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Amidst National Crisis, Province Gives Unist’ot’en an Ultimatum
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New Study Finds Far Greater Methane Threat from Fossil Fuel Industry
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'I'm Weird with Food'
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RCMP Handling of Wet’suwet’en Protests Mirrors Complaints in New Brunswick
Almost 12 months after receiving report from complaints commission, RCMP still hasn’t responded.
The BC Liberals’ Budget Misfire
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Wet’suwet’en Crisis: Whose Rule of Law?
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What if journalism could go beyond pointing out problems and instead search for and connect people working on making things better? There’s a term for this: solutions journalism. It’s not widely practiced, but The Tyee has been on the forefront of solutions journalism in Canada for over a decade.
“The idea is that reporting on responses to problems can provide larger impact, more insight, increased engagement, and examine issues in closer detail by looking at the other side of stories we rarely see. How are we doing better? It’s a shift in focus and mindset for publications and their employees; a new lens for professionals to look through. It’s not about hero worship or telling heartwarming stories about your neighbourhood bake sale. It’s about compiling anecdotes, facts, interviews, and research to tell stories about positive impact.”
Read more about solutions journalism and how The Tyee does it in this article from the Ryerson Review of Journalism.
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Ken Lum, an Artist Double Crossed?
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‘The Rapist Is You’
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Art by Emily Carr Faculty Zings Their Own Employer
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Harvey Weinstein is found guilty on two counts
(via The New York Times)
Before his death on the job, Sam Fitzpatrick told TV crew his worksite was ‘pretty dangerous’
(via CBC News)
Privacy watchdogs to probe Clearview AI's facial-recognition technology
(via Times Colonist)
My business will be negatively affected by the railway blockades. I still support them
(via CBC News)
B.C. women say they experienced racial discrimination while flying with Air Canada
(via CTV News)
Bahamians ‘trying to come to grips’ with rape allegations against Peter Nygard
(via CBC News)
‘It was wild’: Zamboni driver David Ayres on his incredible night as emergency NHL goalie
(via CTV News)
Condé Nast agrees to end the use of NDAs across the entire company
(via The Daily Beast)
Malena Ernman on daughter Greta Thunberg: ‘She was slowly disappearing into some kind of darkness’
(via The Guardian)
Revealed: Quarter of all tweets about climate crisis produced by bots
(via The Guardian)
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On the virtues of tree hugging
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The label "tree hugger" is often looked upon in patronizing, almost negative manner. If you are lucky enough to have easy access to a wooded walking (snowshoeing) trail, pick a special tree and give it a hug. A good hug, not the phony one that has taken the place of the air kiss among our cool class. It may sound like crackpot, new age nonsense, but try it anyway. Nothing better if you have had a bad day. You will look forward to your next meeting. Works for me and I'm a hard-nosed realist.