Why Was UNBC’s Board Chair Fired?
NDP government blames ‘racist and discriminatory’ comments. But Aaron Ekman blames performative politics.
Invasion of the Body Latchers
Brian Owens wrote ‘Lyme Disease in Canada,’ just out. So we interviewed him about risks, treatment, a vaccine and more.
BC Ferries Ups the Pressure to Pay $17 Reservation Fee
With more space allocated for drivers who reserve, travellers face more waits unless they pay up.
Even More of Your ‘Objects of Affection’
Inspired by J.B. McKinnon, we asked readers to tell us about their favourite long-lived items. Part two in a series.
Will an Indigenous Healing Centre Finally Find a Home on Vancouver’s Waterfront?
Plans for a centre in Crab Park have stalled for two decades. But a new park board motion could change that.
Crip Camp and the Roots of Disability Activism in the US
How a ragtag group of disabled kids went away for the summer and came home ready to organize a revolution.
Europe Is Planning a Border Carbon Tax. Is Canada Next?
Such tariffs on imports ensure polluting producers aren’t just pushed overseas. Ultimately, a global approach is needed.
Once Divided by Colonialism, the Squamish Nation Honours a Day of ‘Amalgamation’
A ‘legendary’ story of unity is revisited by Coun. Khelsilem.
Woodend’s Summer Flick Picks: Animals, Appetites and Anthony Bourdain
Our culture editor on what to watch this season. Pass the soy snacks.
Lindsay Wong Is a Book Person
We got the scoop on what the award-winning author is reading (and what ice cream she’d pair it with).
Canada’s Islamophobia: Deep. Deadly. Growing
Can today’s ‘emergency national summit’ make a dent in the hatred that has killed Muslims while praying or out for a family walk?
Woodend’s Summer Flick Picks: Skaters, Supreme and Stirring Dance
Our culture editor on what to watch this season. Vin Diesel is optional.
Marcel Mousseau Made the Downtown Eastside Market a Welcoming Space
The artist, who supported himself by selling his handiwork, is sorely missed.
House Sales Are Booming in Rural BC — and Renters Are Getting Slammed
As landlords cash out their ‘investment’ properties, many tenants are losing affordable homes.
A Rolling Memorial for Jared Lowndes Stopped to Visit the Police Who Killed Him
Yesterday’s caravan mixed mourning and protest. Family urged an end to RCMP tactics they say brutalize Indigenous people.
In the Scorching Heat Wave, Smoky Plums Saved Me
What to eat or drink to beat the heat? My vote is for this hotpot tonic.
Uncertain Future Looms for BC’s Distance School Option
Parents fear changes to the Distributed Learning model could end important arrangements for kids with complex needs.
How Video Games Consoled Us During the Pandemic
Business boomed, and gaming found a new role — and new praise — for easing isolation and sadness.
Will Speculators Feast Thanks to Vancouver’s Council?
Pending policy would rezone areas of the city for market rental. What’s to prevent a land price frenzy pushing up rents?
Who Is Vaccine Hesitant? Might We Change Their Minds? New Science Provides Insight
The latest roundup of pandemic findings gathered by The Tyee.
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A Rolling Memorial for Jared Lowndes Stopped to Visit the Police Who Killed Him
Yesterday’s caravan mixed mourning and protest. Family urged an end to RCMP tactics they say brutalize Indigenous people.
Deep Dive
Get to the bottom of something big.
Bringing Reconciliation to Tragic Attention
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
Was there a pre-meditated plan to cause Indigenous people such suffering? Undeniably.
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‘Residential School Perverted Everything that Was Beautiful’
Gina Laing lives a truth for survivors. Healing, never complete, is a process of myriad small acts of rebellion.
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House Sales Are Booming in Rural BC — and Renters Are Getting Slammed
As landlords cash out their ‘investment’ properties, many tenants are losing affordable homes.
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We Asked for Your ‘Objects of Affection.’ We Love What You Shared
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On Now at MOA: Reflecting on Art and Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Recovery from disaster is a long process, as this Museum of Anthropology exhibition demonstrates. Open until Sept. 19.
The Tyee's Summer Reads
Our seasonal staff picks for a sunny (cross your fingers) BC summer. Suggest your own!
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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
The Big Melt is no slow drip. It can trigger sudden landslides and tsunamis. Last in a series.
Fossil Fuels Drive Rapid Glacier Loss across Western Canada, Study Finds
Melting offers a 'big signal' about the climate, expert says.
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Reported Elsewhere
Today's links curated for you.
Renaming places: How Canada is re-examining the map
(via Canadian Geographic)
As Olympic spotlight shines on Japan, LGBT advocates call for change
(via CBC)
Squamish First Nation set to decide on building over 400 affordable rental homes
(via the DailyHive)
Documents reveal who crisis PR team coached and how as Delta police responded to scandal
(via Global News)
'Long COVID' clinics expanding as thousands of British Columbians struggle with symptoms
(via CTV News)
O’Toole gave supporters and other party insiders taxpayer-funded contracts
(via Global News)
'Unprecedented' absence of southern resident killer whales from Salish Sea concerns researchers
(via I Heart Radio)
Indigenous people flooded with requests to survey potential graves
(via CBC)
Despite wildfires and heat wave threats, BC has never used Canada’s cellphone alert system
(via the Globe and Mail)
Indigenous communities in BC can now claim up to $475K to help search for remains
(via CBC)
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We Need a Paradigm Shift
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‘Normal’ is what we make it, not what we are told by others — especially those who seek to profit from us.
As long as the illusion persists that our current ways of living can be sustained, we will travel towards a collapse which can neither be reversed nor managed in a relatively non-catastrophic way.
It is going to take a massive paradigm shift for us to weather the impending energy cliff and we are quickly losing time to prepare.