Election as Farewell Tour
Why Trudeau, O’Toole, Singh and Paul all face exits from their jobs before the next national contest.
Books are Empathy Machines, Says Richard Powers
We talk to the Pulitzer winner about his destabilizing, hopeful new novel, ‘Bewilderment.’
How Seriously Should We Take the People’s Party of Canada?
It’s tempting to ignore Bernier and his followers as deluded trolls. It’s also dangerous.
COVID Surge in BC’s North Overwhelms Hospitals
Patients are being flown to ICU beds outside the region as vaccinations lag.
Right Back to Where We Started From
A bloody fight, with not much changed. Where do we go from here?
Please Advise! So that Election... Why?
It was a wholly futile exercise reminiscent of other super-not-great battles, reflects Doc Steve.
Putting Down Roots in Vancouver’s Backyard Gardens
Immigrants receive less attention for ‘greening’ the city, but their efforts feed families and help plants adapt.
SFU Passes Motion to Hire at Least 15 Black Faculty
Students ‘brought their brilliance’ to force change and make the university more inclusive, prof says.
Right Extremism, Green Collapse and the Avi Lewis Experiment
Six election lessons show the vote results have big implications, even if Parliament hasn’t changed.
Possible Winner in Trudeau’s Status-Quo Result? BC MPs
Candidates from the province are positioned to have influence in a minority government.
The Tyee Wins the Bill Good Award for ‘Significant Contribution to Journalism’
Look what readers’ support helped us achieve. Take a bow with us.
Sahotas in Hot Water with City over Regal Hotel
Vancouver council will vote on whether to take legal action to compel the SRO’s owners to fix a blocked exit and damaged floor.
Who Killed Sam Fitzpatrick?
The trial meant to determine responsibility for a horrific workplace death was suddenly stayed. BC AG Eby can and should recommence it.
CONTEST: VIFF Is 40! Win Tickets to This Year’s Festival
Calling all film lovers. Two lucky readers will win a 10-ticket pack. Enter now.
‘Unlivable’ SROs Spur Homelessness, Says BC’s Attorney General
A series of Tyee stories highlighted problems at SRO hotels in Vancouver. David Eby says the government is responding.
After Cod, Shrimp. After Shrimp? Mud
‘The Ocean’s Whistleblower’ tells the fascinating story of biologist Daniel Pauly’s life and work to save the world from overfishing.
No Matter Who Wins, the Climate Youth Will Be Watching
Five young fighters for action on global warming reflect on Monday’s vote, and what comes after.
As O’Toole Attempts to Peddle Northern Gateway, Who’s Buying?
Conservative leader alienates northwest by touting defunct pipeline project as model for Indigenous partnerships.
A Worker Maimed Four Fingers on the Job. Then WorkSafeBC Made It Worse
BC’s ombudsperson says the man deserves compensation to recognize the harm done. The government refuses.
The Election Issue That Wasn’t
Systemic racism could still be on the agenda, if only leaders would stop dancing for a second.
Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
The Young and the Zestless
Young people are increasingly skeptical of our political system. Here’s how to restore our trust.
Deep Dive
Get to the bottom of something big.
Bringing Reconciliation to Tragic Attention
The uncovering of unmarked graves from former residential schools continues to shake the country. And the country needs to be shaken.
We know the harrowing scars of these institutions. How the deep disregard of Indigenous people through colonialism created a genocide. How the settlers that spoke up against the status quo were not heeded.
Indigenous communities continue to live the pain but still manage to find hope. Powerful art and books evoke the horror, and Elders’ Oral Histories carry the weight.
The path towards reconciliation and healing is long. Follow us into our dark history to see its reality in the present.
To Break Residential Schools' Dark Legacy, Understand Why
Know the roots of Canada's incarceration of native children and see why effects linger.
There Is Truth Here: The Power of Art from Residential Schools on Display
Museum of Vancouver exhibition pays tribute to the resiliency and abilities of students.
‘The Story of a National Crime’
A century ago, Dr. Peter Bryce demonstrated that residential schools were designed to kill. Canada’s government ignored him.
Why Canada and Genocide Belong in the Same Sentence
Was there a pre-meditated plan to cause Indigenous people such suffering? Undeniably.
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‘Gaslighting, Misogyny and Marginalization’
Jody Wilson-Raybould on Trudeau’s behaviour, strategic voting, Canada’s ‘unfinished business’ and more. A Tyee interview.
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One Year: A Reporter Reflects on Her Community Beat
A year ago, Jen St. Denis signed on to be our reporter for Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Our aim was to cover issues important to the people who live there, bringing light to the challenges they face and showcasing the area’s oft-overlooked vitality.
St. Denis’s reporting has built trust and fostered change. It's helped stop evictions, highlighted unsafe living conditions and put pressure on city staff to treat residents humanely.
The Tyee believes in strengthening our relationship with communities, and we couldn’t have done that in the DTES without the support of our Tyee Builders. Join us today.
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Join Tyee’s Dorothy Woodend and British Novelist Max Porter in Conversation
In partnership with VPL, this online event celebrates the launch of Porter’s new work, ‘The Death of Francis Bacon.’
The Tyee Wins the Bill Good Award for ‘Significant Contribution to Journalism’
Look what readers’ support helped us achieve. Take a bow with us.
Tyee Scoops Up Four Webster Award Nominations in 2021
Thanks to our supporters, our journalism is having more of an impact than ever.
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This story is making waves.
The Climate Crisis Inequality All the Parties Are Ignoring
Marginalized and racialized people are hurt the most. Four experts weigh in on what politicians should be promising.
Deep Dive
Get to the bottom of something big.
BC’s Receding Rivers of Ice
There are more than 16,000 glaciers in British Columbia. Most of them will be gone in several decades, researchers predict.
What will it mean that so much ice is vanishing from the province’s peaks? Glaciologists are learning using a range of technologies. The loss will threaten ocean ecosystems far below, affecting plankton, salmon, bears, people.
A recent massive landslide and flood at Bute Inlet demonstrates the power unleashed when melting glaciers dislodge rock and ice.
A special Tyee series explores the Big Melt and geoengineering ideas for offsetting impacts.
The Big Melt
In mere decades, many of BC’s 16,000 glaciers will be gone. That will change life on our coast, from plankton to people. First in a series.
How The Big Melt Will Change Life for People and Nature
As BC’s coastal mountain glaciers recede the effects alter ecosystems. Can human engineering begin to compensate? Second in a series.
The Bute Inlet Disaster: How Dying Glaciers Can Unleash Devastation
The Big Melt is no slow drip. It can trigger sudden landslides and tsunamis. Last in a series.
Fossil Fuels Drive Rapid Glacier Loss across Western Canada, Study Finds
Melting offers a 'big signal' about the climate, expert says.
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After Cod, Shrimp. After Shrimp? Mud
‘The Ocean’s Whistleblower’ tells the fascinating story of biologist Daniel Pauly’s life and work to save the world from overfishing.
Fight on, Witches. United Strength Is Electrifying
A new film on an unstoppable Japanese women’s volleyball team is an antidote to so much these days.
Squamish for Sale
Thomasina Pidgeon’s new photography exhibit documents 20 years of development in the outdoor sports ‘mecca.’
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Victoria police board joins union's call for more mental-health services in wake of fatal shooting
(via CBC)
Recovery homes making a difference in fight against addictions in Alberta
(via APTN News)
Lawyers argue climate change good reason to reject Fairy Creek logging injunction
(via Victoria News)
Jagmeet Singh apologizes to BC Chiefs after 3 major party leaders miss annual meeting
(via CBC)
The new warrant: How US police mine Google for your location and search history
(via the Guardian)
SFU to hire 15 new Black faculty members across departments
(via the Burnaby Beacon)
1 in every 500 US residents have died of COVID-19
(via CNN)
Trudeau, O’Toole, Singh call for apology over Bill 21 English debate question
(via the Globe and Mail)
Nervous workers, defiant businesses and a fistfight: Here’s how Day 1 of BC’s vaccine passport went
(via the Star)
Metro Vancouver is the eviction capital of Canada, according to University of BC study
(via the Globe and Mail)
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Learning Beyond the Language We Know
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It’s telling that we have millions to spend to get people from elsewhere to learn the local colonists' language, but very little to teach Canadians the languages that belong to the land…
Many people seem capable of learning music notation, math symbols and multiple languages... we can manage to learn what an upside down "7" is supposed to sound like.