The Art of Empathy
Many of us feel the destruction of the natural world acutely. ‘Branching Songs’ captures that, aiming to restore beauty and galvanize.
‘Is This Just New Mom Stress?’ Experts Say Canada Is Facing a Perinatal Mental Health Crisis
The pandemic has worsened existing issues with screening and access to treatment — leaving many new parents alone and in danger.
BC’s Construction Industry Is ‘Ground Zero’ for Opioid Crisis among Workers
Substance use has plagued the trades for a long time. It’s now more serious than ever.
Cyber Attacks Involving Huawei Devices in Canada Spiked after Meng Wanzhou Arrest
An uncovered government report outlines hacking threats. And prescriptions that raise privacy issues.
BC Looks like an LNG Loser: Report
Prospects have been battered by global competition, volatility, delays and cost overruns.
Vancouver’s Decriminalizing Poverty Panel Is Stacked with Police, Advocates Complain
City says it’s heard the concerns and will meet with community groups to design a different process.
The Climate Disaster Hidden in BC’s Forests
The province doesn’t count forest emissions in its global warming plan. That’s a big, dangerous mistake, say advocates.
I’ve Seen So Much of My World This Year
Without the ability to travel, it’s just been me and my camera. Turns out, that’s enough to see a lot.
On Anti-Asian Hate, Silence Is ‘Death by 1,000 Cuts’
Not everyone wants to report acts of racism in the pandemic, even if they’re a target. Here’s one encouragement to speak up.
Thank You, Thank You, Child-Care Workers
Tyee readers share gratitude for those who cared for their kids during the pandemic: ‘You are a gift to us all.’
Andrea Warner Is a Book Person
The Vancouver-based pop culture critic is all about ‘writing women and people of colour back into history.’ And soap operas.
How Concerned Should We Be about the Delta Variant?
It causes a higher rate of hospitalization and is more transmissible — but there’s reason to be optimistic, too.
Why Health-Care Workers Must Be Vaccinated
If they aren’t immunized, patients and residents should know — and have the right to reject their care.
Birthday Parties Accelerated the Spread of COVID-19. And More Science Journal News
The latest roundup of pandemic findings gathered by The Tyee.
The Conflict Between Vancouver’s Mayor and the Police Explained
Lack of action on racism and two troubling incidents led Kennedy Stewart to step down as police board spokesperson.
Crisis Fund that Kept the Lights on for BC Families Wins Reprieve
Government steps in to save BC Hydro emergency aid program, but advocates say broader changes are needed.
Annamie Paul Is Still ‘Unpacking’ the Threat to Her Leadership
She discusses Green party turmoil, ‘character assassination’ and waging the next election in a Tyee interview.
Do BC’s Schools Need a Discrimination Checkup?
Fed up with stories of racism and ableism, parents call for an independent review of all 60 provincial districts.
‘Net-Zero’ Emissions May Not Be as Green as You Think
‘Undefined’ term reduces political pressure to take real action on climate change and hedges bets on future solutions, says expert.
What Did We Learn from the Great Pause?
Take a big breath before you step back out into the world. What do you want it to look like?
Editor's Pick
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A Brief and Brutal History of Canadian Colonialism
Despite the painful history, there’s always been Indigenous resistance. Is settler society finally waking up?
Deep Dive
Get to the bottom of something big.
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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Story by Story, Canada’s News Media Built Indigenous Oppression
How relentlessly racist framing helped ‘write’ the Indian Act — and persists today.
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Indigenous Leaders Say BC Is Failing on Forestry and Reconciliation
The First Nations Forest Strategy offers a clear path forward, but action is too slow, conference told.
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The Tyee's Summer Reads
Our seasonal staff picks for a sunny (cross your fingers) BC summer. Suggest your own!
On Now at MOA: Reflecting on Art and Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Recovery from disaster is a long process, as this Museum of Anthropology exhibition demonstrates. Open until Sept. 5.
Deep Dive
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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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The Art of Empathy
Many of us feel the destruction of the natural world acutely. ‘Branching Songs’ captures that, aiming to restore beauty and galvanize.
I’ve Seen So Much of My World This Year
Without the ability to travel, it’s just been me and my camera. Turns out, that’s enough to see a lot.
Andrea Warner Is a Book Person
The Vancouver-based pop culture critic is all about ‘writing women and people of colour back into history.’ And soap operas.
What Did We Learn from the Great Pause?
Take a big breath before you step back out into the world. What do you want it to look like?
Reported Elsewhere
Today's links curated for you.
How a BC doctor helped avoid rising case numbers of the COVID Delta variant
(via Global News)
Vancouver police predict budget deficit for first time in 16 years
(via Vancouver Is Awesome)
Canada’s tick seasons are getting worse, and they’re no longer just a rural menace
(via the Globe and Mail)
‘We will not stop’: pipeline opponents ready for America’s biggest environmental fight
(via the Guardian)
Latest BC Liberal leadership candidate is counting on under-39 vote to win
(via the Vancouver Sun)
What Indigenous beauty means to me
(via Refinery 29)
How Carl Nassib's courageous announcement changed, and challenged, the NFL
(via NFL)
I’m a disabled high schooler. I’m pissed they’re ending Zoom classes
(via Input)
Dozens of students lose places at BC law school after 'unprecedented' number of applicants accept offers
(via CBC)
Mahmud Jamal becomes the first person of colour appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada
(via the Star)
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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.