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Call to resurrect 'Deconstructing Dinner' podcast as multimedia TV series
The creator of a popular podcast which ran on The Tyee from 2008 to 2009 has launched a fundraising campaign to resurrect it as an online-accessible multimedia television series. Read more…
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Do you have a special story to share from your own backyard? Read the results of that poll here.
Canadian MSM political news coverage leaves much to be desired: report
A new study on the state of Canadian political journalism was released this morning. Its assessment: a resounding "meh." Read more…
Years before pleading guilty to corruption, Basi alleged Clark was leak
The allegations contained in a newly released memo related to the BC Rail case were aired in British Columbia Supreme Court three years ago, before the person who wrote them pleaded guilty to corruption charges. Read more…
Tory budget cuts force Radio Canada International off-air
World, say goodbye to Canadian shortwave radio. As part of the cuts announced in April’s budget, Radio Canada International has shut down its shortwave transmitters and moved to an online-only Internet stream. Read more…
Contradicting BC premier, shale gas calculated to be 'dirty' as coal
B.C. Premier Christy Clark announced on Thursday that natural gas is a "clean energy" if used to develop and ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Asia.
But experts have calculated that "fracked" shale gas of the sort that B.C. produces has a large greenhouse emissions footprint -- as big as coal's, even. Read more…
Tyee named Western Canada's Best Online Magazine
The Western Magazine Awards, given out Friday evening, included a new category this year: Best Online Magazine. The first ever recipient was The Tyee, edging out BCBusiness, BCLiving.ca, Boulderpavement, and Wine Access. Read more…
Indie publisher co-op gets funding back in sudden federal reversal
In an abrupt change of heart, federal Heritage Minister James Moore today revealed a marketing co-op for small Canadian publishers will get to keep its public funding after all. Read more…
New website translates French-language media coverage of student protests
A new website is providing translations of the French-language Quebec media coverage of the ongoing student protests. Read more…
Animal Health Act amendment to clarify who is meant by 'a person'
The British Columbia government is clarifying who it means by "a person" in a bill aimed at restricting people from sharing information about animal diseases, but is not acting on concerns raised by the province's information and privacy commissioner. Read more…
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Postmedia will stop some Sunday papers, cut unspecified number of jobs
TORONTO -- Major changes are afoot at Postmedia with the publisher axing several of its Sunday papers and announcing plans to cut an unspecified number of jobs in an effort to combat declining ad revenue. Read more…
RCMP conducted five-month national security probe into leaked F-35 story
OTTAWA - The Harper government called in the RCMP to investigate a politically embarrassing story involving the decision to sole-source the purchase of the F-35 stealth fighter, claiming it was a breach of national security, The Canadian Press has learned. Read more…
Reporters will remain free to report on animal disease outbreaks: minister
The British Columbia government has no intention of restricting journalists from reporting on disease outbreaks on farms, said Agriculture Minister Don McRae. Read more…
Levant's latest rant about Tyee 'dead wrong' says editor
Right-wing television host Ezra Levant spent some of his May 9 Sun TV program making false claims about The Tyee. Read more…
Huffington Post to launch BC, Alberta editions
The Huffington Post Media Group today announced plans to launch two new regional website in Canada: HuffPost British Columbia and HuffPost Alberta. Read more…
Globe to Harper govt: Stop 'smearing' green critics
The federal government's claim that Canada's environmental movement is "laundering" money for foreign charities is apparently part of a deliberate campaign to "smear and intimidate" its critics, reads a Globe and Mail editorial. Read more…
In protest of library staff cuts, VPL workers will leaflet writers fest
Unionized workers at the Vancouver Public Library (VPL) are feeling the bite of $500,000 worth of planned staff hour cuts, which union members plan to protest by leafleting the May 9 Vancouver International Writers Festival at the VPL, said Alexandra Youngberg, president of CUPE Local 391. Read more…
Mulcair declares himself friend of reporters, foe of Harper
NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair vowed to work alongside journalists to fight against the Harper government’s lack of transparency at The Canadian Association of Journalists conference on Sunday. Read more…
Will Conrad Black step out of U.S. prison a new man?
Don't expect a brand new man when Conrad Black, Canada's most famous former press baron, emerges from a Florida prison and sheds the jumpsuit. Read more…
Colleen Kimmett’s Tyee piece nominated for National Magazine Award
Colleen Kimmett is a finalist for a National Magazine Award in the category of Best Short Feature, the nod coming for her Tyee-published first-person account of falling in and out of love with raising chickens in her Vancouver backyard. Read more…
Another change in BC Premier Christy Clark's office
The deputy press secretary in Premier Christy Clark's office who is married to a CBC legislative reporter is leaving to take a communications job in a government ministry. Read more…
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