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You were able to read this article without hitting a paywall because thousands of readers support our publication. We call them Tyee Builders. These fantastic people chip in so we can pay our talented journalists and keep the news freely accessible to everyone.

The Tyee is a Canadian reader-funded news organization. We track every dollar carefully, and the vast majority of our revenue goes towards paying for in-depth journalism that you won’t read anywhere else.

We believe that our region needs and deserves quality, investigative journalism that gets to the heart of what matters. Please consider joining us today if you share that belief and want to help us keep publishing our stories.

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