A majority of Scots decided in the Sept. 18 referendum that they were better together with the United Kingdom than on their own.

Conor Murphy, a Member of Parliament for Armagh and Newry, dreams of the day citizens of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland get to vote on reunification. Read more…

For the second year in a row, The Tyee's own David Beers is MC'ing the Real Estate Foundation of BC's Land Awards, and we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky Builder. Read more…

The more than 800 companies that make up Canada’s clean technology industry, right now the fastest growing sector of the economy, represent an emerging form of environmentally aware capitalism, argues the country’s top cleantech analyst. Read more…

Vancouver's historic leftwing party has largely lost the blessing of the very labour body that helped launch it nearly five decades ago. Read more…

This August, I had the opportunity to attend the Peoples’ Social Forum in Ottawa. I was there to raise awareness about a charter challenge launched by Dr. Brian Day who is attempting to open the Canadian health care system up to two-tier service delivery. Read more…

This week Premier Christy Clark and her cabinet will sit down with B.C.'s First Nations leaders. For leaders who were promised better by this premier, this meeting has been a long time coming. Read more…

It's Vancouver International Film Festival time once again, and The Tyee has a win-win proposal for you. Read more…

Can we have the widest bridge in the world, the smartest meters, and the best schools? So far Premier Clark indicates we cannot. Read more…

In discussing the strike, why has no one has mentioned the fundamental support provided for special needs students by school district Learning Support Service or Student Support Service departments? Read more…

The chief coroner who quit over a lack of independence in 2010 is returning to B.C. Corrections. Read more…

The president of the British Columbia Teachers' Federation Jim Iker said the union will vote on ending its strike if the government agrees to binding arbitration and drops a demand that would undo the BCTF's court wins. Read more…

Taken aback by complete strangers walking up to you this summer to shake hands? Well, that's because they're back. Candidates on the hustings for a city hall near you. Read more…

A Kamloops school of higher learning wants to buy a drone. Read more…

I was never cut out to be a pioneer or an entrepreneur; risk-taking is just not in my DNA. My friends know me as a follower rather than a leader: a conformist. However, something changed a decade into my Canadian journey. Read more…

The BC Hydro Northwest Transmission line is now powered up and operating, delivering under-priced bulk electricity to mining companies and under-priced delivery services for private power generators.  Read more…

B.C.'s lobbying watchdog has upheld a $1,200 fine against a former BC Liberal MLA connected to a controversial Chinese businessman. Read more…

TransLink could ask B.C. Supreme Court to shut down a violent online video game that depicts the killings of commuters and transit workers on a SkyTrain platform. Read more…

British Columbia's Information and Privacy Commissioner will investigate whether the provincial government broke the law and failed to warn citizens of potential risks at the Mount Polley mine waste dam near Likely. Read more…

A group of Tahltan Nation elders have blocked entry to Imperial Metals’ Red Chris mine near Iskut in northern British Columbia in response to a serious mining waste spill at the company’s Mount Polley mine. Read more…

The Ministry of Environment has ordered that Imperial Metals Ltd. must immediately stop the flow of wastewater from its breached Mount Polley dam, as well as meet several other clean-up obligations, in the wake of a disaster that saw toxic sediment spilled into local watersheds in the B.C. Interior. Read more…