He Went to the ER for Help. Instead, He Ended Up Battered
Security staff at a Victoria hospital moved instantly to physical violence, says Indigenous man seeking care.
Kenney’s COVID Denials, Alberta’s Health-Care Catastrophe
The embattled premier told a Montreal talk radio station no lockdowns are coming. Who believes him now?
What the R. Kelly Story Tells Us about Enablers
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A Local True Crime Books List for Darkening Days
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Murray Dobbin, ‘Giant of the Canadian Left’
The activist and thinker exposed much and inspired many. He was our good friend and comrade.
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In times of crisis, wrote the late Murray Dobbin, pushing past paralysis is our personal and collective task.
Unsafe Lead in Water Is Widespread in Vancouver Island Daycares
Nearly half are affected, tests show. Managers say finding fixes is confusing and frustrating. A Tyee investigation.
Studio 58 Celebrates the Return to the Theatre in New Season
Tickets are now on sale for the nationally renowned program’s 56th year.
CONTEST: Win a BC History Book Prize Pack!
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‘Someone Is Going to Be Seriously Injured or Killed’
At Fairy Creek, tensions between protesters and RCMP create heightening risk. Experts say it won’t end well. A Tyee special report.
We’re Not Short of Workers. We Have Too Many Crappy Jobs
Restaurants are struggling to find staff. Mostly, that’s because they’re bad places to work.
Phase Out Natural Gas? A Big No from Many Cities
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Vancouver Binners Bumped from Victory Square for Netflix Movie, Say Event Organizers
Project staff call for a conversation about equitable use of public space in the Downtown Eastside.
Love and Grief: Smithers Mural Honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
‘They included us. They got feedback on what we wanted, and that’s what we need more of.’
Parents and Teachers Demand Transparency on COVID-19 in Schools
Dr. Bonnie Henry has said notifications will improve, but some fear the information won’t be enough.
BC Commits to Paid Sick Leave by Jan. 1, But Details Still to Come
Government wants to hear from public, workers and employers on eligibility and number of paid days.
On Lasqueti Island, a Wild and Woolly Issue Has Divided Residents
Of all the fractious debates plaguing communities today, here it’s feral sheep. Can islanders reach a compromise?
Vancouver Ordered Repairs to a Dangerous SRO Two Years Ago. They’re Still Not Done
Council voted Wednesday to seek a court injunction to force owners to fix safety issues at the Regal Hotel.
RCMP Arrest Tree-sitter Protesting Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Bill Winder, a retiree, said it was worth it, noting the climate crisis has reached ‘code red.’
How Seriously Should We Take the People’s Party of Canada?
It’s tempting to ignore Bernier and his followers as deluded trolls. It’s also dangerous.
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The uncovering of unmarked graves from former residential schools continues to shake the country. And the country needs to be shaken.
We know the harrowing scars of these institutions. How the deep disregard of Indigenous people through colonialism created a genocide. How the settlers that spoke up against the status quo were not heeded.
Indigenous communities continue to live the pain but still manage to find hope. Powerful art and books evoke the horror, and Elders’ Oral Histories carry the weight.
The path towards reconciliation and healing is long. Follow us into our dark history to see its reality in the present.
To Break Residential Schools' Dark Legacy, Understand Why
Know the roots of Canada's incarceration of native children and see why effects linger.
There Is Truth Here: The Power of Art from Residential Schools on Display
Museum of Vancouver exhibition pays tribute to the resiliency and abilities of students.
‘The Story of a National Crime’
A century ago, Dr. Peter Bryce demonstrated that residential schools were designed to kill. Canada’s government ignored him.
Why Canada and Genocide Belong in the Same Sentence
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Share. Connect. Enjoy. Be an Intentional Citizen
In times of crisis, wrote the late Murray Dobbin, pushing past paralysis is our personal and collective task.
Love and Grief: Smithers Mural Honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
‘They included us. They got feedback on what we wanted, and that’s what we need more of.’
Books Are Empathy Machines, Says Richard Powers
We talk to the Pulitzer winner about his destabilizing, hopeful new novel, ‘Bewilderment.’
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BC’s Receding Rivers of Ice
There are more than 16,000 glaciers in British Columbia. Most of them will be gone in several decades, researchers predict.
What will it mean that so much ice is vanishing from the province’s peaks? Glaciologists are learning using a range of technologies. The loss will threaten ocean ecosystems far below, affecting plankton, salmon, bears, people.
A recent massive landslide and flood at Bute Inlet demonstrates the power unleashed when melting glaciers dislodge rock and ice.
A special Tyee series explores the Big Melt and geoengineering ideas for offsetting impacts.
The Big Melt
In mere decades, many of BC’s 16,000 glaciers will be gone. That will change life on our coast, from plankton to people. First in a series.
How The Big Melt Will Change Life for People and Nature
As BC’s coastal mountain glaciers recede the effects alter ecosystems. Can human engineering begin to compensate? Second in a series.
The Bute Inlet Disaster: How Dying Glaciers Can Unleash Devastation
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Learning Beyond the Language We Know
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It’s telling that we have millions to spend to get people from elsewhere to learn the local colonists' language, but very little to teach Canadians the languages that belong to the land…
Many people seem capable of learning music notation, math symbols and multiple languages... we can manage to learn what an upside down "7" is supposed to sound like.