Ian Young on How Local Chinese Communities Helped BC’s COVID-19 Fight
And more pandemic insights from an exceptional journalist.
Hey Tyee Builders, Congratulations for Supporting Award-Winning Journalism
In a bleak week for Canadian news media, The Tyee showed the potential of reader-supported reporting.
Why We Cheat at Social Distancing
If we’re going to stay safe, we all need to understand our biases and how our brains are wired.
Dip into These Specimens of the Sea
ARTIFACT: David Ellingsen’s images celebrate and respect the richness of ocean life.
Why Can’t Your Pharmacist Prescribe Basic Drugs?
Advocates say the pandemic should have brought an expanded role for pharmacists in the health-care system.
When Classes Go Online, Kids’ Privacy Is Put at Risk
Data-sharing tech giants’ ‘free’ software could come at a heavy price. Here’s how to protect students.
The Tyee Is Hiring a Reporter to Cover the Downtown Eastside
The neighbourhood deserves full-time, committed coverage, now more than ever. Applications open until June 14.
It’s Hard to Get Tested for STIs Right Now. Here’s Why That’s Risky
Clinics testing for sexually transmitted infections have cut service because of the pandemic.
Why ‘Wuhan Diary' Triggers China's Rulers
Fang Fang's book is closely-observed life under lockdown. It's also an explosive demand for justice.
Lawrence Martin Watchdogs Washington, DC. What Would You Ask Him?
Send your question for the next Salt Spring Forum video interview in partnership with The Tyee.
SisterSquare: A Popup Refuge for Women on the Downtown Eastside
Safe consumption, warmth, companionship under a white tent — 'I have never seen anything like this place — for women only.'
Good News on Immunity and Vaccines. And More Science Journal Findings
The latest roundup of pandemic research gathered by Hakai Magazine.
The Case for a Public Option for Housing
Our COVID-19 recovery is a chance to tackle various crises, while creating good jobs and more resilient communities.
How the Blob Is Warming BC’s Fjords
Scientists thought it was dead. But it’s heating water faster than the global average.
Booze on the Beach: As Vancouver Eyes Looser Rules, an Expert Warns of Risks
Vancouver council considering push to allow alcohol in parks, but addictions expert warns of downside.
The Seven Sins of Alberta’s Pension Manager Demand a Judicial Review
AIMCo, which just squandered up to $4 billion, is risk-prone, opaque and monopolistic. It must repent.
Data Linking Race and Health Predicts New COVID-19 Hotspots
We found Canada’s Black and immigrant groups are harder hit, but government doesn’t track it.
A Big Sniff in the Face of Coronavirus
Infected people lose their sense of smell, so each day I take a glorious snort of the world. Recommended.
In Vancouver, Vital Legal Help for Indigenous People
UBC law students aid clients with everything from disputes over child apprehension to criminal law.
Find Your Pod
A witness to whales and grief, I’ve learned the greatest threat to life is disconnection.
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The Pandemic in BC Now
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For First Nations, These Are Precedented Times
The pain of loss. Forced isolation. Unimaginable grief. We know them all.
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Pandemic Geographic: Tyee Readers Map Their New Worlds
Dogs, dishes and the blending of days. Thanks for drawing your lockdown life with us.
The Tyee Is Hiring a Reporter to Cover the Downtown Eastside
The neighbourhood deserves full-time, committed coverage, now more than ever. Applications open until June 14.
At Canada’s End of the Road, a Visit with Anne Cameron
The noted author (and Tyee commenter) on Indigenous blockades, her most controversial book, life in Tahsis, and more.
Deep Dive
Get to the bottom of something big.
Fixing Long-Term Care
Just one per cent of Canadians live in long term care residences, yet such places are linked to 80 per cent of COVID-19-related deaths. If there are positive outcomes of the pandemic, one must be major reforms in long-term care. There are calls for government inquiries, for bringing all nursing homes under the Canadian Health Care Act, for improving pay and working conditions for care workers, for abolishing for-profit nursing homes, and for implementing national, universal long-term care. The Tyee has published investigations of this tragic scandal and, collected here, ideas for solutions.
Tough Ethical Questions in Rethinking Long-Term Care
‘We don’t want to make nursing homes the hell you move into before you die.’
Here’s How to Fix the Broken Long-Term Care System
Bringing seniors’ residences under the Canada Health Act and ending for-profit care are critical steps.
On the Sunshine Coast, an Effort to Reinvent Senior Care
We want to create a co-op model of long-term care, learning from COVID-19 tragedies.
I Know How Precious It Is to Say Goodbye to a Parent Dying In Care
As advocates call for nursing home reforms and launch a major lawsuit, a son recalls trying to do right by his dad.
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Racism Is on the Rise. And Asian Canadians are Fighting Back
In Vancouver, Canada and around the world COVID-19 has emboldened racists. Part one of a series.
Deep Dive
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How’re You Holding Up?
Locked-down lifestyles are proving a “boot camp” for testing relationships and personal resilience, observes SFU psychologist Yuthika Girme. The pressures exert themselves on parents balancing work and childcare and homeschooling all under one roof. They can exacerbate anxiety and depression. And they put a major crimp in romance. After all, there are limits to what Zoom can do for the human heart and soul. The Tyee has sought out expert advice and first-person accounts to help everyone hang in there. Dive deep, and don’t forget to come up for air.
Untangling the New Dating, Intimacy and Togetherness (or Not)
Thanks for those sex tips, Dr. Henry! We checked with psychologist Yuthika Girme, too.
How’s Home Schooling Going? We Asked Four Parents
Balancing school, work and sanity in a pandemic during self-isolation.
We Are All at Home
I can hide from the plague, but my kids know where to find me. Notes on a new reality.
It’s a Risky Time for People with Substance Use Issues
Stress, distancing and few supports increase the chance of addiction and its effects. Some keys to improved safety.
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Alberta’s New Normal: Trashing Pollution Protections
By some strange contagious logic, regulators kill public safeguards and blame the virus.
Culture
Dip into These Specimens of the Sea
ARTIFACT: David Ellingsen’s images celebrate and respect the richness of ocean life.
Why ‘Wuhan Diary' Triggers China's Rulers
Fang Fang's book is closely-observed life under lockdown. It's also an explosive demand for justice.
A Big Sniff in the Face of Coronavirus
Infected people lose their sense of smell, so each day I take a glorious snort of the world. Recommended.
Find Your Pod
A witness to whales and grief, I’ve learned the greatest threat to life is disconnection.
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Evicted: Renting Families Lose Home after Home after Home
In Metro Vancouver, it’s tough to put down roots. Will new rent laws and speculation taxes help?
Reported Elsewhere
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Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou loses bid for freedom
(via SCMP)
All of the Conservative donations made by the new owners of the Toronto Star
(via Canadaland)
BC Liberal and Green parties receives federal wage subsidy
(via the Vancouver Sun)
Canada Post tests the waters for postal banking with pilot projects, funding for study
(via the National Observer)
‘Turn back this wave of hate’: 100 writers call for an end to anti-Asian hostility
(via the Guardian)
Limits on gatherings make it a ‘great time to be building a pipeline,’ says Alberta energy minister
(via CBC)
Ex-BC Greens leader Andrew Weaver says province came close to early election
(via Victoria News)
We can’t comprehend this much sorrow
(via New York Magazine)
The case for letting the restaurant industry die
(via the New Yorker)
A conversation in quarantine with Vancouver writer Jackie Wong
(via Maisonneuve)
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My Mom and Dad have re-started their Memory Cafe on the Sunshine Coast online and it is really helping to keep every connected and feeling cared for. I personally really miss volunteering in person with them but they are doing just fine.