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By Julie Jenkins, Today

opinion

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Time to Zip John Baird's Loose Lips

As if to embody the opposite of diplomacy, he fans hazardous flames in Middle East.

By Murray Dobbin, Today

news

Secret Book

BC's Double Standard on FOI Secrecy Perplexes Researcher

Which government asked for mounds of Enbridge pipeline info? And why can't we know?

By Andrew MacLeod, Today

news

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A Tyee Series

Why Can't Vancouver Keep Its Start-ups Here?

Local talent churns out hot new enterprise! If that's such a good story here, why does it keep ending someplace else?

By Colleen Kimmett, Today

Recent Stories

life

Deadman's Valley

Becoming the Ethical Hunter

Knife in hand, I remember the maxim that brought me to Deadman Valley: if you eat it, you should kill it. At least once.

By Colleen Kimmett, 11 Feb 2012

life

Ryan Gosling in The Notebook

Three Ryan Gosling Pickup Techniques that Don't Work in Real Life

TYEE LIST #1: Tried, tested, and devastatingly untrue. Gosling!

By Jesse Donaldson, 11 Feb 2012

life

Heart Shaped Knot in tree

BC, You Love You

Your submitted photos of one lovely province. Readers, you make our hearts sing.

By Robyn Smith, 11 Feb 2012

opinion

Boomer Gen Y showdown

Stoking the False War Between Generations

Want to please a one per center? Blame the Boomers for 'generational theft.'

By Donald Gutstein, 11 Feb 2012

news

Burlesque group the Van Dolls

Girls Gone Geek in Vancouver

Take in a night of 'nerdlesque,' a burlesque bonanza for the cerebral crowd.

By Laura Kane, 10 Feb 2012

news

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A Tyee Series

When the Prize Is a Chance to Toil on BC's Farms

The waiting list to work in the fields and hothouses of this province is long. Second in a reader-funded series.

By Justin Langille, 10 Feb 2012

life

Monks in Laos

Do Gooders and Guilt Tours in Luang Prabang

Helping is a thriving industry in Laos, but some locals wonder who benefits the most.

By Steve Burgess, 10 Feb 2012

tyeenews

Old lady leaping

Wake Up Tomorrow to a Weekend Edition

Oh, joyous day! Saturdays are for coffee, lounging, and now, more great Tyee content.

By David Beers, 10 Feb 2012

life

Vancouver writer Lloyd Dykk

Remembering Lloyd Dykk's Wit, Generosity and Superb Prose

The fearless critic of high art and Vegas has-beens may have been Vancouver's best writer.

By Lee Bacchus, 9 Feb 2012

news

Migrant worker phoning home
A Tyee Series

Invisible in the Fields

Who are BC's guest growers, and what do they need to succeed? First in a Tyee reader-funded series.

By Justin Langille, 9 Feb 2012

opinion

Canada China flag

Harper in China

ENERGY & EQUITY: Why should Canada now beg to fuel China's colossal waste of energy?

By Andrew Nikiforuk, 9 Feb 2012

artsculture

Frankie Rose

Frankie Rose Makes Life Tougher for Journalists

With Interstellar, 'lo-fi fuzz pop' just doesn't cut it anymore.

By Alex Hudson, 9 Feb 2012

artsculture

Stan Douglas, Granville Riot

Portrait of a Riot

Artist Stan Douglas, on immortalizing the 1971 Gastown showdown, his harshest critics (police) and what the image stands for today.

By Alexander Alberro and Stan Douglas, 8 Feb 2012

mediacheck

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Make It the Canadian Webcasting Corporation

That's my proposal. Beat the inevitable by turning the CBC into the CWC.

By Crawford Kilian, 8 Feb 2012