it chooses not to use them. Sonia Furstenau writes for The Tyee.Sonia Furstenau is leader of the BC Green Party and the MLA for Cowichan Valley.Published Tuesday, October 25, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/25/Coastal-GasLink-Over-Public/

Chilliwack voters rejected three of the four most vocal SOGI opponents and elected Teri Westerby, the first trans man to hold municipal office in Canada. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter.Published Tuesday, October 25, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/25/Parents-Rights-Not-Swaying-Votes/

The wood used in Martha Sturdy’s exhibit was sourced from the artist’s property in Pemberton, serving an array of references “none more resonant than the ongoing state of calamity that gripped B.C. as fire eats the forests alive.” Dorothy Woodend reviews. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Monday, October 24, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/24/Tenacious-Vision-Martha-Sturdy/

“This was a special story to report on, not only for its broader significance, but also because the region around Fairy Creek is a place I spent a lot of time exploring while I was studying creative writing.” Congratulations to Arno Kopecky!Olamide Olaniyan writes. Olamide is The Tyee's associate editor.Published Monday, October 24, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/10/24/Arno-Kopecky-Wins-Dave-Greber-Magazine-Award/

Nearly half of Canadian men meet the threshold for clinical depression and one in three think about suicide weekly, found a new survey.Moira Wyton reports. Moira Wyton is The Tyee's health reporter.Published Monday, October 24, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/24/Work-Epidemic-Men-Depression/

Xicanx artists are part of a rich tradition of combining art with social justice.Win four passes to the first major Xicanx exhibition in Canada with The Tyee! 🇲🇽🎨 A Tyee Presents initiative with Museum of Anthropology.Published Monday, October 24, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/10/24/Win-Passes-Museum-Anthropology/

Tyee readers shared their memories of good food and good company. Our Kate Helmore reports.Kate Helmore is a Tyee fellow.Published Monday, October 24, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/24/Tales-Late-Night-Diner/

“When it comes to politics, Chip Wilson’s got nothing to do with us,” campaign manager Kareem Allam told The Tyee on election night. We explore.Jen St. Denis reports. Jen St. Denis is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Monday, October 24, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/24/Billionaire-Mayor-Vancouver/

He’s a former accountant. Now he’s the new mayor. Who is he, and how did he get here?Written by Christopher Cheung urban issues reporter for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/21/Ken-Sim-Road-City-Hall/

Here’s a concrete way to improve life in the Downtown Eastside and elsewhere. Give residents meaningful work and community connection.Written by Michelle Lackie the executive director of Exchange Inner City, a community economic development organization in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/21/Message-Mayor-Council-Local-Economy/

‘Scrap’ explores our interactions with the stuff we throw away. There’s beauty in the refuse, and hope for what can be renewed.Written by Dorothy Woodend the culture editor for The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/21/Human-History-Rust/

We fact-checked the fossil gas utility’s claims about cooking, renewables, and more.Written by Michelle Gamage a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/21/FortisBC-Claims-Greenwashing-Bunk/

A new bill would recommend improvements in pandemic preparedness and response. But as we’ve learned, many Canadians prefer freedom from vaccination and masking over freedom from disease. Crawford Kilian writes.Tyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian blogs about the pandemic and other public health issues.Published on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/10/20/Pandemic-Inquiry-Good-Idea-Tough-Sell/

Plenty of climate activists have used shock tactics, but none drew attention like the $1.78-can of soup that was thrown onto Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers.”Jacob Boon is The Tyee’s newsletter editor.Published on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/20/What-Makes-Successful-Protest/

Anjali Appadurai neither ruled out nor committed to appealing the decision the party executive made. Andrew MacLeod reports.Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018).Published on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/20/NDP-Bars-Appadurai-Leadership-Bid/

“It’s the middle of October. This just doesn’t feel right.” Josh Kozelj reports what we know so far of Vancouver’s drought and how climate change will change the seasons in Vancouver.Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/20/Where-Is-Rain-Vancouver/

Anjali Appadurai was voted out of the leadership race Wednesday night by the NDP’s exec council — even though she likely had enough support to win. Paul Willcocks takes a closer look at their reasoning.Paul Willcocks is a senior editor at The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/10/20/With-Appadurai-Out-Can-Eby-Rest-Easy/

The terminated staff at the iconic alt-weekly collectively spent around 300 years working at the paper, estimates a former staff member Martin Dunphy. Zak Vescera reports how Dunphy and a dozen odd-staff were fired and left in the cold.Written by Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018).Link to the story, published on Oct 19, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/19/BC-NDP-Report-Says-Appadurai-Should-Be-Kicked-Out-Race/

The terminated staff at the iconic alt-weekly collectively spent around 300 years working at the paper, estimates a former staff member Martin Dunphy. Zak Vescera reports how Dunphy and a dozen odd-staff were fired and left in the cold.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published on Oct. 19th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/19/Dumped-Unpaid-Georgia-Straight/

After Bea Purdy refused to institutionalize her son with Down syndrome, she began a school for kids like him. The new documentary “Doing the Impossible” tells this story alongside the broader fight for disability rights in BC.Written by Katie Hyslop who is a reporter for The Tyee. Link to the story, published on Oct 19, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/19/Rise-Disability-Rights-BC/

“It’s very surprising how long this is taking”: While B.C.’s Medical Services Commission reviews and acts on the “legal grey area” fees charged at some Telus-owned medical clinics, critics say the province deserves prompter answers.Written by Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Link to the story, published on Oct 19, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/19/Still-No-Answers-Review-Telus-Health-Clinic-Fees/

“Both documentaries validate what we’ve said for some time,” write Michelle Connolly and Ben Parfitt. Not only are mountains of wood pellets from B.C. burned every year, but British subsidies claim burning ‘waste’ wood instead of coal is a climate solution.Written by Michelle Connolly and Ben Parfitt Michelle Connolly is director of Conservation North. Ben Parfitt is a policy analyst with the B.C. office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.Link to the story, published Oct 19, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/19/Trees-Falling-Wood-Pellet-Industry/

“Secret location, secret spices.” As the Indigenous-owned food franchise Kekuli Café expands across B.C., staff still don’t know the secrets that make up their traditional bannock recipe. Andrea Smith reports. Andrea is a regular Tyee contributor.Published Tuesday, October 18, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/18/Indigenous-Owned-Cafe-Franchise-Expands-Across-BC/

Some candidates focused on “parents’ rights” this B.C. municipal election. Others made reconciliation a part of their platform. Now’s the time to put that promise to the test, reports Tegwyn Hughes.Tegwyn Hughes is a Victoria-based journalist focusing on health, politics and equity.Published Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/18/School-Trustees-And-Reconciliation/

Auston Chhor explores our nostalgia for the Stanley Park icon — and whether it’s time to say goodbye.Auston Chhor is a biologist and science writer living in Vancouver.Published Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/10/18/Breaking-Up-With-Seawall/

Accounting of policing costs on #Wetsuweten territory, obtained by The Tyee through federal access to information laws, indicates that roughly $4.5 million was spent during the first three months of this year. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports.Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.Published Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/18/RCMP-Spending-Pipeline-Conflict/

Patterns were hard to find on Saturday’s election night. Like, was Ken Sim’s victory part of a right-wing sweep? Tell that to Chilliwack school board dinosaur Barry Neufeld, now forced to offer his anti-LGTBQ opinions from a podcast.Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Published Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/18/Why-So-Many-Unseated-Politicians/

Daniel Zomparelli and David Ly embrace the monster in a new anthology. “What makes them terrifying is what’s unknown about them, and why they don’t belong in this reality. Which is why they become such complicated and likable queer icons.”Michelle Cyca interviews. Michelle’s writing has appeared in Maclean’s, The Walrus, Chatelaine, SAD Mag and more.Published Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/17/Queerness-Embedded-Horror/

Iannis Xenakis was a 20th century composer who made indelible imprints on artists across the globe. A selection of these artists will be presenting works at this Vancouver New Music festival from Oct. 21 to 23.This is a Tyee Presents piece in partnership with Vancouver New Music.Published Monday, October 11, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/10/17/MetaXenakis-International-Musical-Celebration/

Vancouver journalist Adriana Barton dives in on the remarkable effects of music in her book “Wired for Music: A Search for Health and Joy Through the Science of Sound.” Dorothy Woodend reviews.Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Monday, October 17, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/17/Why-Music-Moves-Us/

Four First Nations partnerships that worked on the Coastal GasLink pipeline are now suing the company and a former prime contractor for $10 million, alleging they haven’t been paid for all their work.Amanda Follett Hosgood reports.Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter.Published Tuesday, October 17, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/17/First-Nations-Partnerships-Say-Pipeline-Company-Owe-Them/

Our Vancouver election night roundup — with reporting on ABC Vancouver, Forward Together, TEAM, the Vancouver Green Party, and OneCity from various Tyee reporters.Published Saturday, October 15, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/15/Vancouver-Sim-City/

The union says the agreement is one of the best in the country, but one out of three members voted to reject it.Written by Zak Vescera The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/14/HEU-Wins-Double-Digit-Deal/

Three years ago they shared their struggles to find a home with Tyee readers. We checked back to see how they fared.Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/12/Coming-Of-Age-Housing-Crunch/

Inspired by his mother’s experience immigrating to Canada, the author explores what it means to create a new home. A Tyee Q&A.Written by Akhila Menon a journalism fellow with The Tyee through Journalists for Human Rights' inaugural Enhanced Access for BIPOC Youth in the Canadian Media program.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/14/Assimilation-Belonging-Culture-Dimitri-Nasrallah/

It’s been a wild ride. Don’t forget to vote Saturday. And visit The Tyee Sunday for all the results.Written by Jen St. Denis and Christopher Cheung.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/14/Biggest-Moments-Vancouver-Election/

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s new standard means up to 1,550 per cent more parasites can live on the fish.Written by Michelle Gamage a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/14/Eco-Label-Sea-Lice-Certified-Farmed-Responsibly-Salmon/

A new analysis confirms the pipeline expansion makes no economic sense and taxpayers will subsidize Big Oil.Written by Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/10/14/Trans-Mountain-Boondoggle-Taxpayers-Lose-Billions/

We need bold policies supporting mental health and public safety, not marketing ploysTyson Singh Kelsall is a social worker in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Maddie Beaumont is a registered nurse in the Downtown Eastside and downtown Vancouver.Published on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/13/ABC-Vancouver-Promised-Police-Nurses-Fact-Check/

What’s behind the surge of new members? ‘Bad faith’ by Green interlopers? Or New Dems who’ve felt neglected for too long?Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Published on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/13/Long-Road-BC-NDP-Leadership-Mess/

Our final wrap-up includes key takeaways from party platforms and last-minute promises.Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter.Published on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/13/What-Vancouver-Parties-Promising-Housing/

We took a closer look at an intriguing claim from a Vancouver mayoral candidate.Akhila Menon is a journalism fellow with The Tyee through Journalists for Human Rights inaugural Enhanced Access for BIPOC Youth in Canadian Media program.Published on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/13/Are-Highrises-Really-Bad-For-Health/

We created tools to gauge candidates’ resolve on affordable housing this election. Glad to share.Jill Atkey is CEO of the BC Non-Profit Housing Association. Thom Armstrong is CEO of the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC. Margaret Pfoh is CEO of the Aboriginal Housing Management Association.Published on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/13/Housing-Human-Right-Give-Politicians-Tests/

A swarm of bots skewed a vote for Alaska’s bulkiest bruin. Is democracy doomed?Written by Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Link to the story, published on Oct 12, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/12/Please-Advise-Bear-Scandal/

“Serving up cakes and lattes with a social purpose.” Read about Simon Fraser University’s Non-Profit Management Certificate program, which has led Corrie Corfield down a path of managing the 30-year-old Nanaimo Bakery and Café and simultaneously generating revenue to support the Island Crisis Care Society’s housing and outreach programs.This is a Tyee Presents story, sponsored by SFU's Non-Profit Management Certificate Program. Written by Kim Mah.Published on Oct 12, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/10/12/Local-Bakery-Addresses-Homelessness/

Mayoral candidate Ken Sim says Mayor Kennedy Stewart will tax every car driving downtown. Stewart’s team accused Sim of “U.S.-style misinformation politics.” Kate Helmore explains the wars.Kate Helmore is a Tula Foundation Immersive Journalism fellow with The Tyee.Link to the story, published Oct 12, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/10/12/Vancouver-Road-Tax-Wars/

A anonymous Facebook account called Squamish Voices has spent more than $70,000 on a smear campaign against Squamish’s mayor and some city councillors. The campaign could transform the future of the city. Kate Helmore reports.Kate Helmore is a Tula Foundation Immersive Journalism fellow with The Tyee.Link to the story published Oct 12, 2022: https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/12/Squamish-Election-Poisoned-Secret-Attack-Campaigns/

Breen Ouellette hopes to join incumbent COPE Coun. Jean Swanson on council. Here’s what the party wants to accomplish.Written by Josh Kozelj who is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Published on Oct 11, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/11/COPE-Agenda-Vancouver-Council/

More support for public health would save lives and money. Where’s the political urgency?Written by Tyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian who blogs about the pandemic at https://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/Link to the story, published Oct 11, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/10/11/We-Elected-Pandemic/

About 1,000 workers from unions, who are not themselves on strike, have refused to cross tugboater picket lines — leaving them off the job and without pay for more than a month.It’s threatened shipping ops with no clear end in sight. Zak Vescera reports.Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.Published Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/11/Strike-Shaking-Vancouver-Port/

From Oct. 17 to 23, join the @VanWritersFest’s 80 events on the state of journalism, reproductive rights and the rise of Indigenous storytelling around the world. This article is a Tyee Presents piece in partnership with Vancouver Writers Festival.Published Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/10/11/Vancouver-Writers-Fest-Returns-Granville-Island/

Canadian literary superstar Ann-Marie MacDonald’s “Fayne” features a Charlotte Bell who is coming of age amidst shifting landscapes in science, medicine, and morphing dynamics between the sexes.To immerse a reader successfully, she attends to precise details of fashion, architecture, even chairs. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/11/Ann-Marie-MacDonald-Novel/

VIVA’s candidates decry gender and sexuality initiatives and other efforts to make schools more inclusive.Written by Tegwyn Hughes who is a Victoria-based journalist focusing on health, politics and equity. You can find her on Twitter @tegwynhughes.Link to the story, published on Oct 11, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/11/Victoria-Right-Wing-Slate/

Whoever is elected in local races like Surrey, Burnaby and Richmond, growing faster than Vancouver itself, will have a ripple effect across Met Van as a whole, from transit to housing to jobs. Chris Cheung on the ones to keep an eye on.Chris Cheung is The Tyee's city reporter.Published Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/10/Metro-Vancouver-Spiciest-Local-Elections/

We reached out to trustee candidates with conservative-leaning platforms in Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, Nechako Lakes and Chilliwack to ask about supporting queer and trans students, SOGI 123, police in schools and more.A Katie Hyslop municipal election explainer.Katie Hyslop is The Tyee's youth and education reporter.Published Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/10/Across-BC-Right-Wing-Candidates-Bashing-School-Teachings/

Like three other members of Athabasca University’s board of governors, Sir John Daniel learned he’d been sacked not from Alberta’s Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides, but when he saw the order in council rescinding his appointment.Charles Rusnell reports. Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Published Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/10/Putin-Approach-Behind-Firings-Canada-Top-Online-University/

“As a kid, I had no idea that First Nations throughout North America had ceremonies and feasts to celebrate harvests long before contact with Europe.” Vancouver’s poet laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam reflects on gratitude.Published Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/10/Odes-Thankfulness/

The Vancouver Police Union’s unprecedented endorsement of a party that wants 100 more police officers could give A Better City Vancouver a boost in the polls, says an expert, setting a dangerous precedent for the civic democratic process.Jen St. Denis and Josh Kozelj write. Jen is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Josh is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Published Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/10/Police-Politics-Not-Good-Mix/

Can Quesnel’s Bob Simpson chart a sustainable future for timber-dependent communities?Written by Chiara Milford who is a freelance writer based between Vancouver and Stockholm. Find her on Twitter @ChiaraMilfords.Link to the story, published on Oct 7, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/07/One-Mayor-Trying-to-Reinvent-Forestry-Town/

Appadurai supporter said the deadline to prove he’s not still a Green member is too tight.Written by Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018).Link to the story, published on Oct 7, 2022: https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/07/Former-Green-Rising-Star-Angry-NDP-Membership-Vetting/

The Vancouver Foundation’s Level Youth Policy Program puts a young, Indigenous, racialized and migrant lens on public policy making.Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/07/Youth-Reimagine-Solutions-Housing-Water/

David Eby’s platform includes everything from a crackdown on speculative activity to supports for builders of affordable housing. But the Union of BC Municipalities has a lot of questions. Andrew MacLeod reports.Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Published on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/06/Eby-Housing-Plan-BC-Municipalities/

OneCity wants to build homes faster, expand safe supply, funnel police funds to a Peer Assisted Care Team and more. Kate Helmore explains.Kate Helmore is a Tula Foundation Immersive Journalism fellow with The Tyee.Published on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/06/OneCity-Agenda-Vancouver-Council/

As people’s working lives are affected by precarious work, the gig economy, loss of pensions and more, The Tyee’s newest beat is labour. Please welcome the reporter who will be on it for the next six months: Zak Vescera.Olamide Olaniyan is associate editor at The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter @olapalooza.Published Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/10/06/Zak-Vescera-Tyee-Labour-Reporter/

Three years before a woman and a 14-year-old were found dead in his SRO room, another woman had died in Van Chung Pham’s room at the Hotel Canada.Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Published Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/06/No-One-Stopped-SRO-Predator/

The data we have on who uses bike lanes is incomplete at best. So Tim Ford spoke with disabled cyclers across B.C. about what can be done to improve accessibility. They talked infrastructure, signage and assumptions about cyclists’ abilities.Tim Ford is a mixed-race freelance writer and author based in Victoria.Published Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/06/If-Bike-Lanes-Worked-Better-Disability-Community/

The mayor once said housing wouldn’t dominate Vancouverites’ conversations anymore because affordable housing would be attainable. Four years later, rent, home prices and homelessness are up.Jen St. Denis interviews Kennedy Stewart.Jen St. Denis is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/04/Kennedy-Stewart-Mayoral-Race/

Housing should cost no more than 30 per cent of a household’s gross income. That’s what Vancouver Green Party city councillor Adriane Carr believes. And other plans her party has for the city. Josh Kozelj explains.Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Link to the story published on Oct 5th, 2022: https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/05/Greens-Want-To-Stack-Council/

“This is more than we’ve had in quite a while.” A once-vanished benefit is coming back to bite inflation’s effect on workers. Zak Vescera has the story.Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story, published on Oct. 5th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/05/Unions-Winning-Protection-Against-Spiking-Inflation/

“We’re men, we’re both horrible people.” Kenny and Spenny attribute the honesty of their “dysfunctional relationship” for their fame and success. Now reunited after their hit 2000s show ended, they’re hosting a live show that focuses on their lives together.By Josh Kozelj who is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Oct. 5th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/05/Kenny-Vs-Spenny-Friends-Again/

Kenny Hotz and Spenny Rice, ahead of their BC tour, on their hit show, rude filth, ‘horrors of the male relationship’ and more. A Tyee interview.Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/05/Kenny-Vs-Spenny-Friends-Again/

An invasive pest inside a peach. A B.C. ghost town. A father preparing for death. If yesterday’s VIFF film picks didn’t suit your fancy, here are eight more.By Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Oct. 5th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/05/Even-More-VIFF/

Is Langford’s low voter turnout because they’re just so darn content with everything? Not necessarily.By Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.Link to the story published Oct. 5th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/05/Langford-Turned-Political-Battleground/

We’re nearing Election Day across BC. Why is my brain so fuzzy, Dr. Steve?Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Link to the article, published Oct 4th, 2022: https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/10/04/Please-Advise-Cast-Civic-Vote/

Dorothy Woodend watched all the VIFF movies so you don’t have to. Here are her picks so you know what not to miss this year. Dorothy Woodend is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/04/VIFF-Returns/

The Tyee sat down with Stewart to talk renter protections, alternatives to policing and how to fix a dysfunctional council.Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/04/Kennedy-Stewart-Mayoral-Race/

Stanley Park’s Vancouver Aquarium is home to research, tourists, and an unfathomably cute otter named Joey. Akhila Menon spoke with marine biologist Jessica DeBenedetto for A Day in the Life of a marine animal curator.Akhila Menon is a journalism fellow with The Tyee through Journalists for Human Rights inaugural Enhanced Access for BIPOC Youth in Canadian Media program.Published Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/04/Day-For-Aquarium-Biologist/

The federal government has stepped in to try and resolve a dispute between Seaspan and 165 striking tugboat staff. Wages, a shift scheduling system and safety concerns were at the source of the dispute, The Tyee has learned.Our new labour reporter Zak Vescera reports.Published Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/04/Parked-Tugs-Froze-Shipyard/

Theocratic conservatives — like those at the infamous Universal Peace Federation — have long been central to the former prime minister’s political calculus.Michael Harris writes. Harris is a Tyee contributing editor and highly awarded journalist.Published Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/10/03/Why-Stephen-Harper-Tight-Moonie-Church/

Fiction, poetry, youth reads: There’s something for everyone at this year’s in-person, Granville Island Vancouver Writers Fest. If that isn’t enough, one lucky Tyee reader will win a prize pack of five assorted books from this year’s fest. Enter to win!This sponsored Tyee Presents story was published in partnership with Vancouver Writers Festival. Published Monday, Oct. 3, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/10/03/Win-Books-Vancouver-Writers-Fest/

Vanessa Brown’s exhibition “That Other Hunger,” featuring holes as both object and void, begs the question about both the exhibit and life: What’s this all about? Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.Published Monday Oct. 3, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/03/Contemplating-Void-Art/

Meet the team working to make civic politics more welcoming and gender balanced. A Tyee special report.Written by Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to the story, published on September 30th, 2022: https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/30/Elect-Her-Northern-BC-Push-Women-Councils/

A dozen powerful pieces by Indigenous writers.By Tyee staff.Link to the story, published on Sept 30th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/30/Readings-Toward-Truth-Reconciliation/

Fires are now ‘a daily occurrence,’ says the Vancouver fire department.Written by Jen St. Denis who is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story published on Sept 30th, 2022: https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/30/SRO-Fires-Causing-Endless-Cycle-Displacement/

The Tyee sat down with the candidate and talked crime, homelessness and the plight of landlords.Written by Jen St. Denis who is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story published on Sept. 30th, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/30/Fred-Harding-Mayor-Vancouver/

“Klabona Keepers,” in the Vancouver International Film Festival this year, follows Tahltan elders as they take a stand for the Tl’abane (Klabona). What really sets it apart? That the Iskut community welcomed its filmmakers Tamo Campos and Jasper Snow-Rosen a decade ago.Erica H. Isomura writes. Erica is a writer and poet focused on diasporic identity, culture, and the environment. They are an MFA candidate in creative writing at the University of Guelph.Published Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/29/Sacred-Headwaters-Hope-Healing/

Voting for human rights this #MuniElxn2022 is hardly being a single-issue voter. :heavy_check_mark: Drawing on their work with B.C. Poverty Reduction Coalition and Pivot Legal Society, Rowan Burdge and Nina Taghaddosi detail what to look out for in a candidate for human rights.Rowan Burdge is the provincial director of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition. Nina Taghaddosi is the anti-stigma campaigner at Pivot Legal Society.Published Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/29/Vancouver-Prioritize-Human-Rights-This-Election/

A swath of young people in the Victoria region is dispelling the notion that politics are just for older people. Meet Colby Harder, Gabriel Liosis, Basil Langevin and Tesicca Truong.Written by Josh Kozelj, Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.Published Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/29/Meet-Young-People-Shaking-Up-Local-Politics/

The Tyee sat down with Vancouver mayoral candidate Mark Marissen to talk about zoning, the problem with SROs and why Vancouver doesn’t need more police.Written by Jen St. Denis, The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Published Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/29/Mark-Marissen-For-Mayor/

Tara McGuire lost her 21-year-old son to a drug overdose. Her first book explores the aftermath. An excerpt from ‘Holden After and Before.’Tara McGuire is a former broadcaster turned writer whose essays and poetry have appeared in several magazines and on CBC Radio. Holden After and Before is her first book.Published Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/28/Holden-After-Before-Excerpt/

More candidates than ever are hoping to add a Chinese, Persian and Vietnamese name on the ballot. To this day, there are no rules on what usual name candidates can go by — resulting in the city’s challenge to have names in other languages disallowed.Written by Chris Cheung, The Tyee’s city reporter.Published Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/28/Vancouver-Election-Controversy-Usual-Names/

At least 285 people and at least 30 so far this year have been killed by toxic drugs in Langley since 2012. It’s not the only place in dire need of harm reduction services, advocates say. Reported by Moira Wyton, Tyee health reporter.Published Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/28/Local-Politicians-Stem-Toxic-Drug-Crisis/

Seven out of 100 COVID cases could lead to serious brain problems that may last a lifetime, a controversial report last week by Nature Medicine suggests. The reported conditions include strokes, memory problems, migraines, depression and anxiety, Parkinson’s disease symptoms and more.Written by Andrew Nikiforuk. He is a Tyee contributing editor and an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Published Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/28/COVID-Brain-Wreck/

Will this name change take? Some do like Kentucky Fried Chicken to KFC. But not all of them do. It’s what’s inside the bucket that counts, advises our spin doc Steve Burgess.Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Sept. 27, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/27/Please-Advise-BC-Liberal-Rebrand/

The two hosts of “Seen” both work in fields focused on equity, diversity and inclusion, but the most common theme in their show? Giving each other the freedom to be their authentic selves. Kaitlyn Fung interviews.Kaitlyn Fung is a Tula fellow at The Tyee exploring the different forms that belonging and hope can take.Published Tuesday Sept. 27, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/27/When-Friends-Heal-Together/

With $2 million in provincial funds, B.C. hopes to create a new standard on how to help people who may be suicidal, using standardized intake screening, follow-up care and perspectives of people with lived mental experiences of mental illness.Josh Kozelj, inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee, reports.Published Tuesday Sept. 27, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/27/Changing-Suicide-Care-Culture/

Tara McGuire’s new book explores grief and stigma “with a wholehearted leap of the imagination.” A conversation with the author, by Kevin Chong.Kevin Chong is the author of seven books, including the forthcoming novel The Double Life of Benson Yu. He teaches creative writing at UBC Okanagan. Published Sept. 27, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/27/Missing-Holden/

She’s voted no against housing projects, made controversial comments about First Nations proposals and become known for being testy with city staff. She also has a devoted following.Jen St. Denis’s mayoral candidate interview is with Colleen Hardwick.Jen St. Denis is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.Published Sept. 27, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/27/Mayoral-Candidate-Colleen-Hardwick/

B.C. municipalities were in favour of the ability to mandate a certain percentage of permanently affordable homes in new buildings. Columnist Patrick Condon explains the resolution — and why he’s a proponent of it. Patrick Condon is the James Taylor chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/26/BC-Cities-Vote-Make-Homes-Affordable/

The co-op’s green membership program allows registered drivers to use a vehicle as soon as they get their ‘L.’This Tyee Presents story is sponsored by Modo.Link to the story published September 26, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/09/26/Car-Sharing-New-Drivers-Modo/

In the first of five Vancouver mayoral candidate interviews, Tyee reporter Jen St. Denis asked ABC Vancouver mayoral candidate Ken Sim about housing, the overdose crisis, and his promise to hire 100 cops & return police officers to Vancouver schools.Jen St. Denis is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/26/Ken-Sim-Wants-Mayor-Vancouver/

Internal records released to The Tyee in response to an FOI request confirm critics’ suspicions that B.C.’s Special Tree Protection Regulation was meant to sound good to the public while protecting the interests of the logging industry. Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee's legislative bureau chief, reports.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/26/BC-Big-Trees-Protection-Toothless-Government-Knew/

Ending the subsidies would free almost $500 million that the public system desperately needs.By Alex Hemingway who is a senior economist and public finance analyst at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, B.C. Office.Link to the story published Sept. 26, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/26/Why-Public-Dollars-Private-Schools-Rising/

As some campaign on ‘law and order,’ the province rolls out a new report on repeat offenders. We break it down.Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/23/Crime-Vancouver-Election/

‘If you give us restrictions, we get to get creative.’andrea bennett is managing editor of The Tyee.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/23/Day-In-Life-Intimacy-Coordinator/

Nineteen days after he was discharged from hospital, my dad took his own life. Here’s why we need to revisit BC’s Mental Health Act.Kyle Fawkes is a grassroots mental health advocate seeking to drive policy change in B.C. Find him on Twitter at @KyleFawkes.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/23/For-My-Father-Who-Should-Have-Lived/

WATCH: Visit the creative colony carved from a dying motel in a fast gentrifying city. A Tyee mini-documentary.Sonal Gupta is a multimedia journalist and filmmaker who is interested in solutions-focused stories. Follow her on Instagram @itravelette.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/23/Artist-Motel-Inside-Vancouver-Experiment/

After the virus harmed Chris Goodnow’s heart, he joined a growing chorus against reinfection complacency.Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/23/Top-Immunologist-Dropping-COVID-Hubris/

An animated documentary follows a group of unlikely rebels as they risk their lives to stand up to Chinese government.Written by Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story published Sept. 22, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/22/Hopeful-Heart-Eternal-Spring/

A British medical journal concluded our response to COVID-19 was “nothing less than a massive global failure.” To change, try “prosociality” — the approach of tending to society’s needs rather than narrow, individual interests. Crawford Kilian explains. The pillars to a cooperative response to infection diseases?PreventionContainmentHealth servicesEquityGlobal innovationWhere to apply this next, asks @Crof? The pandemic of dementia. Tyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian blogs about the Politics of Dementia.Link to the story, published Set 22, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/22/Why-We-Need-Prosocial-Revolution/

What role have these spots played in your life? Share your stories with The Tyee by Sept. 28.By Kate Helmore who is a Tula Foundation Immersive Journalism fellow with The Tyee.Link to the story published Set 22, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/22/Send-Us-Late-Night-Diner-Stories/

What power do trustees hold? If a school board wants something — let’s say, more French immersion — they can push schools to work on that. However, the ministry of education maintains its vetoes.Written by Katie Hyslop who is a reporter for The Tyee.Link to the story, published Sept. 22, 2022: https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/22/School-Trustee-Power-Tyee-Election-Explainer/

After two years, VIFF is back. Need we say more? Get your tickets and fest passes today.All films this year will be presented in-cinema, with a small, curated selection of titles available for streaming across British Columbia on VIFF Connect.Opening with Métis filmmaker Marie Clements’s “Bones of Crows,” and closing with South Korea’s “Broker” by VIFF favourite Hirokazu Kore-eda — you don’t have to miss a thing this year. This Tyee Presents story is sponsored by VIFF and published on Sept 22, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/09/22/Experience-Power-Cinema-VIFF/

For us, it’s a record number of Jack Webster nods. Our member supporters made it possible.Congratulations to our reporters Jen St. Denis, Andrew Macleod, Zoe Yunker, freelancer Mary Fowles and contributing editor Steve Burgess for their nominations! And to you, our Tyee readers (and listeners) and Builders. Link to the story published Sept. 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/09/21/Five-Tyee-Journalists-Finalists-Websters/

The flower portraits I create using an unlikely device are rich in detail. And resonant with memories.By Alex Waterhouse-Hayward who is a widely published magazine and commercial photographer based in Vancouver.Link to the story published Sept. 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/21/Flower-Portraits-Scanning-Roses/

Couples can get full rebate with higher incomes than lone parents with children.By Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at amacleod@thetyee.ca.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/21/BC-Electric-Car-Rebates-Discriminate-Single-Parents/

Coastal GasLink is preparing to drill a pipeline under a sacred river.Written by Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to the story published Set. 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/21/Pipeline-River-Indigenous-Nation/

An excerpt from Harrison Mooney’s ‘Invisible Boy.’Harrison Mooney is a writer and journalist who lives in East Vancouver with his family.Link to the story published Sept 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/21/Where-White-Women-Adopt-Black-Babies/

Actually Florida’s DeSantis may have been inspired by mean stunts in Saskatchewan and Alberta.By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.Link to the story, published Sept 21, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/21/Please-Advise-Sadistic-Migrant-Con/

Vancouver parents want information on ventilation and filtration systems as kids start a new school year.By Katie Hyslop who is a reporter for The Tyee.Link to the story published on Sept 20, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/20/Schools-Good-Air-Everything/

When a newly appointed Attorney General David Eby was mandated to reform B.C. lobbying, he’d close a key loophole for consultant lobbyists, requiring them to report targets they contacted.That wasn’t nearly enough. Written by Donald Gutstein, who is a former professor in the School of Communication at SFU, and the author of "The Big Stall," "Harperism" and more.Link to the article published Sept. 20, 2022: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/20/BC-Wild-West-Lobbyists/

In his newest Polygon Gallery exhibit, Stan Douglas compares the revolutionary years of 2011 and 1848, using a form he calls “hybrid documentary.” The images, so carefully rendered, mostly made our culture editor @/Dorothy Woodend long for real documentary.https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/20/Riot-According-To-Stan-Douglas/

“I’m writing, first and foremost, for my fellow adoptees, to affirm their complex and confusing experiences.” “Invisible Boy” follows Harrison Mooney as the only Black child in a devoutly Christian family who adopted him in 1985. It should be required reading. Written by Jackie Wong, who is a senior editor at The Tyee. Published Sept. 20, 2022. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/20/Harrison-Mooney-Dismantling-White-Supremacy/

Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s August calendar shows calls scheduled with property CEOs, developers and more. All 15 names also appeared on a list found last week on the sidewalk that appears to list fundraising “captains” for Stewart’s party.Reported by Jen St. Denis, who is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/20/Mayor-Meets-With-Big-Donors/

As British Columbians prepare for the polls on Oct. 15 for local elections, recall that municipalities have plenty of power in acting on climate change right now. Michelle Gamage explains three: natural gas hookups, protecting green space, densification.Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.Link to the story published on Sept. 19th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/19/Local-Governments-Matter-Climate-Change/

The B.C. government is currently deciding whether to approve an open-pit coal mine within critical caribou habitat in northeast B.C. It will spell the end for the fragile Quintette caribou herd, say the Saulteau and West Moberly First Nations.Written by Robyn Allan who is an independent economist. Rosemary Collard is an associate professor of geography at Simon Fraser University. Jessica Dempsey is an associate professor of geography at the University of British Columbia.Link to the story published on Sept 19, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/19/New-Coal-Mine-Caribou-BC-Government/

With experts warning we have less than a decade to get global emissions under control, “The Petroleum Papers” is a step-by-step account of the companies and politicians who knew the looming, catastrophic consequences of their actions. RSVP for the launch.Em Cooper is the outreach manager at The Tyee and a standup comedian.Link to the story published Sept 19, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/09/19/Help-Us-Launch-Geoff-Dembicki-The-Petroleum-Papers/

The royal holiday and subsequent closure will cause real harm: work will be delayed, people will be pushed back into never-ending queues and parents are already scrambling to find child care, writes @paulwillcocks.Paul Willcocks is a senior editor at The Tyee.Link to the story published on Sept 16, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/16/How-BC-Got-It-Wrong-Royal-Holiday/

Squamish Nation has just broken ground on its 11-tower residential Sen̓áḵw project, bypassing #NIMBY objections. Meanwhile, hundreds preorder the republishing of “Conversations” — a window into Squamish life around the time of Vancouver’s founding. Written by Ben Mussett, a B.C.-born journalist now living in Toronto. His reporting has appeared in the Globe and Mail, CBC News, Vice and the Capital Daily. Link to the article published on 16th September 2022 https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/16/Like-Talking-Elder/

They welcomed people at all hours, in good times and bad. And then COVID hit.Written by Kate Helmore, a Tula Foundation Immersive Journalism fellow with The Tyee.Link to the article published on 14th September 2022 https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/14/Ode-Vancouver-Vanishing-Late-Night-Diners/

Delight in a stellar program of 130 feature films and events, including award winners like “The Blue Caftan” and “Alcarrás.” A @/VIFF contest gives you the chance to win three big prizes! Vancouver International Film Festiva Link to the article published on 16th September 2022 https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/09/16/Win-VIFF-Prize-Pack-Passes/

BC’s former AG says crisis demands bold action. His rival says forced hospitalization ‘flies in the face of civil liberties.’Written by Akhila Menon, a journalism fellow with The Tyee through Journalists for Human Rights inaugural Enhanced Access for BIPOC Youth in Canadian Media program.Link to the article published on 15th September 2022 https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/15/Eby-Appadurai-Differ-Compulsory-Drug-Treatment/

As the election approaches, three parties take aim at single-family zoning.Written by Jen St. DenisLink to the article published on 15th September 2022 https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/15/Vancouver-Parties-Pushing-For-Rentals/

“I would like to talk to you about a hypothetical difficulty which I think is going to turn out to be real.” At the 100th birthday of the oil and gas industry, the lead developer of the nuclear bomb would alert a room of people about a coming crisis. Written by Geoff Dembicki, The Tyee reporter. His work also appears in Vice, Rolling Stone and the New York Times.Link to the article published on 16th September 2022 https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/16/Petro-Elite-Warned-Climate-Calamity-1959/

Even as Florence Girard starved to death under the care of Astrid Dahl, nobody raised the alarm that there was something terrible happening at her government-approved home share.Written by Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy Link to the article published on 16th September 2022 https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/16/How-Could-Florence-Girard-Starve-Death-BC-Approved-Home-Share/

A document was found outside a No Frills by a homeless writer. It appears to list 38 “captains” to raise money for Mayor Kennedy Stewart’s campaign, including some of Vancouver’s biggest real estate players.Written by Christopher Cheung who reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung. Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story published Sept 15, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/14/Sidewalk-Discovery-Could-Change-Vancouver-Election/

Over the last few decades, major oil companies have secretly researched climate change and have found their products have made the crisis worse. Geoff Dembicki tells The Tyee that they came up with a strategy to communicate this science to the public: lie.Written by David Beers who is founding editor of The Tyee.Link to the story published September 15, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/15/Geoff-Dembicki-Big-Oil-Blockbuster/

Did you know that Vancouver is the only major Canadian city where all voters can vote for every seat up for election? Don’t be intimidated, advises Auston Chhor. This is your opportunity to ask your city to address the climate crisis. Chhor, a biologist, identified six major climate votes from the current council, including The Climate Levy, a lawsuit against big oil and a separated bike lane on Commercial Drive. He scored each of Vancouver’s 10 municipal parties, based on their votes.Written by Auston Chhor who is a biologist, photographer and community organizer living in Vancouver.Link to story published Sept 15, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/15/Climate-Report-Card-Vancouver-City-Council/

Poilievre is a Reaganesque, union-busting worker’s champion. He’ll promise a chicken in every pot, but no more gravy train. In the end it likely won’t amount to beans.Written by Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Link to the article published Sept 15, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/15/Please-Advise-Pierre-Poilievre-So-Far/

“The Myth of Normal” addresses everything from learning to say no to addressing the pathologies of politicians. And it’s a reminder that change lies within all of us. “It changed me, and I’m not easily changed,” writes Dorothy Woodend.Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story published on Sept 14, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/14/Gabor-Mate-Daniel-Mate-End-Of-Normal/

Young Canadian workers seeking solace abroad are taking unaffordability and inequality with them.Written by Ximena González who is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail and the Sprawl.Link to story published Sept 14, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/14/Dark-Side-Digital-Nomads-Dreams/

Medical culture carries a long tradition of telling ourselves and others that we’re “fine,” writes emergency physician, photographer and writer of “Shadows and Light.” The pandemic offers us the chance to accelerate a much-needed change: self-compassion and empathy. Written by Dr. Heather Patterson who is an emergency physician at Foothills Medical Centre and Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary. She is the author and photographer of Shadows and Light: A Physician’s Lens on COVID.Link to the story published on Sept 13, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/13/ER-Doctor-Lens-COVID/

In his new book “Regenesis,” George Monbiot dives into the stuff that makes all growing possible, the very stuff we refer to as dirt.Written by Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to story published Sept 12, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/12/George-Monbiot-What-We-Overlook/

“They had a story to tell.” How did a podcast turn out to be the best medium for this feature-film-worthy story? From the rough-and-ready vibes of the audio recordings to visual cues of one character being “really high,” Dan Pierce speaks on it with Dorothy Woodend.Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to story published Sept 13, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/13/Love-Story-With-Bombs/

Chris Amyotte was described as “begging for help.” So why, instead of help, was he shot six times with a bean bag gun?Nurses call for defunding of police services, reallocation of funds into trauma-informed and culturally safe crisis de-escalation supports, alongside social, health and housing systems that improve community health.Written by Corey Ranger is president of the Harm Reduction Nurses Association. Michelle Danda is the association’s western representative and Meaghan Brown is its board secretary.Link to the story published Sept 9, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/09/Nurses-Sound-Alarm-Police-Violence/

If you see something, say something: Now that the public’s been enlisted to report dead sturgeon sightings in the Nechako region, researchers hope to find why the ancient fish keeps showing up dead every year. But they’re not hopeful for a single smoking gun.Written by Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. Josh Kozelj is a Hummingbird fellow with The Tyee.Link to story published Sept 13, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/13/Nechako-River-White-Sturgeon/

Vacancy control prohibits excessive rent increases beyond current renters to include the unit itself. Without it, we would likely see the continuation of raging land price inflation.This is an opinion story written by Patrick Condon who is the James Taylor chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at the University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture.Link to the story published Sept 13, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/13/Vacancy-Control-As-Ballot-Issue/

The Tyee’s been known to call in the “teaching hospital” approach in Canadian Media. Sometimes the best way to learn a practice is right alongside veterans. Of course, we learn much from our fellows too. Welcoming our newest, Josh Kozelj.This Tyee News story is written by Olamide Olaniyan who is associate editor at The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter @olapalooza.Link to the story published on Sept 13, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/09/13/First-Hummingbird-Fellow/

In his new book “Regenesis,” George Monbiot dives into the stuff that makes all growing possible, the very stuff we refer to as dirt.Written by Dorothy Woodend who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to story published Sept 12, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/12/George-Monbiot-What-We-Overlook/

During Maria Vassilakou’s tenure as deputy mayor of Vienna, the city consistently ranked as one of the most livable cities in the world. She will be the keynote speaker at this free event presented by YWCA Metro Vancouver City Shift.This is a Tyee Presents sponsored story by YWCA City Shift.Link to the article published on Sept 12, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/09/12/Reimagine-City-Visions-Vienna-Event/

One lucky Tyee reader will win two tickets to “Hot Brown Honey: The Remix” at The Cultch’s York Theatre and a $100 gift certificate for Caffè La Tana. Enter to win now.This is a Tyee Presents Contest which is sponsored by The Cultch.Link to the story published on Sept 12, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/09/12/Win-Cabaret-Tickets-Dinner-Cultch/

Doing land acknowledgements “right” also means recognizing that land acknowledgements by themselves are not enough, Jenessa Joy Klukas writes.Jenessa Joy Klukas is a journalist of Xaxli’p and Métis descent. She grew up on the land of the Haisla Nation in Kitimat.Link to this Analysis story published on Sept 12, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/12/What-Do-Land-Acknowledgements-Really-Mean/

Between its electoral system, new limits on “big money” and a power vacuum waiting to be filled, Vancouver’s election playing field has been evened for small parties.This Analysis story is written by Christopher Cheung who reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.Link to the story published on Sept 12, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/12/So-Many-Parties-Your-Guide-Vancouver-Crowded-Election/

“Out there in the metaverse, there are multiple versions of Dorothy. One lives in a Burnaby townhouse, another in a Richmond high-rise, a third in a Gulf Island rustic cabin.” - Dorothy Woodend on finding home.Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to the story, published on Sep 9, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/09/Finding-Home-The-Odyssey/

As grieving subjects of Queen Elizabeth welcome the new dawn of Charles, who’ll remember the words to “God Save the King”? asks Dr Steve.Written by Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Read his previous articles.[Editor’s note: Steve Burgess is an accredited spin doctor with a PhD in Centrifugal Rhetoric from the University of SASE, situated on the lovely campus of PO Box 7650, Cayman Islands. In this space he dispenses PR advice to politicians, the rich and famous, the troubled and well-heeled, the wealthy and gullible.]Link to the story, published on Sept 9, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/09/Please-Advise-King-Charles-III/

Trudeau, new haircut and all, will bear the brunt of Canada’s current grumpiness — thanks to mortgage-looking grocery bills and rising gas prices. One thing’s for sure: there have been better times to be the incumbent.Written by Michael Harris, a Tyee contributing editor, who is a highly awarded journalist. Author of Party of One, the bestselling exposé of the Harper government, his investigations have sparked four commissions of inquiry.Link to the story published Sept 9, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/09/Spring-Election-Pitting-Trudeau-Against-Poilievre/

Too often First Nations communities faced the blame for the careless fires of railway companies, prospectors and farmers and were driven off their lands. In his new book, Dark Day at Noon, Ed Struzik investigates.Edward Struzik is a fellow at Queen’s Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy at Queen’s University in Kingston. His latest book is Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs and the Improbable World of Peat.Link to story published Sept 9, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/09/How-Indigenous-People-Were-Blamed-Wildfire-Devastation/

Canada’s national housing advocate Marie-Josée Houle toured tent cities in B.C., and found a broken housing system. A Tyee interview.Written by Jen St. Denis who is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story published on Sept 8th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/08/Housing-System-Failed-Everyone/

If you overheard Chuck DeCoste talking about his job, you might get the impression that he works in a kindergarten classroom. He talks a lot about positive reinforcement, discouraging bad behaviours, and the importance of being a good caregiver.But DeCoste doesn’t work with kids. He’s the Vancouver regional co-ordinator for the Raptors, a wildlife management and conservation organization, and spends his days communing with hawks, eagles and falcons.Written by Michelle Cyca whose writing has appeared in Maclean’s, The Walrus, Chatelaine, SAD Mag and more. Find her on Twitter @michellecyca.Link to story published on Sept 8th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/08/Week-In-Life-Falconer-YVR-Granville-Island/

‘Dark Days at Noon’ author Ed Struzik on fire deniers, ‘pyro’ storms, a boreal forest ‘born to burn’ and more. A Tyee interview.Written by David Beers, who is founding editor of The Tyee.Link to the story published Sept 8th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/08/Continent-Transformed-Wildfire-Then-Now/

Why have our leaders surrendered us to rising deaths and widespread deteriorating health?This analysis story written by Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk, who is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.Link to story published Sept 8th, 2022https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/08/Numbers-Say-We-Should-Not-Shrug-COVID/

Angel Gates was a powerful actress and advocate who lifted up her community.Written by Jen St. Denis who is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.Link to the story published Sept 8th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/08/Remembering-Downtown-Eastside-Warrior/

Originally, Canadian artists The Arkells and Tegan and Sara had a few aging or eclectic Vancouver malls in mind. West End’s Denman Place Mall or Downtown’s International Village. What do you make of their final selection?Written by Christopher Cheung who reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.Link to the story published on Sept 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/07/Kingsgate-Mall-Music-Video/

The Conservative race has offered up a steady diet of stupid, writes Doc Steve. Like when Leslyn Lewis suggested that the World Economic Forum was coming for our calories — call ’em the Ice Cream Cops. The Popsicle Patrol. The Nutella Narcs.As votes are cast, will the party’s conspiracy theorists get their just desserts?Written by Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. [Editor’s note: Steve Burgess is an accredited spin doctor with a PhD in Centrifugal Rhetoric from the University of SASE, situated on the lovely campus of PO Box 7650, Cayman Islands. In this space he dispenses PR advice to politicians, the rich and famous, the troubled and well-heeled, the wealthy and gullible.]Link to the story published on Sept 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/07/Please-Advise-Which-Crackpot-To-Lead-Cons/

A year after brutal violence and massive rescue efforts, red tape leaves 74 in limbo.Written by Akhila Menon who is a journalism fellow with The Tyee through Journalists for Human Rights inaugural Enhanced Access for BIPOC Youth in Canadian Media program.Link to story published Sept 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/07/Afghan-Journalists-Still-Waiting-To-Come-To-Canada/

BC announces a new COVID vaccine plan starting next week.Written by Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.Link to the story published on Sept 7th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/07/New-COVID-Vaccine-Plan-BC/

Fix or hand-out? Doctors will get an average of $27,000 each, which Health Minister Adrian Dix said they can use to cover costs and supplement their salary.This opinion piece is written by Marjorie Griffin Cohen who is a feminist economist, professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University and co-founder of the Care Economy.Link to the story, originally published on Sept 06, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/06/Why-BC-Giving-Thousands-Family-Doctors/

‘The Rings of Power’ reminds that Tolkien’s world is full of mysteries about its governance, money and sewers.Tyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian is a co-author, with Silvia Moreno-García, of A Writer’s Guide to Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy.Link to story published on Sept 6, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/06/Political-Economy-Middle-Earth/

Tent cities. Public drinking. Cars versus bikes. Contrary to popular belief, it isn’t always your municipal government controlling the fate of such huge issues. It’s park boards. Written by Christopher Cheung who reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.Link to story published on Sept 6, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/06/Pruning-Vancouver-Park-Board/

As the current crop of elementary, high school and university kids kit themselves up for the coming year, it’s a reminder that everything is fleeting, fashion most of all. Make the best of the season and have fun this September.Written by Dorothy Woodend, who is the culture editor for The Tyee.Link to story, published Sept 6th, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/06/New-Clothes-New-You/

How can each of us do better at making, and expecting, more reflective representation? [Editor’s note: Under the White Gaze originally ran as an exclusive Tyee email newsletter last fall. Starting in August and ending today, we’ve republished the full series of essays on our site, and you now can download them all as a PDF. This essay, the ninth and last, was originally titled ‘Seen and Heard.’]Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.Link to story published on Sept 05, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/05/Thanks-For-Reflecting-Media-Under-White-Gaze/

Introducing them to my kid may have been my greatest downfall yet singular parenting achievement to date.Written by Jackie Wong who is a senior editor with The Tyee.Link to the story published on Sept 5, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/09/05/My-Beastie-Boys-Summer/

Precarious work expert Enda Brophy on today’s ‘techlash,’ digital labour wins, ‘green shoots of organizing’ and more. A Tyee interview.Written by David Beers, who is the founding editor of The Tyee.Story link, published on Sept 5, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/05/Gig-Workers-Fight-Back/

Peterson, who’s no climate scientist, questions models used by those who are, and muses that global warming is ‘beneficial.’Written by Geoff Dembicki who reports for The Tyee. His work also appears in Vice, Rolling Stone and the New York Times.Link to story published on Sept 5, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/05/Jordan-Peterson-Climate-Crisis-Denier-New-Mouthpiece/

“I am probably picking something with glyphosate.” Prince George is one of the most heavily sprayed forests in B.C., claims Stop the Spray BC, an anti-herbicide group worried spraying will result in reduced plant diversity and more frequent wildfires.Written by Shaurya Kshatri who is a journalism student at UBC with a reporting focus on the environment and conservation.Link to story published on Sept 1, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/01/Herbicide-Spraying-Divides-BC-Communities/

This Labour Day, reflect on a “freedom convoy” that is actually worthy of our attention and effort: Canadian workers’ still-denied right to refuse unsafe or unreasonable work conditions. Written by Gil McGowan who is president of the Alberta Federation of Labour.Link to story published on Sept 02, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/02/Freedom-Denied-Canadian-Workers/

He led a sit-in for a local forest at four years old. He founded the largest environment org in the province. Thirty years later as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault is asked to “fix climate change, please.” A Tyee interview.Written by Michelle Gamage who is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee. You can find her on Twitter @Michelle_Gamage.Link to story published on Sept 02, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/02/Steven-Guilbeault-Climate-Minister-Interview/

Geoff Dembicki’s “The Petroleum Papers” gives a step-by-step account of the companies and politicians who knowingly drove us to this climate precipice. Come celebrate its launch with us on Sept. 20!Enjoy food, drinks and good company at our free event on Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. that evening.Link to this story published Sept 02, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/09/02/Launch-Geoff-Dembicki-Petroleum-Papers/

In a small town where everyone knows everybody, a nurse working in harm reduction confronts client barriers to health-care access.Written by Tara Campbell who is the home page editor for The Tyee.Link to the story published on Sept 2nd, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/02/Day-In-Life-RN-Northern-BC/

A tweet from a former BC Greens leader sparked an interesting discussion about electric vehicles as a climate solution.The Tyee’s Amanda Follett Hosgood owns a new, electric Nissan Leaf which she appreciates deeply. But, she writes, there is no silver bullet solution that will work for everyone.Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.Link to story published on Sept 02, 2022:https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/02/Love-My-EV/

While Canada’s international development minister Harjit Sajjan has chipped in $5 million with much more likely to come, “we should offer more than cash,” writes Crawford Kilian. We need to study the causes of floods — not just mitigate their effects.This opinion story is written by Crawford Kilian, a contributing editor of The Tyee. Originally published on Sept. 1st, 2022.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/01/How-Canada-Should-Respond-Pakistan-Flood-Disaster/

A man verbally attacked and intimidated Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.A political scientist told The Tyee he expects aggressive attacks on politicians to increase in Canada as right-wing politicians continue to advance false and misleading conspiracy narratives.This news story is reported by Charles Rusnell and was originally published on The Tyee on Aug. 27th, 2022.Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.Story link:https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/08/27/Attack-Freeland-Rage-Farming/

On July 29, Health Canada denied the Drug User Liberation Front’s request for a Controlled Drugs act exemption. Without it, DULF’s compassion club for safe supply is breaking the law. Yet no one has been arrested. This news story is reported by Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton or reach her here. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/09/01/Health-Canada-Denies-Compassion-Club-Exemption-Safe-Supply/

When we launched The Under The White Gaze newsletter, some readers emailed arguing we shouldn’t talk about whiteness and that our writer is “driven by hate.” As much as these are ridiculous, in-the-minority responses, let’s challenge them, shall we? From “it’s racist to talk about race,” to “focus on the bigger issues,” to “you’re biased because you’re racialized,” our city reporter Chris Cheung is no stranger to these responses. In this story, he digs into what these responses are really saying. Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter at @bychrischeung.https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/09/01/When-I-Write-About-Race/

There’s tension in the air in the Downtown Eastside, writes local Julie Chapman. “Not having safe, clean and affordable housing available, in my opinion, is the root of many of the issues people are currently facing in the DTES.”This opinion piece written by Julie Chapman, a born-and-raised Vancouverite who now lives and works in the Downtown Eastside.https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/09/01/What-DTES-Needs-Is-Housing/

Archeological evidence from the Cheslatta Carrier Nation project is expected to shed light on the history of not just the nation, but migration throughout the continent.

Lead archeologist Dana Evaschuk of Pathfinder Endeavors said the wealth of knowledge buried at Tatichek “could take me to the end of my career and beyond.”

Reported by Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.

Find the story online at: https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/08/31/70-Year-Hiatus-Cheslatta-Resumes-Archeological-Dig/

“We don’t ask how many people deserve to have their broken bones fixed, so why do we talk about access to the family court in a way that suggests it is optional?” The Single Mothers’ Alliance’s challenge against B.C. and Legal Aid BC is starting to simmer.

This news story reported by Akhila Menon.

Find the story online here:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/08/31/Does-BC-Provide-Adequate-Legal-Aid-To-Women-Escaping-Abuse/

The Cultch shares their new season that includes: four plays, an all-ages circus, a cabaret and the 10th anniversary of the beloved East Van Panto. Don’t miss it.

This is a sponsored Tyee Presents story written by The Cultch.

The “Alberta Is Calling” campaign boasts the province’s affordability, short commutes, beautiful scenery and abundance of abusive, bearded wingnuts. OK, maybe that last benefit is merely implied?

This Opinion story is Written by Steve Burgess also known as Dr. Steve.

Editor’s note: Steve Burgess is an accredited spin doctor with a PhD in Centrifugal Rhetoric from the University of SASE, situated on the lovely campus of PO Box 7650, Cayman Islands. In this space he dispenses PR advice to politicians, the rich and famous, the troubled and well-heeled, the wealthy and gullible.

While the VPD works on positive relationships with the general public, VPD-backed city workers “sweep” the streets of homeless folks’ possessions. Things aren’t always what they appear in Vancouver.

This opinion piece is written by Nicolas Crier.

Nicolas Crier is an adoptee of Cree heritage and a freelance writer. At 44 years old he has spent approximately half his life surviving in the streets and more than a decade in the Downtown Eastside.

The binners who lug cans to recycling depots; the backyard farmers who use them to warm their squashes. “Like others who’ve hoarded them long before the ban, I’m still reusing them as (what else?) bags for gifts, groceries and garbage.”

A visual archive of plastic bags by Christopher Cheung.

Given what happens over the next two years, Donald Trump could either be in the White House or in prison. Such is the fevered state of our neighbour to the south, daily unravelling in ways Canadians cannot afford to ignore. By Michael Harris, published on thetyee.ca on August 23, 2022.

Long commutes, tight schedules, few breaks: why the bus drivers servicing one of Canada's richest communities have been on a "working" strike since June, reported by Kaitlyn Fung.

Michelle Turner writes that her experience as an uncertain pregnant patient made it clear BC needs to expand the range of care we can provide. Published on thetyee.ca on August 23, 2022.