Omicron: More than Just a ‘Scariant’?
Even if the variant proves not to be a nightmare, its lesson that everyone’s safety is connected demands action.
Vancouver’s Dramatic New Plan for Broadway: Five Questions
Here’s what’s in the sweeping proposal, and what council needs to know before voting on it.
What If Riding the Bus Were Free?
Saying ‘no fares’ could make public transit better and streets safer, while speeding up climate and justice progress. Who’s on board?
Let’s Talk Fossil Fuel Subsidies in BC
Here’s what the NDP government is doing. And why numbers used by the Greens are misleading.
Workers at Major Supportive Housing Provider Share Safety Concerns
The union representing Atira Property Management Inc. workers conducted a survey showing that many employees are worried about their safety.
CONTEST: Win Seven Books on Social Justice Issues in Canada
One Tyee reader will take home a prize pack featuring prominent voices in the conversation around equity.
Bill 22 Is a Sign of Democratic Backsliding in BC
Its passage changes our freedom of information and privacy law, undermining the public’s right to know.
Kenney Wants a New Law. It’s His Latest Attack on Democracy
Alberta’s premier presses for rules to muzzle his critics and favour his wealthy backers. Behold Bill 81.
Interim Green Leader Steps in after a Tough Year: ‘I Want to Help’
After a breakdown like the one Amita Kuttner’s party suffered, ‘You look inward, and you figure it out.’
Powell River Wrestles with Changing Its Colonial Name
The Tla’amin Nation makes the case for a new identity. The city is asking for patience.
Barney the Wayward Christmas Barge
An epic poem in the sea (not) going tradition.
How to Destroy the Conservative Brand
Stephen Harper, Jason Kenney and Erin O’Toole are conducting a master class in mess making.
BC Human Rights Report Documents Racial Bias in Policing — and Suggests Solutions
The report may be the largest study of policing data ever done in Canada, says commissioner.
BC Has a New Flood Strategy in the Works
The plan should include nature-based infrastructure, boost communication and take a holistic approach, say experts.
Child Poverty Report Shows Income Gap Between Parents Is Growing
Poverty in BC is also highly gendered: ‘It is mothers’ poverty that we need to tackle to shift the dial.’
The Cost of Waiting
Seven rules to guide our best chance of withstanding furies of climate change.
Province Introduces Five Days of Paid Sick Leave
The BC Federation of Labour acknowledges the milestone, but says it falls short of the 10 days that workers had asked for.
Downtown Eastside Hit with Dysentery Again
Six people have been diagnosed, seven months after a previous outbreak swept through the Vancouver neighbourhood.
Jason Kenney Apparently Thinks about David Suzuki a Lot
The premier spent much of a news conference about the kids’ vaccine rollout ranting about an environmentalist.
Black Nurses in BC Face ‘Entrenched and Pervasive’ Racism, Survey Finds
Coalition offers 21 recommendations to end the inequities.
Editor's Pick
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When Surging Floods Meet Expanding Pipelines
The impact of last week’s deluge sends a sobering message, say engineers and activists.
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The Big Soak
As floodwaters engulfed Abbotsford’s Sumas Prairie, I went there to gather images and hear from people affected.
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Tyee Wins Four of BC's Top Journalism Awards
The Tyee is proud to announce that three members of our dedicated team have won Webster awards!
We’re over-the-moon to receive this recognition, and to be included among other excellent media outlets publishing important journalism across B.C.
The Tyee awards went to Bryan Carney for technology reporting, Chris Cheung for diversity and inclusion reporting and Andrew MacLeod for business, industry, labour and economics reporting. The Tyee also won the Bill Good Award for significant contribution to journalism.
Read the full list of nominees and winners here. And thank you readers for all your support.
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Land Local BC Books for Everyone on Your List
Make quick work of holiday shopping with these recommendations.
Poison and Patriarchy: ‘The Power of the Dog’ Screens at VIFF Centre
Director Jane Campion’s film is a groundbreaking western and a mystery thriller. Don’t miss it.
CONTEST: Win Seven Books on Social Justice Issues in Canada
One Tyee reader will take home a prize pack featuring prominent voices in the conversation around equity.
Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
Living Through a Mudslide in Harrison Hot Springs
Resident Mervyn Thomas shares his story of narrowly escaping disaster: ‘It was like a freight train.’
Deep Dive
Get to the bottom of something big.
Deep Roots at Fairy Creek
Media zoomed in on civil disobedience at the Vancouver Island watershed after RCMP began enforcing a court injunction against protesters in May.
But The Tyee has been reporting on the blockade for over a year.
We've covered the ruling and reflected back on previous old-growth activism from decades past.
We had reporters on site as the blockades were ramping up and sounded alarms about restriction of media on the ground.
The story is complex and far from over. Dive deep to uncover the roots of Fairy Creek.
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.
Ending Horgan’s War Against Old Growth
I’ve fought to save forests for 40 years. It’s time for real change.
The Blockaders
As logging resisters near month eight in Fairy Creek, a judge may order their surrender. Inside their last stand for old growth. A Tyee special report.
The Deep Roots of BC’s Old Growth Defenders
As efforts to stop clear cutting old-growth forests in BC heat up again, veterans of early struggles offer inspiration. Part of a series.
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Culture
Barney the Wayward Christmas Barge
An epic poem in the sea (not) going tradition.
Uncomfortable Art
Love it or hate it, Steven Shearer’s body of work will at least make you feel something. Now showing at the Polygon.
The Hopeful Message of ‘The Dawn of Everything’
Ancient humans had a flexible knack for reorganizing societies that weren’t working. We can, too.
Why Big Bird Is a Huge Deal
With his Street gang the puppet remains a yellow beacon of humanity, as a documentary reminds.
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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.
Reported Elsewhere
Today's links curated for you.
Farmers devastated by BC floods return to gut-wrenching scenes
(via the Globe and Mail)
Harassment, bullying, racism allegations against 2 senior leaders at BC university under investigation
(via CBC)
Who’s getting sick? Report sheds new light on breakthrough cases and vaccine protection against hospitalization
(via the Star)
'We have nowhere': BC First Nations, rural residents say storm permanently changed the land
(via the Vancouver Sun)
Universities should apologize for helping Indigenous identity fraud: Chief
(via APTN)
How UVic’s working to decolonize BC classrooms
(via IndigiNews)
Horgan’s NDP 'suppressing' a party debate on LNG industry, insiders say
(via the Breach)
'People's budget' calls for Vancouver police budget to be slashed by 50 per cent
(via Vancouver Is Awesome)
Racism exists ‘without a doubt’ in Surrey school district superintendent says of report findings
(via Surrey Now Leader)
Federal funds could make Vancouver's SRO buy out plan possible
(via the Vancouver Sun)
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Time to Unpack the White Gaze
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Privileged folks don't want to talk about their privilege quite often. Quite often it’s invisible to them.
But we've a ways to go before the assumptions that accompany race and gender have disappeared from our media.