Restrictions, Travel Warning as Okanagan COVID Cases Continue to Rise
Bars, nightclubs and gyms closed, gatherings limited as case counts climb despite earlier measures.
John Furlong’s Accusers Finally Will Get a Hearing
Nine years after bombshell allegations against the former Olympics CEO, a rights tribunal is set to review the RCMP’s probe.
Rising Concerns about UBC’s COVID Reopening Plans
Faculty members want vaccination requirement, mandatory masking and other measures.
An End of Life Shrouded in Hospital ‘Protocol’
Francis Jordan died in care in White Rock. For his relations, finding out and then claiming his body proved a bizarre quest.
Alberta Joins Team ‘Just Give Up’
Kenney’s new policies are unscientific, self-serving and place his government among a growing global club.
BC to Stay the Course on Reopening Plan Despite Rise in Cases
But one expert says the spread of the Delta variant calls for a return to masks and some other measures.
BC’s Shellfish Farmers Struggle After Heat Wave Decimates Oysters
The heat dome exposed significant gaps in crop support, says an industry advocate.
One Family’s Struggle Through the Pandemic Immigration System
Aiming for Vancouver, the McDougalds spent eight months in limbo. They’re luckier than many others.
Where There’s Smoke, There’s a Fire Lookout
Trina Moyles’s new memoir documents gruelling summers scanning for wildfires in northern Alberta. An excerpt.
Seven Years after Mount Polley Disaster, Mine Waste Still Flows into Quesnel Lake
A ‘temporary’ permit allows wastewater to be dumped in the water. That may not change anytime soon.
Vancouver Police Shove a Man to the Ground, Then Confront a Witness Recording It
‘This... is how they act here every day and have for years,’ says Downtown Eastside community advocate.
Why Canada’s Struggling Small Businesses Should Become Co-ops
COVID has hammered a number of enterprises, but we’re ignoring one way to potentially save them.
One Woman’s Dance with Heat Dome Death
Advocates warn the province is moving too slowly in tracking and managing the health risks from extreme hot weather.
NDP Leader Visits Kamloops Residential School Site
Jagmeet Singh says his party will ‘do everything possible to fight for justice.’
It’s the ‘Danger Zone’ for Vaccine-Resistant COVID Strains. And More Science News
The latest pandemic findings gathered by The Tyee.
The NDP Has Lost Its Way on Old Growth and the Environment
The party’s commitment to sustainability and slowing climate change slipped away once it won power.
BC’s Faltering Effort to Manage Water Use Brings a Looming Crisis
Thousands of groundwater users could be cut off in March as they fail to apply for water licences. Critics blame government inaction.
Residential Schools, Good Intentions and the Road to Hell
The claim that the architects of the system meant well is a dangerous, destructive lie. We should all denounce it.
Mumilaaq Qaqqaq Is Still Hard at Work
The Nunavut MP’s speech bidding farewell to racist federal politics shook the internet. But she’s not going anywhere yet.
One Year on the Downtown Eastside Beat
Jen St. Denis shares how reporting exclusively on one Vancouver neighbourhood has changed her approach to journalism.
Objects of Affection: The Last Batch
From kitchen gadgets to the coziest coats, we’ve loved to see what Tyee readers love most. Last in a series.
