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Keeping Up with the BC Legislature

The fall session of British Columbia’s legislature is now upon us. What have B.C.’s political parties been up to lately?

Governing New Democrats contended with an escalating strike of government workers. Conservative John Rustad is weathering a leadership crisis, leaks and the fallout of the public firing of a controversial staffer. BC Greens will now test their freshly picked green leader. Conservative defectors formed a new party and kicked off a war on the right wing. And attempts to stitch back together a “Liberal” brand after the collapse of BC United have so far been unsuccessful.

Catch up on our coverage of B.C.’s wild politics. This reporting is supported by our Builder members. You can join them here.

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For the third year in a row, The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter, Amanda Follett Hosgood, has won a Canadian Association of Journalists award.

On May 31, Follett Hosgood won the silver award for her piece, “BC Illegally Collected Personal Info Tied to the Wet’suwet’en Conflict,” in the Freedom of Information Journalism category.

Follett Hosgood uncovered a B.C. government privacy breach that occurred leading up to the last big police enforcement on Wet’suwet’en territory during the conflict over the Coastal GasLink pipeline. In her associated piece, “BC’s Secretive Plan to Tighten Protest Response,” she dove into the province’s subsequent attempt to overhaul and beef up police responses related to land disputes through a secretive Civil Disobedience Work Plan.

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The Next Economy

From Alaska to California, people are pouring their smarts and hearts into successful enterprises that are low carbon and locally rooted. They’re employing and training, producing and sustaining.

So The Tyee created a whole new section to tell their stories and share best practices for a healthy bioregion. We call it What Works. It’s where you’ll find regular reports on the business of creating what works for a better future.

Interested in this project? Read more about What Works or contact us to be involved.

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Tilting at Airships?
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“Over 40 years ago Scientific American had an article about the practicality of enormous dirigibles. They proposed them for several specific purposes. One was international freight hauling utilizing the jet stream for fuel. Another was for selective logging, thereby avoiding the ecological damage required to facilitate truck logging, the invasive damage to remote ecosystems by building roads, culverts, etc.


I spoke with a local retired logger who was familiar with the idea and said it had been tried but amazingly the main obstacle was not the construction and maintenance of the ships, it was from firearms owners using the dirigibles as targets. Unfortunately I no longer have the issue that included this piece.”

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