No Motor? No Problem!
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Why Canada’s Largest Federal Union Is Talking Strike
The big issue is wages. But sticking points include future of work and anti-racism provisions.
Is the Doctor In? BC Can't Say for Sure
FOI documents highlight the large number of patients without access to primary care.
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Guaranteed Basic Income Is Still a Great Idea
This solution for poverty continues to have support and research to back it up.
New CBC Podcast Series on Kuper Island Residential School Seeks Justice
‘It’s not just a dark chapter in Canada’s history. It’s the whole story,’ says host Duncan McCue.
Please Advise! Big Games in Alberta and Florida, No?
Indeed, we’re on the eve of desperate showdowns. There’s also some hockey being played.
Much Ado about Shakespeare
A UBC scholar on the bard’s place in 21st century classrooms. A Tyee Q&A.
Prioritizing Indigenous Knowledge about Wild Pacific Salmon
What would happen if western science considered fish relatives, rather than commodities?
To the Downtown Eastside, with Love
For his caring work on the doc film 'Love in the Time of Fentanyl,' Colin Askey wins an award for best director.
‘Supportive Housing’ Is No Solution to Homelessness
Five myths that put people at deadly risk, offered by an organizer of the unhoused in Maple Ridge.
Ancient Fire Prevention Practices, Reignited
First Nations want authority to manage wildfire risks, including the right to carry out controlled burns.
Roll Up Your Sleeve for a Fourth Vaccine Dose?
Experts say a robust second booster campaign is key to weathering future waves of the virus.
CONTEST: Win Tickets to the Museum of Anthropology’s Latest Exhibit
One Tyee reader will receive four passes to ‘Xicanx: Dreamers and Changemakers,’ plus a museum shop gift certificate.
How Bruce Mau Turned Design, and the World, On Its Head
‘The present day is the best time in human history to be alive and working,’ the design visionary declares.
Should We Get Rid of Tipping?
Gratuities increasingly shape our lives as workers and customers. Is that what we want?
DFO Suppresses Science and Pushes Salmon Farms, Critics Tell MPs
The federal fisheries department should be stripped of its role in promoting aquaculture, urges MP Elizabeth May.
How the Shipping Industry Sails Through Legal Loopholes
Inside the murky world of dodges that let firms harm workers and the environment.
Growing Up Queer and Evangelical in Victoria, BC
The city's weird underbelly shines in Jessica Campbell’s new graphic novel.
Prescriptions for Our Housing Crisis
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Awards Season in Journalism
It’s the time for annual awards in news media, and The Tyee has no shortage of nominations: two for the National Magazine Awards, eight for the Digital Publishing Awards, three for the Canadian Association of Journalists Awards and one for general excellence from the Canadian Journalism Foundation.
DPA nominations include a feature on early Chinese racism in Canada, personal essays on finding meaning in the cold winter months and more. A special report on Indigenous racism in health care and local impacts of B.C.’s devastating wildfires received nominations from the CJAs.
Stay tuned to see who brings home the fish! The awards shows air from May 28 to June 7.
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CONTEST: Win Tickets to the Museum of Anthropology’s Latest Exhibit
One Tyee reader will receive four passes to ‘Xicanx: Dreamers and Changemakers,’ plus a museum shop gift certificate.
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Ten Award Nominations for Tyee Journalists
Finalists are named for Canada’s prestigious National Magazine Awards and Digital Publishing Awards.
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For Chau Luen Society, the barriers literally grow out of a previous victory for the neighbourhood. The latest in Hot, Hot Housing.
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Experts say a robust second booster campaign is key to weathering future waves of the virus.
Should We Get Rid of Tipping?
Gratuities increasingly shape our lives as workers and customers. Is that what we want?
DFO Suppresses Science and Pushes Salmon Farms, Critics Tell MPs
The federal fisheries department should be stripped of its role in promoting aquaculture, urges MP Elizabeth May.
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How gay icon Renaud Camus became the ideologue of white supremacy
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The interrupted life and final days of Katherine McParland
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Buffalo shooting: how white replacement theory keeps inspiring mass murder
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Culture
New CBC Podcast Series on Kuper Island Residential School Seeks Justice
‘It’s not just a dark chapter in Canada’s history. It’s the whole story,’ says host Duncan McCue.
Much Ado about Shakespeare
A UBC scholar on the bard’s place in 21st century classrooms. A Tyee Q&A.
To the Downtown Eastside, with Love
For his caring work on the doc film 'Love in the Time of Fentanyl,' Colin Askey wins an award for best director.
How Bruce Mau Turned Design, and the World, On Its Head
‘The present day is the best time in human history to be alive and working,’ the design visionary declares.
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Doing the Math on Carbon Capture
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Subsidizing carbon capture, cleanup and reclamation, and buying pipelines — costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars — undermines carbon pricing.
Carbon pricing is supposed to make fossil fuel production more expensive and less profitable. Subsidies for carbon capture to reduce oil and gas industry emissions violate the polluter-pay principle.