What Are Charities Learning from the WE Scandal?
Forget ‘charitainment’. Be ultra-transparent. And more from non-profit experts. WE isn’t typical of the sector, they say.
Food Bank Photo Ops Are Good for Police. But What about Clients?
The Greater Vancouver Food Bank celebrated the role of uniformed RCMP officers in food distribution. Critics say it showed a broken system.
Why BC’s Illicit Drugs Are Increasingly Deadly
The pandemic has brought ‘extreme’ concentrations of fentanyl and other dangerous additives. And safe supply efforts have fallen short, say advocates.
Thousands of Quakes, Tied to Fracking, Keep Shaking the Site C Dam Region
Several recent reports on the tremors add to concerns about the mega-project’s stability.
End the Navy War Games in the Pacific Ocean
They dirty our waters, threaten health and have harmed women and girls. Cancel RIMPAC.
Look Over There! Jason Kenney’s Phoney Nuclear Power Distraction
Why the Alberta premier’s small nukes pipe dream makes no economic sense.
Paul Willcocks on Legacy Media: ‘If Everyone Thinks We Are in Crisis, I Will Be Happy’
The veteran publisher and now Tyee editor shares insights gained over a long career.
Queer Canadians Need Anti-Racism Training, Says Gay Refugee
After fleeing homophobia in Iran, one man grapples with discrimination in Vancouver’s white-dominated LGBTQ+ community. He’s not alone.
Open Schools Help Vulnerable Students and Families. But at What Cost?
Parents and educators accept schools’ role in reducing inequality. But they’re still wary of reopening plans.
Alberta’s Environment Minister Cheered on Coal Mining in New Areas before Restrictions Were Dropped
Months before ending the Coal Policy, the Kenney government issued letters of support for open-pit projects.
Joe Sacco Shows What’s Been Taken from the North — and What Remains
In ‘Paying the Land,’ the renowned artist and journalist brings the words of the Dene people to an international audience.
It’s a Pandemic Myth that Density Makes Us Sick and Suburbs Are Healthier
Researchers checked 36 cities, finding 'near-zero' correlation between density and COVID-19 rates.
His Name Is Sugar. Fishing Is His Life. Are the Sweet Days Over?
Three generations of the Hamada family have harvested BC salmon. He’s the last Japanese Canadian on his wharf.
Hunger Strike Ends, but Old Growth Battle Just Beginning, Say Protesters
Lack of response from government led Nanaimo duo to give up fast after two weeks.
A Path to Eliminate the Pandemic in Canada. And More Science Journal News
The latest roundup of pandemic findings gathered by Hakai Magazine.
Greens Push Pilot Project to Offer Mental Health Support under MSP
Pandemic has highlighted need to provide better mental health care, say advocates.
What Will Your Future Coastal Holidays Look Like?
As climate change radically transforms cities, it’s time to reimagine the way we do tourism.
BC Promises More Overdose Prevention Sites. But Will They Slow Rising Death Rates?
An advocate welcomes the expanded services, but warns the effort needs to be paired with programs to supply safe drugs.
Miss Woodend’s Guide to Coronavirus Etiquette
The pandemic confounded the rules on how we relate to one another. A lesson on the new modern manners is in order.
The Virus Has Frozen a Generation’s Hopes
In Guatemala, like much of the developing world, youth are forced to cancel dreams to help their families survive.
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The Arts Are Beautiful. The Culture Is Not
Arts orgs are imploding under the pressure of systemic racism and poor worker conditions. It’s about time.
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Site C, a Crisis Foretold
Costs for B.C.’s mega-project are ballooning due to problems with soft ground. That should surprise no one who read Zoe Ducklow’s reports leading into the 2017 provincial election. From May 3, 2017:
“The official budget is $8.775 billion, which includes almost $1 billion… for unexpected costs or overruns. But is $1 billion enough? Comparable modern dams in Canada have run way over budget… In [two] cases the land was harder to build on than anticipated and cost estimates were too low, according to the CEOs of the power corporations.”
Cracks in the wall of promises were there to see in these Tyee explainers.
Do We Even Need the Site C Dam?
Not really, at least now, the evidence suggests. Part of a reader-engaged series.
Answering Your Final Questions about Site C
On the politics, finances, effect on electricity rates and more. Last in a reader-engaged series.
Why BC Liberals Blocked Usual Independent Review for Site C
Politicians wanted to avoid tough questions about need for project, future costs, critics say.
Is Site C Really ‘Past the Point of No Return?’
Cancelling unneeded, expensive, high-risk dam still smart choice, former CEO, economist say.
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What Kenney Had to Kill to Embrace Coal
Alberta’s 1976 Coal Policy protected vital drinking water supplies for much of the province. That’s gone now.
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Our Downtown Eastside Reporter on Her First Month, and Why Her Beat Matters More than Ever
Jen St. Denis was the latest guest on Tyee’s ‘Three Things’ interview series.
This Fall, an Invitation to Fight Loneliness in Your Community
In September, people all over BC are meeting to talk about what’s on their minds. You should join them.
Welcome to New York: Geoff Dembicki on Reporting from Ground Zero
Cockroaches, coronavirus, Biden and Black Lives Matter. Being a journalist in America right now is a wild ride.
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An Overdose Prevention Worker Is Killed on Duty. His Colleagues Want Answers
Thomus Donaghy was devoted to harm reduction. He died after a violent altercation Monday.
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Joe Sacco Shows What’s Been Taken from the North — and What Remains
In ‘Paying the Land,’ the renowned artist and journalist brings the words of the Dene people to an international audience.
Miss Woodend’s Guide to Coronavirus Etiquette
The pandemic confounded the rules on how we relate to one another. A lesson on the new modern manners is in order.
My Turn as a Bear Paparazzi
On a recent trip to Manitoba, I scored a rare shot of a mother nursing her cubs. No regrets.
The Arts Are Beautiful. The Culture Is Not
Arts orgs are imploding under the pressure of systemic racism and poor worker conditions. It’s about time.
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Living in a Persistent Pandemic
Even a Vaccine Won’t Erase this Pandemic
And other tough, contrarian messages from virologist William Haseltine. We ignore them at our peril, he says.
Why Social Distancing Could Stretch to 2022
Be prepared for a long emergency, say new research studies.
We Are in a New Danger Zone
Now may feel safer, but the virus, unsolved, remains a deadly threat to health and social order.
We’re Dumb about Exponential Growth. That’s Proving Lethal
And not just for COVID-19. The same ignorance accelerates the climate crisis.
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Stop Gaslighting Teachers!
Don’t tell us how ‘significant’ schools are for BC’s students. We’ve been fighting for them for years.
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Austin City Council votes to cut police department budget by one-third, reinvest money in social services
(via the Texas Tribune)
Witness records violent arrest of cyclist near Commercial Drive
(via Vancouver Is Awesome)
Queen Charlotte Lodge closes for the year after B.C. bans non-essential travel to Haida Gwaii
(via CBC)
Concord Pacific pays $1 billion for St. Paul’s Hospital site
(via Business in Vancouver)
Paramedics fired after Downtown Eastside patient forced to crawl
(via CBC)
A private equity firm bought ancestry, and its trove of DNA, for $4.7B
(via Vice)
Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate, first black woman
(via AP News)
BC Liberal riding president resigns after anti-LGBTQ Facebook rants come to light
(via Press Progress)
The anatomy of a city with a hate problem
(via DailyXtra)
The unravelling of 'the unravelling of America'
(via Medium)
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Anger as an Energy for Good
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This crisis has taken so much from so many people. Be angry but channel that anger to seeking change, standing with the peers and the clients. Everyone has value. Every life is a life worth saving…. Anger is an energy, and it can be channeled for good.