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By Stephen Henighan, Today

Phony War

As in Europe in 1940, we daydream on the edge of cataclysm, this one threatening all civilization.

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Musician Cee-Lo Green

It's the Feelgood Hit of the Summer

And it's not what you think it is.

By Adrian Mack, Today

news

Tribal park zipline

Ziplining Past the 'War in the Woods'

More than 25 years after clashes over Clayoquot Sound's old growth forests pitted First Nations against industry, a new tribal park offers a model for land use collaboration.

By Jacqueline Windh, Yesterday

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Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo

Greenpeace Chief Compares Oil Sands to Apartheid

Kumi Naidoo tells Tyee Alberta should learn from Africa's injustices.

By Geoff Dembicki, Yesterday

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Barack Obama

Obama's a Muslim, Reports Globe

The crackpot tabloid Globe, that is. And that's how the body politic gets infected by nutty, wrong ideas.

By Steve Burgess, Yesterday

life

Feet dangling off a cliff

End of the Go It Alone Adventure

People used to travel to discover things for themselves. Facebook changed that. Everyone else gets to look in now.

By Nick Smith, 31 Aug 2010

opinion

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Refugees Get More than Seniors? Not True!

A viral email says refugees in Canada get 'more money than seniors.' I checked it out, and guess what?

By Bill Tieleman, 31 Aug 2010

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Conrad Black

Conrad Black Case Targets Net Defamation Standards

Courts ponder where it's right to try suits, given Web is global.

By Michael Geist, 31 Aug 2010

news

Alberta tar sands

Oil Sands Pollute with Fish-Killing Toxins, New Study Shows

Detection of high heavy metals levels in Athabasca River contradicts government claims.

By Andrew Nikiforuk, 30 Aug 2010

opinion

Oil sands critic Matt Simmons

The Republican Who Dared Tell the Truth About Oil

Matt Simmons understood the wages of addiction and wasn't afraid to sound warnings, even to George W. Bush.

By Andrew Nikiforuk, 30 Aug 2010

opinion

NDP leader Jack Layton

Let's Put an End to Ruling Through Fear

Canadian politics needs a game-changer. Over to you, Jack!

By Murray Dobbin, 30 Aug 2010

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Emoticon with hearts on its eyes

Facebook Follies: The New Crowd-Sourced Lit

Social media makes us all characters in our own public productions. It's literature on the hoof!

By Shannon Rupp, 30 Aug 2010

books

sheilawatson

Who Are BC's Best Neglected Writers?

Here are ten we think deserve closer and wider reading. Who would you add to the list?

By Crawford Kilian, 27 Aug 2010

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TiVO

Who Killed My PVR?

All those shows I'd saved digitally, mysteriously wiped clean. I must learn to live again.

By Steve Burgess, 27 Aug 2010

books

LaptopWriter

BC's Literary World Online: Key Links

The Tyee's rough guide to digital resources for writers (and readers). Please add more!

By Crawford Kilian, 27 Aug 2010

books

Flower

Blockbuster Poem V

This week, a word of caution for our insect friends.

By Joe Rosenblatt, 27 Aug 2010

life

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A Tyee Series

The Mordor Diaries: Among the Oil Sands Tourists

In which our reporter pays $36.75 for a Suncor bus tour of the vast pits, and peruses the gift shop. Last in a series.

By Geoff Dembicki, 26 Aug 2010

life

Fabiola

When It's Wrong to Be a Good Sport

I was paid to smile while serving patrons. Racism is nothing to smile at.

By Fabiola Carletti, 26 Aug 2010

The Republican Who Dared Tell the Truth About Oil

Matt Simmons understood the wages of addiction and wasn't afraid to sound warnings, even to George W. Bush.

By Andrew Nikiforuk

From The Archives

Vancouver's Bedbug Plague

Toronto isn't the only city fighting these nasty little buggers.

15 May 2008