
Internal Emails Reveal RCMP’s Fragmented Response to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Lack of a co-ordinated strategy and careful monitoring undermines effort to end ‘genocide,’ say experts and advocates.

Renewable Electricity Is Coming on Strong
BC and all of Cascadia could move off fossil fuels, say new models. Moving fast is key, say experts.

Writers Are Broke. Is This Government Policy to Blame?
Rhea Tregebov on how amending a 2012 ‘fair dealing’ provision could help secure a brighter future for authors.

Canada’s Crazy Pandemic Response
As the third wave built and now may drown us, our leaders keep blathering about ‘balance.’

BC Provides $30 Million to Wet’suwet’en, Lake Babine Nations to Support Rights and Title
Wet’suwet’en hereditary Chief welcomes provincial funding, says feds have been moving at a ‘snail’s pace.’

Stop the Sale of Chinatown’s Grace Seniors Home, Families Say
BC Housing backs selling the facility. The stress on frail residents has relatives angry and worried.

New Scientific Insights on COVID-19 and Blood Clotting
Why it matters researchers call this ‘the first viral disease that can be branded as a viral thrombotic fever.’

That’s How the Conservative ‘Resistance’ Crumbles
Witness Erin O’Toole’s carbon tax, and the plummet in Jason Kenney’s influence.

Tyee Nominated for the 2021 CJF Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism
Winners to be announced virtually June 9 at a free online event.

Vancouver’s Shuttered Army and Navy Will Soon Reopen as a Shelter
After closing for good during the pandemic, the building will be named after Bud Osborn.

BC Adds $2 Billion into Fund to Encourage Affordable Housing
Program provides low-interest loans to developers in return for commitments to build affordable units.

When COVID News Was Scarce, He Stepped Up as His City’s Crisis Communicator
Joseph McLean’s Facebook group has become essential reading on the Sunshine Coast.

BC’s COVID Cases and Hospitalizations Rise, but Still No New Measures
Health officials say increases can be contained if current recommendations are followed.

‘Horrible’ Residential School to Be Razed and Replaced with Cultural Centre
The demolition of Lower Post school building is ‘a chance to start that healing process.’

NDP MP Introduces Bill to Decriminalize Drugs in Canada
Advocates say decriminalization and safe supply could save thousands of the lives being lost to poisoned drugs.

Tracking Orcas with Tech: ‘The Images Took Our Breath Away’
UBC scientists attached cameras to drones, and the whales themselves. Here’s the result.

For One Day, BC Activists Handed Out Clean Heroin and Cocaine
Demonstrators aim to show how regulating drugs would keep people who use them alive.

Got Vaccine Envy? How I Cured Mine
There’s a new variant of Fear of Missing Out. It’s worrying about who’s getting what shots.

BC Marks Fifth Anniversary of Overdose Emergency with Decriminalization Plan
Critics say province’s response to thousands of deaths has been slow and ineffectual.

My Last Supper at Soho
COVID forced the closure of my favourite Vancouver restaurant. It was the best of East meets West.
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How BC Fumbled the Third Wave
Four experts say leaders were warned of the variant threat but misread key data and failed to respond fast enough.
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BC’s Five Years of Drug Failure, Visualized
The anniversary of the province’s overdose emergency declaration is nothing to celebrate.
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Celebrating Dance in April
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Twin Pipeline Resistance Holds Strong
It’s been over a year since the action against the Coastal GasLink pipeline in Wet’suwet’en territory. Construction on CGL continues.
Solidarity protests at the B.C. legislature raised awareness yet official investigations into the RCMP response remain in limbo. We followed the story back a decade.
Meanwhile the Supreme Court decision to continue TransMountain hasn’t stopped Indigenous resistance. In recent months Indigenous land defenders have occupied building entrances and held city streets.
The Tyee has been following these years-long battles as TMX risks loom, government promises capsize and First Nations work together against CGL.
Deep dive with us to revisit the past and follow this fight to the future. We have our eye on what's happening next.

Photos: Singing in Defiance of Arrest at the Last Wet’suwet’en Post
Scenes from the Unist’ot’en Healing Centre.

What’s at Stake with the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion?
The megaproject is already a money-loser for producers. Here’s what else it could threaten.

For BC’s Two Pipeline Fights, It’s Spring Forward
TMX and Coastal GasLink face resurging opposition across the province as Trudeau invites Biden to talk climate change.

‘We Have to Stand Together’: A Tale of Two Nations
The Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan history of cooperation continues with the Coastal GasLink pipeline battle.
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Why the P1 Variant Poses So Great a Threat to BC
The virus mutation emerged in Brazil. It spreads explosively and slams the young.
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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
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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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No More Band-Aids For the Poisoned Drug Crisis
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Decisiveness, one of the definitive features of reaching a critical point along a path, has been mostly tokenism when it comes to the overdose emergency.
Weighing the tragic against the politic have all decided to put Band-Aids on a major public health emergency.
We need to turn onto a new road: treat opioid addiction with prescribed opioids.