Tears, Anger, Regret: Inside the Green Implosion
Exclusive: Remaining Green MPs Elizabeth May and Paul Manly entreat Jenica Atwin to return to the fold.
What Thomas Piketty’s New Data Tells Us about the Canadian Left
He famously dissected elite wealth. Now the French economist tracks post-war politics and rising education, finding surprises.
‘Fictional Father’: A Comic Son’s Homage
Joe Ollmann’s new graphic novel takes penetrating aim at the patriarchal goofs of old-time comic strips.
Grocery Giants Discussed Fixing More Than Bread Prices, Court Files Suggest
Documents reveal feds raided Maple Leaf Foods and raise questions about co-ordinated meat pricing and involvement of BC chains in bread price setting.
BC Enters Next Stage of Eased COVID Restrictions
Theatres to open, larger gatherings and in-province travel are all allowed as vaccinations increase and cases stay low.
Truth and Reconciliation, A Living History
The horror has been shown, the framework laid. But the next steps for Canadians remain unfinished.
Tyee Wins Two Digital Publishing Awards. And an Alberta Honour
Prizes go to Chris Cheung, Andrew Nikiforuk and the entire reader-supported publication.
What’s Your Object of Affection? The Tyee Wants to Know
You’re invited! That one trusty item that endures and serves you so well. Draw or describe it and we’ll share it here.
Ending Horgan’s War against Old Growth
I’ve fought to save forests for 40 years. It’s time for real change.
Blind Spots
The news is full of them. Why journalists need to cover people and communities outside their familiar comfort zone.
BC Liberals Were in Trouble When the Election Was Called. Then They Made Things Worse
Party’s review of 2020 election loss finds problems from Andrew Wilkinson to platform to mishandled crises.
‘Scared Straight’ Tour Shuttered After Downtown Eastside Outcry
The tour promised to 'scare' kids away from drugs, but residents say parading people through the neighbourhood is harmful and exploitative.
‘Don’t Overthink It’: A Guide to Getting Your Second Dose
Mix and match? Stay with the same vaccine? Here are some answers to your questions.
What’s So Special about Vancouver Anyway?
Through works of bewildering proportions, a new exhibition at the VAG strives to find out.
Skye’s Story: When Children in Care Can’t Find Homes
BC’s youth watchdog report finds pushing for adoptions can cause harm, particularly to Indigenous children.
Vancouver Council Votes Against Delay for Climate Emergency Plan
City bylaw will require new homes built after Jan. 1 to use zero-emissions heat and hot water systems, effectively banning natural gas hookups.
What Would an Equitable, Consenting Reopening Look Like?
BC’s ‘restart’ is exciting. But we must preserve changes that honour the sacrifices of the people we’ve lost.
BC Is Moving Too Slowly to Protect Northern Old Growth, Says Whistleblower
Government’s response to Forest Practices Board report is inadequate, says former ministry staffer. But the board is satisfied.
RCMP Fails to Explain How It Used Clearview AI Facial Recognition
The revelation comes as privacy commissioner slaps the force for violating the Privacy Act.
Let Service Dogs Do Their Jobs, Dammit!
Distracting them could mean inconvenience — or danger — for their users. A guide on how to act right.
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A Time to Grieve. Then Action
Indigenous leaders respond to Kamloops discovery with demands for change, starting with implementing the TRC’s Calls to Action.
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Bringing Reconciliation to Tragic Attention
The uncovering of 215 children in an unmarked grave in Kamloops has shaken 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.
Still Surviving: 'It's Always on the Edge of Things'
For residential school survivors, quiet power in daily tasks.
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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Three Tyee Nominations at National Magazine Awards
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‘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.
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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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Three Days in the Theatre of Fairy Creek
The drama playing out today was set in motion 150 years ago. One person can change the ending.
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What Thomas Piketty’s New Data Tells Us about the Canadian Left
He famously dissected elite wealth. Now the French economist tracks post-war politics and rising education, finding surprises.
‘Fictional Father’: A Comic Son’s Homage
Joe Ollmann’s new graphic novel takes penetrating aim at the patriarchal goofs of old-time comic strips.
What’s Your Object of Affection? The Tyee Wants to Know
You’re invited! That one trusty item that endures and serves you so well. Draw or describe it and we’ll share it here.
Blind Spots
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Reported Elsewhere
Today's links curated for you.
Hundreds were moved to grieve over Kamloops. So they started driving
(via CBC)
Muslims describe being terrorized in the Canadian city where family was killed
(via Vice)
Lions Gate Hospital, first in Canada to admit COVID patient, marks first COVID-free day
(via North Shore News)
Sioux Valley Dakota Nation working to identify children at former school
(via APTN)
People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier taken into custody by RCMP in Manitoba
(via CBC)
‘She died working for us’: Sons of Atlanta victim struggle to move forward
(via the New York Times)
I asked my rapist for $10,000
(via Lux magazine)
Indigenous monitor role appointment faces privacy concerns: BC police watchdog
(via I Heart Radio)
Tŝilhqot'in Nation slams 'failure' to condemn BC lawyer for misconduct on residential school file
(via CBC)
Victoria cancels Canada Day broadcast as First Nations mourn residential school deaths
(via the Times Colonist)
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Schools Through the Pandemic
We've followed concerns of parents and teachers since schools were first shuttered and the initial return to classrooms.
Many have felt their needs are not being accommodated, and parent-teacher networks have arisen to follow outbreaks in schools. Parents have highlighted the difficulties of remote learning for their families, and some have faced tough choices about sending their kids back to school.
Educators have wondered how to adapt their teaching to a pandemic environment, from remote learning to self-directed education to the curriculum. Kids' long-term mental health is a growing concern.
Deep dive to learn more from parents, teachers, students and health and education experts.
Teachers Are COVID Heroes. It’s Time We Listened to Them
Research shows the toll taken as they cope with changing rules, online learning and fears for students — and themselves.
Beyond Home School: Is a Pandemic the Time to Start Unschooling?
The self-directed education style where kids lead fits the moment, say some. What’s your experience? Please share.
On Facebook, Parents Share Doubts and Data about COVID-19 in Schools
Not satisfied with info from authorities, an online community is crowdsourcing its own.
Open Schools Help Vulnerable Students and Families. But at What Cost?
Parents and educators accept schools’ role in reducing inequality. But they’re still wary of reopening plans.
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We Need a Paradigm Shift
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‘Normal’ is what we make it, not what we are told by others — especially those who seek to profit from us.
As long as the illusion persists that our current ways of living can be sustained, we will travel towards a collapse which can neither be reversed nor managed in a relatively non-catastrophic way.
It is going to take a massive paradigm shift for us to weather the impending energy cliff and we are quickly losing time to prepare.