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‘No Such Thing As An Indian Writer’
Because I am Indigenous, I was told I’d never make it. But I’m still here.
‘MCFD Needs to Do Better’
Ellie O’Soup was in the government’s care, and died in an SRO in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside at 14.
The Dangerous Delusions of Canada’s ‘Queen of the World’
BC’s Romana Didulo calls for violence and spreads conspiracy theories. She also has 65,000 followers.
Indigenous Brilliance Is Everywhere
Get to know these local poets. They’re changing the world.
Please Advise: Why Are Vancouverites Such Trash Goblins?
Dr. Steve seeks the silver lining of beached BBQs.
Canada’s High Honour for Michael Harris
The veteran journalist and Tyee columnist is appointed to the Order of Canada.
Court Ruling Shows Failure by BC’s Public Guardian, Says Victim
Agency accused of being 'grossly negligent' in overseeing management of vulnerable woman’s finances.
‘Life Is a Practice, Not a Perfect’
Joseph Kakwinokanasum shares how the writing life helped him heal. An interview.
No Return Ticket
China’s crackdown on freedoms in Hong Kong drives out a generation. A new exodus settles in Vancouver for good.
‘A Lot of People Think We’re Doing This Just for First Nations People. We’re Not’
The First Nations Fisheries Council is working to ensure that salmon are a part of our future.
Tyee’s 2022 Summer Reads List
Our top recommendations for your TBR pile.
KiSS Radio ‘Stunt’ Leaves Vancouver Head Banging... and Scratching
Rage Against the Machine on repeat comes day after morning show hosts’ departure.
Photographing Vancouver's Nudis
There's a world-class diving site in our backyard. It's better down where it's wetter.
A Rural Doctor Takes on a New Patient. Herself
After continually caring for others, I’m cutting back. I must respect the pain I’ve long carried.
A Year After Lytton Fire, Residents Wait for Answers and Action
The BC Wildfire Service says a report into the fire that destroyed the community is not expected before September.
You Can Feel the Universe at Play
The New Media Gallery’s 'Indivisible' gets into the galaxy and under your skin.
Putin’s Doomed War Against the World
He has only accelerated the next Russian collapse.
The Convoy’s Heading Back to Ottawa. Community Solidarity Is Ready
A national movement pushes back against the ‘politics of hate’ and reaches out to protesters.
The Wood Disappearing from Your Neighbourhood
Writer Lyndsie Bourgon seeks the roots of the Pacific Northwest’s tree-poaching crisis. An excerpt.
Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
BC’s Climate Refugees: ‘Where Are We Supposed to Go?’
Things were already hard for working-class people. Where are we supposed to go to survive?
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Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
To Honour the Lost, a Cattle Drive in the Osoyoos Desert
Syilx cowboys set out in search of something — someone — missing.
Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
A Rural Doctor Takes on a New Patient. Herself
After continually caring for others, I’m cutting back. I must respect the pain I’ve long carried.
Analysis
The Dangerous Delusions of Canada’s ‘Queen of the World’
BC’s Romana Didulo calls for violence and spreads conspiracy theories. She also has 65,000 followers.
Putin’s Doomed War Against the World
He has only accelerated the next Russian collapse.
Michelle Rempel Garner Lobs a Grenade into Conservative Politics
The Calgary MP isn’t running to succeed Jason Kenney. Her reasons should alarm party faithful.
BC’s Long Regime of Secrecy
Under the BC Liberals and the NDP, the province has stalled FOI requests, choked access to information and muzzled staff.
Reported Elsewhere
Today's links curated for you.
BC’s city-by-city COVID death toll revealed
(via the Fraser Valley Current)
BC Indigenous leaders order removal of protest blockade near Lake Cowichan
(via Global News)
Poilievre among those marching with soldier charged for criticizing vaccine mandates
(via CP24)
The time is now for gender-neutral bathrooms
(via the Richmond News)
The killings of Black women: five findings from our investigation
(via the Guardian)
‘They beat us into submission’: West Moberly’s decades-long fight against Site C dam is over
(via the Narwhal)
'It's intimidation': Judge faces threats after Freedom Convoy hearings
(via CBC)
RCMP clearing new logging protest encampment near Fairy Creek, BC
(via I Heart Radio)
R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex trafficking, racketeering
(via CBC)
More than half of flights at some Canadian airports getting cancelled, delayed
(via CTV News)
Culture
‘No Such Thing As An Indian Writer’
Because I am Indigenous, I was told I’d never make it. But I’m still here.
Indigenous Brilliance Is Everywhere
Get to know these local poets. They’re changing the world.
‘Life Is a Practice, Not a Perfect’
Joseph Kakwinokanasum shares how the writing life helped him heal. An interview.
Tyee’s 2022 Summer Reads List
Our top recommendations for your TBR pile.
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Wading into Future Tides
(click to read in context)
A dear friend of mine told me the story of when he worked for the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp. in the ‘50s as an appraiser.
He said he stood in the middle of what is now Richmond, in his hip waders, and declared, "This land will never be worth anything!”