A Revolution in How Doctors Speak to Critically Ill Patients Meets COVID-19
A Vancouver team’s guide ‘puts the patient and the family at the centre of the conversation.’
Sims Cleared after Six-Month RCMP Investigation
Former cabinet minister stepped down after allegations of wrongdoing by BC Liberals.
A Love Letter to the Shuttered Vancouver Courier
You too should mourn the loss, for now at least, of a newspaper that held the powerful to account and brought a community together.
Recovered Patients May Still Be Infectious. And More Info Straight from Science Journals
Latest roundup of pandemic-related findings by our partner Hakai Magazine.
Birding in a Dangerous Time
How to mostly stay home, but still partake in a spectacular spring migration.
Feds Urged to Reveal Deaths Estimates. And More Top Links
Coronavirus Curated for April 3, The Tyee’s scan of the web for you.
Oilsands Workers Deserve Relief, Not Toil in Infectious Sites
By naming those workers ‘essential,’ Alberta will treat them as expendable.
Has BC Got It Right on COVID-19 Testing?
Critics urge a big increase in testing to curb pandemic; Bonnie Henry says the province’s approach is effective.
Why Social Distancing Could Stretch to 2022
Be prepared for a long emergency, say new research studies.
BC Gives $300 Monthly Boost to People on Income, Disability Assistance
Benefits will help more than 200,000 people, says minister.
Canada Faces Med Gear Shortage. Today’s Ten Top Web Links
Here is The Tyee’s Coronavirus Curated edition for April 2.
INFOGRAPHICS: How BC’s Medical Resources Stack Up
These maps of the province reflect different COVID-19 scenarios for what will be needed.
China and the Pandemic: Talking with Historian Timothy Brook
VIDEO: The government is clamping down, but anger grows among the nation’s educated.
How China’s Fails, Lies and Secrecy Ignited a Pandemic Explosion
The regime now is in full propaganda mode, aided by the World Health Organization.
Inside the Struggle to Keep Victoria’s Homeless Safe from COVID-19
‘Once it hits our community it’s going to spread like wildfire.’
Youth from Care Get Extra Supports in Pandemic
Young people won’t be forced out of care at 19, with other programs protected, says minister.
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How The Tyee Is Covering COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is all over the media. What does The Tyee seek to add?
Our legislative bureau chief Andrew MacLeod is tracking actions by the province. Contributing editors Crawford Kilian and Andrew Nikiforuk are providing wider context: where is the outbreak taking us and how did we get here?
All the Tyee’s team is now focused on the crisis, doubling our daily story output. Reporters Katie Hyslop, Chris Cheung, Moira Wyton and Amanda Follett Hosgood are working around the clock, complemented by other regular contributors and our new partnership with the team of Hakai Magazine.
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New China Data Undercuts Reassurances by Our Health Officials
Canada must lock down and test far more. Missing virus carriers with no symptoms will cost lives: UBC expert.
I’m the Virus You Named COVID-19. Glad to Meet You
Why I do what I do. It’s nothing personal. Let me (and the science research) explain.
‘I’m Really Scared’
Scenes from the Downtown Eastside in a time of pandemic.
When Care Is a Matter of Life and Death
Agencies caring for the most vulnerable people with disabilities are scrambling to keep clients safe.
Tyee Insider
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.
And check this out...
Laughing Alone: An Exchange
Decades apart in age, two Tyee colleagues chat back and forth about reasons to smile in isolating times.
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.
Say Hello to Our New Health Reporter: Moira Wyton
She’s eager to start sharing important stories about the state of well-being in BC. Get to know her.
Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
Save the Cruise Industry? Some Say Let It Sink
BC was by far the biggest Canadian destination before the coronavirus hit floating resorts.
Culture
Birding in a Dangerous Time
How to mostly stay home, but still partake in a spectacular spring migration.
A Love Letter to the Shuttered Vancouver Courier
You too should mourn the loss, for now at least, of a newspaper that held the powerful to account and brought a community together.
If This Is the Apocalypse, at Least Dress for It
The end of days is no time for sweatpants.
I Fear for the Cambodia I Left Behind
The pandemic chased me back to Canada, feeling guilt. The nation I fled is badly prepared.
Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
BC Boosts Pay for Long-Term Care Workers amidst COVID-19
Union says reforms should continue after crisis to improve care.
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Oilsands Workers Deserve Relief, Not Toil in Infectious Sites
Birding in a Dangerous Time
Recovered Patients May Still Be Infectious. And More Info Straight from Science Journals
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This story is making waves.
In Nerds We Trust
Family and friends turn to science communicators like me to make sense of a pandemic. Here’s what I learned about handling good and bad info in a crisis.
Reported Elsewhere
Today's links curated for you.
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)
The pandemic is turning the natural world upside down
(via The Atlantic)
COVID-19: Kelowna nursery outbreak likely won't be last for migrant workers, advocates warn
(via Vancouver sun)
Coastal communities call for travel restrictions as visitors trickle in
(via CBC News)
So, it’s Autism Awareness Day
(via Justin McElroy)
RCMP have arrested a man for murder of two Métis hunters
(via Vice)
Leaked Amazon memo details plan to smear fired warehouse organizer: ‘He’s not smart or articulate’
(via Vice)
They all retired before they hit 40. Then this happened
(via The New York Times)
Vancouver city council unanimously approves 2020 cultural grants
(via The Georgia Straight)
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Comment Noted
We hear you.
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.