In Outbreaks Some Health Workers Bolt. How BC Is Trying to Prevent It
The odds some will stay away are high, as the pandemic elsewhere shows.
BC’s Quick Start on COVID-19 Testing and Targeted Approach Praised
‘From what I’ve seen Canada really has led the world in the appropriate application of testing,' says professor.
Now Would Be a Good Time to Get to Know the Ancient Stoics
As Epictetus taught, ‘The obstacle is the way.’
The Tyee Has a Nifty New COVID-19 Case Tracker for BC. And More Links
This is The Tyee’s Coronavirus Curated for April 9.
We’re Proving Remote Work Is Possible. That’s Good News for People with Disabilities
The pandemic’s forced shift opens opportunities, advocates say.
The PM’s Pandemic Power Grab
Trudeau has pushed for lifted restraints, less transparency. Why we should be deeply concerned.
Small Farmers’ Big Customers Were Restaurants. Now What?
Planting goes on, with hopes new markets can be found and grown.
Nature Beckons? Proceed with Extreme Caution
‘Dial it back’ plead health officials and rescuers. In a pandemic, it’s especially risky out there.
Foster Parenting in the Pandemic Is Full of Worry
Government is supporting foster families, but advocates say single, senior caregivers fret about illness and financial supports.
The Bravery of Grocery Workers. And More Top Pandemic Links
Coronavirus Curated for April 8, The Tyee’s scan of the web for you.
Emerging Indigenous Reporter Jamin Mike Earns CAJ Award Nomination
He crushed a fellowship in our newsroom. Now, he’s receiving national recognition for his Tyee work.
Two Cheers for the World Health Organization
It’s getting slammed by Donald Trump and others. Better to credit the WHO for what it does, and make it better.
Kevin Chong Wrote a Novel about Vancouver in a Plague. Then It Came True
We talk to the local writer about his strangely prescient read.
How to Make Decisions in a Pandemic: A Tyee Video
WATCH: Humans aren’t built to make smart decisions right now. Here’s a guide to doing better.
How BC Health Workers Weigh Who Lives and Dies in a Pandemic
The province’s new ‘ethical framework’ provides guidance on making tough decisions in response to COVID-19.
Why COVID-19 Kills More Men. Today’s Top Pandemic Links
Here is The Tyee’s Coronavirus Curated edition for April 7.
BC COVID-19 Case Tracker
Latest data updated daily
The Pandemic in BC Now
Click on the tabs below the chart to toggle among five regularly updated snapshots of Total Cases, Daily New Cases, Ever Hospitalized Cases, Total Recovered, and Total Deaths in the five B.C. health regions and the province as a whole.
The data is from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
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The Earth Is Telling Us We Must Rethink Our Growth Society
Why COVID-19 previews a larger crash. What we must do to save ourselves.
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What we're up to. How to be involved.
Say hello to The Tyee’s new virtual office
In-person gatherings are out, but the news never stops. The Tyee team has moved to a 100 per cent remote newsroom, settling into a new way of working while bringing you in-depth reporting updated throughout the day on the situation in B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We’re physically isolating, but keeping social through daily video calls. Pictured right is part of the Tyee team, calling in from our new home offices.
Clockwise from top left, culture editor Dorothy Woodend, publisher Jeanette Ageson, reporter Christopher Cheung, reporter Katie Hyslop, editorial assistant Olamide Olaniyan, practicum student Missy Johnson, editor David Beers, reporter Amanda Follett Hosgood and outreach manager Emma Cooper.
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Working in a Pandemic: Stories of Anxiety, Uncertainty, Poverty and Kindness
We asked readers to share their experiences as COVID-19 hit. Here’s a sample.
Laughing Alone: An Exchange
Decades apart in age, two Tyee colleagues chat back and forth about reasons to smile in isolating times.
Emerging Indigenous Reporter Jamin Mike Earns CAJ Award Nomination
He crushed a fellowship in our newsroom. Now, he’s receiving national recognition for his Tyee work.
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INFOGRAPHICS: How BC’s Medical Resources Stack Up
These maps of the province reflect different COVID-19 scenarios for what will be needed.
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Kevin Chong Wrote a Novel about Vancouver in a Plague. Then It Came True
We talk to the local writer about his strangely prescient read.
Postmedia Warns of Salary Cuts in Response to COVID-19 Crisis
Publisher of Sun and Province says falling revenues require quick action.
BC’s Top Doctor Wrote a Book about Fighting Viruses in 2009
Dr. Bonnie Henry proves to be one very prescient provincial health officer.
Falling in Love During Coronavirus? Do as Jane Austen Did
Long, ambling walks. Agonizingly delayed kisses. Or just send a raunchy text, whatever.
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Today's links curated for you.
India savours a rare upside to coronavirus: Clean air
(via The New York times)
Writer Jean Little, renowned for representing kids of all abilities, dead at 88
(via CTV News)
Quarantine chic: Why not try a Victorian hair style?
(via The New Yorker)
Why Alberta’s devotion to oil is making tech companies want to leave the province
(via CBC News)
It’s the disappearance of the morning commute that seems to be hurting podcast listening most
(via Nieman Lab)
Covid-19 is ravaging black communities. A Milwaukee neighborhood is figuring out how to fight back.
(via Washington Post)
Tooth fairy and Easter Bunny are ‘essential workers,’ New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern confirms
(via Washington Post)
BC Ferries to bring in health checks as feds restrict marine travel due to COVID-19
(via Port Alberni Valley News)
BC Ferries suspends service from West Vancouver to Nanaimo as traffic plummets 80 per cent across network
(via CBC News)
COVID-19: ‘The Ballad of Bonnie Henry’ recorded and released
(via Victoria News)
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We were caught ‘flat-footed’
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One observation that is clearly being presented is how inadequate our social safety net really is.
We seem to have been caught totally flat-footed here. We can’t say we were never warned of a possible pandemic. Scientists have been flagging this scenario for decades.
When this pandemic subsides we can and must do better for all citizens.
Best of luck to all of you who told your story here! I hope this ends soon, and you can pick up living a somewhat normal life again.