Laughing Alone: An Exchange
Decades apart in age, two friends chat back and forth about reasons to smile in isolating times.
COVID-19 Will Stretch, But Not Break, BC’s Health System
Distancing and other measures are likely to keep demand to manageable levels, government models show.
Is it Time to Invoke the Federal Emergencies Act?
Greens’ Elizabeth May says yes as civil liberties advocates warn against sweeping police powers at provincial level.
Tiny Virus, Big Picture
The Tyee asked 13 thinkers how the pandemic will change Canada and the world. It could get radical.
Here’s Some Comfort Cinema for You
A bunch of films folks at the Tyee will be revisiting to feel a little better.
The Long Road to This Winter of Protests
Over a decade ago, a network of land defenders envisioned how direct action, backed by non-Indigenous support, could transform Canada. Now it’s close to happening.
How the COVID-19 Crisis Is Hurting Sex Workers
Pandemic means fewer clients, greater risks, and it’s hard to get benefits available to other workers.
Coronavirus Curated: Top Links for March 27
Ten recommendations from the The Tyee team, who wish you a good weekend.
Supplying Safe Drugs to Users in Downtown Eastside Gets Green Light
The program and new shelters are among measures to combat COVID-19 spread in neighbourhood.
Coronavirus Curated: Top Links for March 26
Ten informative reads on the pandemic, gathered for you by The Tyee team.
In Nerds We Trust
Family and friends turn to science communicators like me to make sense of a pandemic. Here’s what I learned about handling good and bad info in a crisis.
She Plots the Possible Arcs of the Pandemic
‘Don't lose heart,’ says SFU mathematician Caroline Colijn. Social distancing needs time to work.
Home Care Is Supposed to Help. In a Pandemic It May Hurt
The sector’s problems raise fears home-care workers will spread COVID-19 among seniors.
Why BC’s Big Capital Budget May Be Ideal in a Pandemic Economy
And a short history of how ideas about spending in crises have changed.
Can Empathy Help Beat a Pandemic?
UBC researchers plan to track the attitudes of thousands around the world to understand our response to COVID-19.
What Should We Do with These Super Spreader Bozos?
Please advise! Even some rocks for brains doctors don’t seem to get it.
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Get to the bottom of something big.
How The Tyee Is Covering COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is all over the media. What does The Tyee seek to add?
Our legislative bureau chief Andrew MacLeod is tracking actions by the province. Contributing editors Crawford Kilian and Andrew Nikiforuk are providing wider context: where is the outbreak taking us and how did we get here?
All the Tyee’s team is now focused on the crisis, doubling our daily story output. Reporters Katie Hyslop, Chris Cheung, Moira Wyton and Amanda Follett Hosgood are working around the clock, complemented by other regular contributors and our new partnership with the team of Hakai Magazine.
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The Lives and Deaths Debate about Handling the Pandemic
Various nations are running different experiments about what to do. Who is right?
‘I’m Really Scared’
Scenes from the Downtown Eastside in a time of pandemic.
Test, Lockdown, Test: Prescription for Small and Island Communities
We must learn from how one Italian town appears to have halted the coronavirus.
Five Things to Know about Life with Closed Schools
The government says learning will continue. But how is still a question mark.
Tyee Insider
What we're up to. How to be involved.
Say hello to The Tyee’s new virtual office
In-person gatherings are out, but the news never stops. The Tyee team has moved to a 100 per cent remote newsroom, settling into a new way of working while bringing you in-depth reporting updated throughout the day on the situation in B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We’re physically isolating, but keeping social through daily video calls. Pictured right is part of the Tyee team, calling in from our new home offices.
Clockwise from top left, culture editor Dorothy Woodend, publisher Jeanette Ageson, reporter Christopher Cheung, reporter Katie Hyslop, editorial assistant Olamide Olaniyan, practicum student Missy Johnson, editor David Beers, reporter Amanda Follett Hosgood and outreach manager Emma Cooper.
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Tell Us Your Stories about Working (or Not) During the Crisis
What’s going on with your job or business? Bosses doing the right thing? Email us your experience and The Tyee will share.
The Power of Solutions Journalism (and Some History)
Reporting on what works is gaining steam. Its Canadian roots are deep.
Say Hello to Our New Health Reporter: Moira Wyton
She’s eager to start sharing important stories about the state of well-being in BC. Get to know her.
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The ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ in the Downtown Eastside
COVID-19 could spread like ‘wildfire’ in the vulnerable community. Advocates say help can’t wait.
Culture
Laughing Alone: An Exchange
Decades apart in age, two friends chat back and forth about reasons to smile in isolating times.
Here’s Some Comfort Cinema for You
A bunch of films folks at the Tyee will be revisiting to feel a little better.
In Nerds We Trust
Family and friends turn to science communicators like me to make sense of a pandemic. Here’s what I learned about handling good and bad info in a crisis.
What Should We Do with These Super Spreader Bozos?
Please advise! Even some rocks for brains doctors don’t seem to get it.
Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
Bail out Workers, Not Fossil Fuels, Climate Advocates Tell Trudeau
Oil execs seeking billions in support and taxes halted have Ottawa’s ear, reports say.
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COVID-19 Will Stretch, But Not Break, BC’s Health System
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BC’s Work Camps Stay Open Despite Pandemic Risks
Workers spreading virus could swamp health system, say experts. ‘Tool down’ megaprojects, urges labour.
Reported Elsewhere
Today's links curated for you.
Alberta health minister accused of berating Calgary physician, ‘intimidating’ citizens
(via CBC News)
Let’s count the ways Texas’s dismal health care landscape could make coronavirus worse
(via Texas Monthly)
All rough sleepers in England should be housed by the weekend, government says
(via The Independent)
How the pandemic will end
(via The Atlantic)
Trump wants to ‘reopen America.’ Here’s what happens if we do
(via The New York Times)
Why Germany's coronavirus death rate is far lower than in other countries
(via NPR)
The right is using COVID-19 to wage war on reusable grocery bags
(via Heated)
Nearly half of Canada’s COVID-19 cases now acquired through community spread, Public Health Agency of Canada says
(via The Globe and Mail)
MPs pass legislation for COVID-19 supports after opposition limits government's powers
(via CBC News)
44% of Canadian households report lost work amid COVID-19 pandemic: poll
(via Global News)
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Best ‘Work From Home’ practices
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Having worked from home, I would suggest the following: set aside a specific place to work, if at all possible. The kitchen table (by location) may provide too many distractions. Avoid the non-computer distractions like the television. Unless you need for work, turn all the phones and non-work email accounts off.
Watch the diet! Working from home makes it easier to keep a balance diet, but, also enables bad diet decisions (like breakfast cereal three times a day). Higher-maintenance or demanding pets can be a challenge, as can small children. Being at home disrupts their routine, so, you may have to adjust your work schedule to fit their schedules better.