Let’s Hear It for Menopause
It’s where I’m at, and let me tell you — women not giving a hot damn who they offend anymore is exactly what’s needed right now.
Wild Salmon Defender Alexandra Morton Is Running for BC Greens
The political newcomer will try to take the North Island riding away from the NDP.
‘Another Safety Net’: Safewalk Group Forms in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant
Volunteers come together amidst frustrations about suspicious incidents and police response.
If We Just Treat COVID-19 as a Pandemic, We’re Screwed
We’re in a syndemic, when an illness and our broken society combine to bring terrible things. Here’s how we need to respond.
Vancouver Eyes First Overdose Prevention Site Outside the Downtown Eastside
Pushback expected from Yaletown neighbours, but advocates say the site will save lives and reduce community problems.
Horgan Pledges $140 Million a Year to Improve Seniors’ Long-Term Care
Unions welcome campaign pledge; Green leader says NDP ‘tinkering around the edges’ instead of offering real change.
What You Need to Know about Voting in BC’s Pandemic Election
Voting by mail? Request your package now. Voting in person? Free masks! And many more questions answered.
This Pandemic Election Is a Chance to Demand a Better Future
Poverty, housing, childcare, racism, climate — voters should press parties for real, ambitious plans to fix the problems laid bare by COVID-19.
MEC’s Demise Was Predictable and Avoidable
The co-op began eroding its memberships’ voice years ago, which no doubt contributed to its troubles now.
‘In Times of Great Uncertainty, One Can Look to the Creatives...’
Painter David Wilson on his show ‘Close to Home,’ which captures a slippery Vancouver that never stops changing.
Politicians See a Pandemic Bump in Approval Ratings. And More Science News
The latest roundup of COVID-19 findings gathered by Hakai Magazine.
Hurrah! Tyee Reporter Katie Hyslop Celebrates 10-Year Tyeeversary
She’s covered education, youth and housing issues for a decade now, and we’re lucky to have her.
First Shelter for Sex Workers to Open in the Downtown Eastside
COVID-19 restrictions have made life more dangerous for women who are sex workers. A new shelter aims to provide respite.
This BC Election, Many More Voters Will Mail It In
In 2017, 6,500 people voted by post. This year, more than 400,000 plan to do so. How might it affect the results?
The Fracking Industry Is Hurting. Its Future Should Be an Election Issue
Crushed by debt and low prices, frackers are floundering. Will BC’s politicians rethink propping up LNG?
BC Liberals Propose an $8-Billion PST Tax Cut
Greens say the proposal shows ‘astonishing lack of imagination.’ The NDP asks what Libs would cut to pay for it.
Fashion, Function and the Distinct Style of Chinatowns’ Seniors
Their colourful, practical style is reflected in a new book, ‘Chinatown Pretty,’ which celebrates a way of dressing — and living.
Heart of the City Returns to Give Voice to the Downtown Eastside
Organizers are finding creative ways to offer performances both online and face to face.
The $47-Trillion Heist
A new study estimates the swing in wealth in the US if taxation had stayed at 1975 levels.
Alberta’s Oilsands Owe Canadians Far More than They Can Pay
Why 50 years of bitumen mining will add up to a money loser for taxpayers.
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A Hurt Boy, a Fight to Change Hit-and-Run Laws and a School Backlash
After Marquice Jeffers-Harris was struck by an SUV, his mother launched a bid to change the law. Then came the reaction.
Deep Dive
Get to the bottom of something big.
New Strength for Old Growth
It’s a struggle with decades-long roots.
The effort to protect old growth forests is thriving in B.C. A recent hunger strike raised awareness. The deep history and ecological knowledge of Indigenous peoples, as Joe Martin of the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation vividly describes, is part of the story.
The Tyee’s recent series on old growth follows the struggle against logging on Vancouver Island and explores B.C’s provincial tree, the red cedar. And in a recent story, Andrew MacLeod chronicled the fight for northern B.C.’s Great Bear Rainforest.
Red Cedar: The Amazing Giving Tree
Its future in doubt, no other tree has provided such abundance and identity for northwest peoples, or such habitat and carbon storage in the forest. First in a series.
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.
The New Faces of BC’s Old-Growth Activism
It’s not mom and dad’s ‘War in the Woods.’ Meet the forest rebels trying to decolonize direct action. Last in a series.
Old Growth Forests Are Vital to Indigenous Cultures. We Need to Protect What’s Left
The BC government wants to hear from the public as it reviews old growth logging policies.
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This story is making waves.
Facebook Disables Hundreds of Accounts Linked to Wet’suwet’en Support Rally
Social media giant says it’s investigating why users associated with organizations who shared a post on an anti-pipeline event have been blocked.
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This story is making waves.
Eight Months into 2020, BC Has Already Surpassed Last Year’s Overdose Death Total
More than 1,000 people have died this year, with seven times as many needing emergency support.
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Three weeks ago we announced a drive to sign up 600 new monthly supporters to our Tyee Builders program. We hit our target one day early!
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Allow Me to Reintroduce Our Northern BC Reporter
The Tyee’s Amanda Follett Hosgood came aboard as a full-timer last week. Let’s get (re)acquainted.
John Horton’s Paintings Preserve History. His Seamanship Saves Lives
Meet the fascinating Order of BC winner who also happens to be a Tyee supporter.
Hurrah! Tyee Reporter Katie Hyslop Celebrates 10-Year Tyeeversary
She’s covered education, youth and housing issues for a decade now, and we’re lucky to have her.
Culture
Let’s Hear It for Menopause
It’s where I’m at, and let me tell you — women not giving a hot damn who they offend anymore is exactly what’s needed right now.
‘In Times of Great Uncertainty, One Can Look to the Creatives...’
Painter David Wilson on his show ‘Close to Home,’ which captures a slippery Vancouver that never stops changing.
Fashion, Function and the Distinct Style of Chinatowns’ Seniors
Their colourful, practical style is reflected in a new book, ‘Chinatown Pretty,’ which celebrates a way of dressing — and living.
Heart of the City Returns to Give Voice to the Downtown Eastside
Organizers are finding creative ways to offer performances both online and face to face.
Deep Dive
Get to the bottom of something big.
Tiny Homes for the Homeless
In Vancouver, a tent city of homeless people is Canada’s largest, yet city staff so far refuse to favourably consider an approach taken by many other cities. Tiny homes, installed quickly for a fraction the cost of current social housing, can be a “bridge” to safe, stable living for homeless citizens, research shows. Here is coverage by The Tyee on this potential short-term solution, including a visit to Seattle where 12 tiny home villages are slated to grow to 40.
‘Tiny Townhomes’ Could Fill Empty Lots across Vancouver, Says Builder
Bryn Davidson suggests this could be one solution to tent cities, and could be quickly and cheaply built.
As Tiny Homes for Homeless Flourish Elsewhere, They’re a Hard Sell in Vancouver
City staff dismiss the model, shown to be warmer and safer than tent cities, and ‘a bridge’ to stable living.
‘You Know God Didn’t Forget about You.’ What Tiny Homes Offer the Homeless
A visit to Seattle, whose many such communities offer proven solutions for moving people off the streets.
If We Care about the Homeless, We’ll Build Lots of Tiny Homes, Fast
Many US cities are showing us how. Vancouver and other BC cities can’t pretend they don’t know a solution.
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Youth Take the Lead in Tackling Colonialism, Injustice in Vancouver
Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth are working together to bring changes based on consultations with 2,000 young people.
Reported Elsewhere
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Five burning questions about the BC election
(via Maclean's)
BC Liberal candidate apologizes for 2012 comments about drug users being ‘criminals’
(via Global News)
Indigenous woman who died at Joliette hospital had recorded staff's racist comments
(via the Montreal Gazette)
Meet the 8 endangered species that call northwest BC home
(via the Narwhal)
Dreading a dark winter lockdown? Think like a Norwegian
(via the Guardian)
Former BC Green leader Andrew Weaver declares his support for BC NDP MLA Bowinn Ma
(via Vancouver Is Awesome)
Transparency push: 34 big firms agree to disclose diversity data
(via Al Jazeera)
BC Liberal candidate criticized for voting against rainbow crosswalk in Langley
(via CBC)
Nova Scotia premier apologizes for systemic racism in justice system
(via CBC)
Drivers fined $1,600 for Burnaby crash that killed 14-year-old Fernanda Girotto
(via Burnaby Now)
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Privilege Divides in a Pandemic
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What does a city do with a problem that has been growing, and likely been being ignored, for years? Poverty, precarity and the problems of the marginalized in a globalized corporate world can only increase. How do we find solutions, and forms of caregiving, to take us to a better place?
COVID is revealing many of the cracks in our unsustainable culture and economy. Fighting and working desperately to preserve our bubbles of privilege are simply delaying tactics.