Right through Last Year, Vancouver Police ‘Carded’ a High Rate of Black and Indigenous People
The force says it’s sharply downscaled such checks in 2020, but critics raise rights concerns.
Lake Babine Nation Agreement with Feds, BC Hailed as Model for Future
The pact, developed with elected and hereditary leadership, provides land, cash and includes a process for implementing rights and title.
The New Faces of BC’s Old-Growth Activism
It’s not mom and dad’s ‘War in the Woods.’ Meet the forest rebels trying to decolonize direct action. Last in a series.
We Asked Smart People If the NDP Should Call an Election
Here’s what 15 politically savvy British Columbians told us.
How Police Drug Seizures Are Making Life Worse on the Downtown Eastside
VPD claims not to target users. But officers seized small amounts of drugs more than 15,000 times in three years.
Vancouver Police Board Pushes Review of Street Checks to Next Year
Mayor and council have asked the board to end the practice, which disproportionately affects Black and Indigenous people.
Horgan Unveils Economic Recovery Plan, Dodges Election Questions
Tax breaks, training and climate measures all part of $1.5-billion package.
Toussaint Louverture Refuses to Die
Why the Haitian revolutionary who liberated his nation from slavery resonates today.
A Dream of ‘Messing About in Boats’
Sail away from reality with this new book of painter E.J. Hughes’ best schooners, ferries, steamers and more.
Canadian Billionaires’ Wealth Is Skyrocketing in the Pandemic
While frontline workers cope with job losses, the richest are thriving. It’s time to tax that wealth.
Vancouver’s New Affordable Housing Plan Needs a Serious Tweak
It will accelerate land-price inflation, which drives our housing crisis. Here’s the math.
Misinformation Was Always Dangerous. Social Media Has Turned It into a Viral Sickness
Facebook’s reach is being used to create division, spread hate and harm democracy. And the corporation doesn’t care.
How OCD, CBT and a Therapist Inspired Charles Demers to Write a Mystery Novel
As Word Vancouver goes online this year, the Vancouver polymath talks about his new series.
‘Life-saving and Life-changing’: BC’s Safe Supply Program Gets Major Expansion
More drugs covered, more people eligible and increased access all promised as part of overdose crisis response.
BC Rights Commissioner Sets a Path for Collecting Race-Based Data
A legal requirement and ‘grandmother perspective’ are needed to ensure information is used to end discrimination and address inequities, says report.
Allow Me to Reintroduce Our Northern BC Reporter
The Tyee’s Amanda Follett Hosgood came aboard as a full-timer last week. Let’s get (re)acquainted.
The Deep Roots of BC’s Old Growth Defenders
As efforts to stop clear cutting old-growth forests in BC heat up again, veterans of early struggles offer inspiration. Part of a series.
Council Orders Tiny Homes Option Be Weighed for Vancouver’s Homeless Crisis
Also under staff’s microscope: hotel conversions and designated RV parks.
First Nations Launch Challenge to Government’s COVID-19 Secrecy
Indigenous leaders say the refusal to provide information on nearby cases is putting communities at risk.
A New, Huge Study on Public Trust in Vaccines. And More Science Journal News
The latest roundup of pandemic findings gathered by Hakai Magazine.
COVID-19 This Fall: How We’ve Prepared
BC’s health minister on what’s been done and what all of us still need to do.
Pandemic, Wildfire Smoke and Overdoses Hit the Downtown Eastside
A shelter has reduced access after two staff COVID-19 cases and virus precautions have limited people’s ability to escape smoky air.
Ten Friends Sent Us Notes of Support
As we streak to add 600 monthly Tyee Builders, meet some cool members.
Red Cedar: The Amazing Giving Tree
Its future in doubt, no other tree has provided such abundance and identity for northwest peoples, or such habitat and carbon storage in the forest. First in a series.
Sonia Furstenau Wins BC Green Leadership as Election Speculation Grows
Current MLA announced as winner, urges NDP not to call an early election.
Please Advise! Does the Whole Smoky Hellscape Thing Boost BC Green Chances?
Dr. Steve assesses the provincial party’s new leader and outlook.
Drop in International Students Less than Feared, but Universities Face Cash Crunch
Early enrolment numbers are encouraging, but decline means a loss of revenue for schools and the province.
A Family Doctor’s Prescription for Fixing Primary Care
BC College of Family Physicians’ president Jeanette Boyd on how to improve care and patient outcomes without the risks of corporate medicine.
If Trudeau Suddenly Looks Green, Here’s Why
Fossil fuels flagging, the economy demands reinvention. Expect a bold gamble of a throne speech.
Going for a Walk in a Pandemic Is Great, Except for...
The droplet spewers, the prolific poopers and other risks of the great and terrible outdoors.
The Big Smoke
‘A regular thing?’ Scenes from Vancouver, where air quality has been declared among the world’s worst.
