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What Climate Disaster Survivors Need to Heal Their Minds
Grappling with trauma and loneliness, Lytton’s displaced offer lessons in an era of rising risks.
The Lie of a Cleaner Oilsands
Pollution protections are stripped while Canada boasts progress. This is the history of promises made and betrayed.
Please Advise! No Way Trump Is President Again, Right?
Could happen, says Dr. Steve, thanks to a true Trump card. It’s the third party ‘No Labels.’
That Didn’t Take Long. Danielle Smith’s First New Attack on Democracy
The premier plans to create to an advisory ‘council of losers’ after UCP lost all 20 Edmonton seats.
K’emk’emeláy, the Place of Many Maple Trees
An excerpt from Angela Sterritt’s ‘Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls.’
‘Everything Else from My Whole Past Was All Gone’
In her own words, Donna Rae recounts her flood ordeal and gets real about living on a pension after a climate catastrophe.
Despite Inquest Evidence on Police Use of Force, VPD Stands Ground
An inquest found that police responses to ‘excited delirium’ caused Myles Gray’s death in 2015.
Celebrate Indigenous History Month with Talking Stick Fest
Catch North America’s premiere Indigenous arts and culture festival this summer in Vancouver.
Smith, Trump and the Paranoid Populist Assault on Democracy
How the rich and powerful benefit from culture war politics.
For Teens Who Drink and Do Drugs, Here's How to Reduce the Harm
A StatCan report found marginalization and unhappiness are risk factors as large number of high school students use substances.
Canada's Broken Electronic Medical Records Model
Across BC and the country, patients, doctors and the health-care system suffer from a faulty patchwork of incompatible systems.
Chinatown Seniors Return to City Hall to Protest 105 Keefer
After multiple revisions and rejections, a divisive development is still seeking city approval.
Your Body Is a Wonderland
A visceral new film mines the depths of human corporeality through the eyes of doctors, nurses and morticians.
'I Had to Break the Rules'
Angela Sterritt on ‘Unbroken,’ and seeking justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. A Tyee Q&A.
Are You an Edgewalker? These Just Won Prizes
Meet changemakers in our bioregion who are the inaugural recipients of a new award from Salmon Nation.
A Modern ‘Julius Caesar’ Speaks to Power and Chaos
Join Bard on the Beach this summer for a new take on the Shakespearean classic.
‘It Looked Like an Animal, Just Arms of Fire Going Forward’
Micha Kingston reflects on post-wildfire parenting. ‘How will I prepare her for this world?’ Part of a series.
With Haida Manga, a Study in Compassion
A new graphic novel by artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas explores BC’s founding years with generosity and soul.
‘Weirder and Weirder’: Danielle Smith’s New Example for Canada
She won by taking petrostate populism to a new level. Where do we go from here?
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When John Vaillant Contemplates Catastrophe, We Should Listen
‘Fire Weather’ examines the lies we tell ourselves about climate change, and what needs to happen next.
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A Modern ‘Julius Caesar’ Speaks to Power and Chaos
Join Bard on the Beach this summer for a new take on the Shakespearean classic.
The Conversations We Need? We Asked, You Told Us
Toxic sound bites won’t solve anything. So The Tyee will dive deep into your key issues — with your support. Help our spring fundraising succeed.
Celebrate Indigenous History Month with Talking Stick Fest
Catch North America’s premiere Indigenous arts and culture festival this summer in Vancouver.
Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
The People’s Filter
Going back to the office amidst COVID and wildfire smoke? Here's a do-it-yourself guide to air filtration.
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The Lie of a Cleaner Oilsands
Series
‘I Knew in the Back of My Head that Lytton Was Gone’
In her own words, Michele Feist recounts her wildfire escape and the steep road to rebuilding.
‘We Know That No Matter What We Have Each Other’
In her own words, Racine Jeff tells how wildfire changed the land, and life, for her Tŝilhqot’in community.
‘Like Somebody Took a Chalkboard Eraser and Erased My Life’
In her own words, Maggie Lord tells of lovingly creating an orchard haven, only to see it burn.
‘It Was Dark, and You Could Hear Water Rushing’
In her own words, Rochelle Rupert tells of waking up to the nightmare of the Coldwater River poised to invade her home.
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This story is making waves.
Why BC Leads the Country in Evictions
Over one in 10 tenant households were displaced between 2016 and 2021, data shows.
Reported Elsewhere
Today's links curated for you.
Fraser Valley ER wait times revealed (and they’re not pretty)
(via Fraser Valley Current)
Care homes say agencies lure away nurses with higher pay
(via Times Colonist)
ABC Vancouver boosts condos on city housing priorities
(via Vancouver Sun)
Fisgard Market owner hands over the reins after three decades
(via Times Colonist)
Fraser Health in hot seat: Doctors at 4 hospitals now citing safety concerns
(via CTV News)
Drax-owned wood pellet plant in US broke air pollution rules again
(via the Guardian)
Breaking news at the end of the earth
(via Esquire)
Henry Kissinger, history’s bloodiest social climber
(via the Intercept)
The people whose crushes make it hard for them to live
(via Slate)
‘You can’t stay outside. You’ll vomit’: New Brunswick town battles an unbearable stench
(via the Globe and Mail)
Culture
K’emk’emeláy, the Place of Many Maple Trees
An excerpt from Angela Sterritt’s ‘Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls.’
Your Body Is a Wonderland
A visceral new film mines the depths of human corporeality through the eyes of doctors, nurses and morticians.
'I Had to Break the Rules'
Angela Sterritt on ‘Unbroken,’ and seeking justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. A Tyee Q&A.
With Haida Manga, a Study in Compassion
A new graphic novel by artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas explores BC’s founding years with generosity and soul.
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Turning to Youth to Bring Forward Solutions
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I am constantly impressed by my conversations with my grandchildren — they are articulate, caring human beings — too often thwarted by disregard and disrespect.
The young people need to be encouraged to speak out and they need to be listened to. If my contemporaries at that age had a fraction of their awareness and sensitivity, I feel the world would be a better place.
Give them an audience and the opportunity to share. The future is theirs.