Angela Sterritt and the Fight to Tell Indigenous Stories Right
The Indigenous journalist on the ‘long, long road’ to reckoning and decolonizing media.
Please Advise! Who Gets the Coronavirus Booby Prize?
Among premiers it’s a tight race. Pallister? Ford? Or app-solutely Kenney?
Bringing Life Back to the Downtown Eastside’s Empty Storefronts
Planners want council to loosen zoning to allow a wide range of community, education and arts uses.
Dr. Tam’s Virus Spread Model Is an Air Raid Siren
It shows we’re already in big trouble. But if we hunker down, we can avoid its worst scenario.
‘We Will Fight Together’: National Land Rights Call to Action Launched
Indigenous groups across the country call for participation in solidarity events.
This Holiday Season, Buy Local Books for Everyone on Your List
We’ll start with these eight recommendations to make quick work of your festive shopping.
After COVID-19, Aaron Waddingham Is Going to His Prom Dance
But like all of us, he’s got to weather the storm first. A day in the life.
RCMP Confirms It Bought a Tool that ‘Unlocks’ Hidden Facebook Friends
After a Tyee investigation, Facebook sent a desist notice to the maker who pulled the product.
Horgan Seems Fine with Muzzling the True Site C Watchdog
The independent BC Utilities Commission demanded answers on risks and was brushed off.
Victoria Shower Struggle: Police Raid Volunteer Effort for Homeless
At Beacon Hill Park, hot showers were up and running until the city tore them down and police arrested an activist.
I Lost My Mother to COVID-19. I’m Asking You to Stay Home
If you understood how much this hurts, you might stop planning your holidays.
Researchers Want a Plan to Keep ICU Patients from Ending Up Back in Hospital
One in four patients who leaves intensive care is readmitted within a year. In COVID-19 times, change is needed.
The Tyee Wants Your Bubble Portraits
Give us a peek inside your shrunken world by making art. We’ll share it here!
BC’s Northerners Warned to Stay Home as COVID-19 Cases Rise
‘Our family is in turmoil right now,’ says one Hazelton woman with many relatives battling COVID-19.
Two Years Ago, a Racist Video Rocked a Vancouver School. Here’s What’s Happened Since
District points to motions, meetings and training. But some parents say they don’t see evidence of real change.
BC Ramps Up ‘Urgent’ COVID Restrictions
Mandatory masks, bans on non-essential travel and strict limits on social gatherings all introduced to reverse the growing infection rate.
Keying off Tyee RCMP Revelations, MP Angus Wants an Investigation
Exposé on Project Wide Awake web spying adds reasons to consider changing privacy law, Angus says.
How Better Toxic Drug Alerts Could Save Lives
BC’s patchwork system alerting people to poisoned drugs works well in some regions. But others fall short.
Vancouver’s Poorest Neighbourhoods Now Have Highest Rates of COVID-19
The Downtown Eastside is on alert with many residents dealing with health conditions and living in cramped quarters.
The Law According to Beverley McLachlin
VIDEO: The former Supreme Court leader on progress, improving access and rethinking the delivery of justice.
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Meet the Lead Contact Tracer Fighting COVID-19 in the Fraser Region
‘We’re working to keep up,’ says Dr. Aamir Bharmal as the big second wave hits. An insider’s survey of the spread.
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‘You Have Zero Privacy’ Says an Internal RCMP Presentation. Inside the Force’s Web Spying Program
‘Project Wide Awake’ files obtained by The Tyee show efforts to secretly buy and use powerful surveillance tools while downplaying capabilities.
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US Election Lessons
What does it mean that Biden won while failing to rout Trump and what he stands for? After Election Day U.S.A., The Tyee sifted the mixed results.
We found democratic myths exposed, a long tradition of vote suppression by white elites rooted in Jim Crow. We found progressives reckoning with racism, celebrating grassroots organizing victories, and pondering next steps. We found a Disney-like dream of exceptionalism all but deflated.
Dive deep into the Divided States of America.
Biden Has Won! The Left Gets How Much Credit?
And what now for US progressives? A raucous conversation is just revving up.
Trumped!
Whoever wins, this squeaker of an election already signals the biggest loser — the Divided States of America.
America Doesn’t Do Feel-Good Endings Anymore
It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that US democracy is living on borrowed time.
There’s a Term for Trump’s Strategy of Discrediting the Vote
And it has a long history in the United States.
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Send Us Your Bubble Portrait!
A lot of you have told us you’ve enjoyed Dorothy Woodend’s articles on drawing to get through the pandemic and keep creative juices flowing.
Well, that gave us an idea. Draw or paint us a picture of your bubble mate — a person, pet or thing you find yourself looking at a whole lot in this stay-at-home era. Then take a picture of it and send it to editor [at] thetyee [dot] ca.
We’ll publish the bubbly collection. More here.
And check this out...
Escape to Europe on Your Screen with the Cinematheque
This year’s European Union Film Festival runs Nov. 13 to 29. You can watch from anywhere in Canada.
The Tyee Receives Record Three Webster Award Nominations
Andrew Nikiforuk, Katie Hyslop and our collaboration with Avo Media are finalists for BC’s top journalism awards.
Win a Local Book Prize Pack
One lucky Tyee reader will win eight local reads and $50 to spend at their favourite indie bookstore.
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After COVID-19, Aaron Waddingham Is Going to His Prom Dance
But like all of us, he’s got to weather the storm first. A day in the life.
The Tyee Wants Your Bubble Portraits
Give us a peek inside your shrunken world by making art. We’ll share it here!
What and How You Smell Is More Important than Ever
The good ol’ olfactory system is a gift highlighted by the pandemic, for better and for worse.
Let’s All Listen to Sandy and Nora Talk
Now this is smart analysis of progressive politics. Check out their live show at Vancouver Podcast Fest.
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Reported Elsewhere
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Province to review Vancouver Police Board procedures and independence after street-check report
(via the Vancouver Sun)
LifeLabs COVID-19 antibody test now available in BC
(via TriCity News)
Don't eat inside a restaurant
(via the Atlantic)
Canadian MPs join campaign to release Meng Wanzhou
(via South China Morning Post)
Woman in ICE gynecology scandal faces deportation: 'Almost a death sentence'
(via Vice)
Controversial Chilliwack school trustee under fire for using offensive language
(via CBC)
13 deadly hours: RCMP and a N.S. gunman
(via CBC)
The mental health toll of a pandemic winter, and how to bear it
(via the Walrus)
Terry Teegee re-elected regional chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations
(via CBC)
Internal police board emails raise questions about review of VPD street checks
(via the Vancouver Sun)
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Harm Reduction Through Overdose Prevention
B.C.'s overdose crisis is taking many more lives than the COVID-19 pandemic.
Three years after the provincial NDP government created a ministry to focus on mental health and addictions, we probed how it was working.
In recent years, The Tyee has covered solutions, including prescription street drugs and opioid-assisted treatment. And we’ve said how Vancouver’s mayor could help end the opioid crisis.
In September, Dr. Bonnie Henry issued a public health order for nurses to prescribe controlled substances. Last month Vancouver city council approved the first permanent OPS outside the Downtown Eastside,
and now is moving to decriminalize drugs in the city.Much more can be done. Dive deep to understand how.
Vancouver Aims to Become First Canadian City to Decriminalize Drugs
Mayor Kennedy Stewart says the proposal could be approved ‘within a matter of months.’
BC Created a Ministry to Deal with the Overdose Crisis. Is It Working?
Deaths are down but ODs keep climbing. Critics call for more funding and bolder policies.
How Vancouver’s Next Mayor Can Help End the Opioid Crisis
Three experts on the frontlines weigh in.
An Urgent Call on Overdose Crisis: Prescribe Drugs, End Prohibition
Simply put, ‘fentanyl is a product of our drug policies.’ Second in a series.
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Social Crises Speed Progress
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Major crises accelerate the pace of social, economic and political change, but the direction of such changes is often that which existed before a major crisis arose.
Often a change of direction would lead to a better consequence. However, that will only occur when enough people are willing to look deeply into the situation they face and work collaboratively in a productive direction.
This, unfortunately, is often easier said than done.