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‘Home Is Not an Asset:’ Leilani Farha
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‘Slo Pitch’ Swings for the Fences
Amidst a wave of queer TV cancellations, the Canadian sports comedy delivers queer joy and a welcome dose of realness.
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How to Engage Alberta, the Jilted Lover of Confederation
A couples therapy approach could help heal the divide.
No One Wants to Poop in a Bag
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Should Workers Get to Bargain on AI?
Employers are refusing to include protections on artificial intelligence in contract negotiations, unions say.
The Tyee Podcast: Searching for Answers About Tatyanna Harrison
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Carney Fast-Tracks Oil Pipeline, Promises Environmental Protection
Announcing funding to prepare BC for oil spills is ‘a warning sign all on its own,’ UBCIC women’s rep says.
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Despite Eby’s ‘buy Canadian’ focus, a firm with MAGA connections is the likely contract winner.
Drop in International Students Eases University Housing Crunch
But post-secondary students still face daunting wait-lists, high rents and long commutes.
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Danielle Smith really loves fast trains. Especially as a distraction.
The Indigenous-Led Waste Facility That’s Helping the Earth
Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc created a bright future from a hazardous landfill.
You Can’t Beat the Truth
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The school district says it takes a comprehensive approach that reflects community context.
BC’s Big, and Now Secret, Natural Gas Giveaway
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Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.
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‘I don’t want these people in my neighbourhood, in my city, in my country.’
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Currently, data centres pay the same rate as small businesses like cafés and stores.
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Keeping an Eye on Biodiversity
The Tyee has always had a reputation as a home for excellent stories on the climate, environment and all sorts of wondrous creatures — stories that you won’t find anywhere else.
And since the launch of our new biodiversity module in April, that coverage has been supercharged, with close looks at oceans and rivers in Western Canada and the state of environmental protections and politics in the Carney era.
Read on for some of this fresh biodiversity coverage, supported by our Builder members. You can join them here.
BC Has an Extinction Problem. Scientists Say There’s a Fix
Enacting an endangered species law is key, wildlife advocates say.
Meet BC’s Salmon Creek Walkers
The DFO used to fund a big program to count salmon. Now a handful of people are working on a shoestring budget.
In Pursuit of a Tiny Owl Nicknamed Brad Pitt
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Introducing The Tyee Podcast
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Introducing The Tyee Podcast — a deep dive into the stories shaping the West Coast, because Canada needs more B.C.
Every other Friday you’ll hear conversations with remarkable guests discussing the events and stories shaping our world — journalists, experts and iconoclasts who will break down big topics and cut through the noise to find solutions.
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The Tyee Podcast: Searching for Answers About Tatyanna Harrison
A coroner’s inquest surfaced shocking details about how authorities handled a young woman’s death. Inside an investigation by Jen St. Denis.
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Take a Trip with Us: VIFF’s Documentary Series Spans the Globe
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Bek MacIntosh helped rally her Alberta town to kill a megaproject. The wider fight, she vows, is ‘just getting started.’
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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.
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The Indigenous-Led Waste Facility That’s Helping the Earth
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In Alaska, Sitkana Brings Tidal Energy to the People
The startup’s underwater turbines are designed to power isolated communities along the coast.
The Place Where Everybody Shares Your Tools
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The Ktunaxa Nursery Restoring BC’s Interior
Nupqu distributes 700,000 seedlings a year to land reclamation projects in their traditional territory.
Reported Elsewhere
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Two Elders from Tsawwassen First Nation killed in crash at Truth and Reconciliation Day event
(via CBC)
Alberta CEOs join ‘stay’ camp as Calgary Chamber warns of separatism economic fallout
(via Global News)
American exodus: why do so many US NHL stars want out of Canada?
(via the Guardian)
Alberta to seek private bids for Calgary-Edmonton high-speed rail link
(via CityNews)
Carney says LNG Canada expansion offers ‘secure’ supply for Asia, Europe
(via Global News)
Canadian websites take down articles written by suspected fake, AI-generated persona
(via CBC)
OneBC pledges not to run against eight ‘principled’ BC Conservative candidates
(via CTV News)
How Vancouver police turned against DULF
(via De Facto Journalism Co-op)
UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests
(via the Guardian)
Trump’s import bans on Canadian liquor, whey, motorcycles take effect
(via CBC)
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Is LNG Truly a Great BC Asset?
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“I find this article interesting in that it is proposing that LNG is a great B.C. asset while urging that we make sure the B.C. population gets its fair share of the profits.
“But is a fossil fuel that is contributing to the climate crisis truly an asset? Really? While the climate crisis is negatively affecting the B.C. population and people and life everywhere?
“Is this what we accept in B.C., without a fight to stop fossil fuel projects — period?”