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The Conservative Party of BC says it won’t be co-operating with ...

2026-10-06T16:50:05Z

The Conservative Party of BC says it won’t be co-operating with “splinter parties” like right-wing OneBC, headed by former Conservative MLA Dallas Brodie. Jen St. Denis reports. #bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/10/06/BC-Conservatives-Shun-Dallas-Brodie-OneBC/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

SCOOP: The State of Washington is urging Mark Carney’s ...

2026-09-29T13:45:03Z

SCOOP: The State of Washington is urging Mark Carney’s government not to fast-track the proposed West Coast pipeline. Sarah Cox reports. #CanPoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/09/29/Pump-Brakes-West-Coast-Oil-Pipeline/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“This tragedy occurred in a political environment that ...

2026-09-28T21:51:49Z

“This tragedy occurred in a political environment that prioritized economic growth over the health and safety of a vulnerable group of workers. The result was a large-scale, tragic outbreak, the scope of which was preventable,” reads a new Parkland Institute report.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/09/28/UCP-Deadly-Betrayal-Meat-Plant-Workers-During-COVID/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

As Simon Fraser University considers a new contract for cleaning ...

2026-09-15T17:19:32Z

As Simon Fraser University considers a new contract for cleaning services, a group of staff and faculty members is calling for the university to stop outsourcing food and janitor services.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/09/15/Faculty-Call-SFU-Stop-Outsourcing-Janitorial-Work/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Jim Stanford: “This claim of interprovincial subsidization is ...

2026-09-15T16:44:00Z

Jim Stanford: “This claim of interprovincial subsidization is completely false. Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.”

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/09/15/Alberta-Does-Not-Subsidize-Rest-Canada/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

"Vermeer used light as few other painters have, before or ...

2026-09-11T23:37:55Z

"Vermeer used light as few other painters have, before or since, to create a kind of reality. Even banal topics gain an unexpected shock value by making us feel we have just blundered into an intimate moment."

Crawford Kilian reviews a book that sheds new light on the Dutch master painter. 🖼️

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/09/11/Dutch-Painter-Johannes-Vermeer-Spiritual-Quiet-Intensity/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Social activists are wrangling data and exposing the networks of ...

2026-08-05T17:56:39Z

Social activists are wrangling data and exposing the networks of powerful entities behind Trump’s expanding surveillance apparatus. Sarah Grant, Chris Hurl and Kevin Walby write.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/08/05/Activists-Fighting-Back-ICE-Surveillance/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“There are lineages in the deep sea that have survived all of ...

2026-08-05T16:33:16Z

“There are lineages in the deep sea that have survived all of Earth’s mass extinctions, except potentially what we’re about to do,” deepwater ecology scientist Cherisse Du Preez said.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/08/05/Deep-Sea-Mining-Would-Devastate-Ocean-Life/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A Vancouver teenager is asking the federal government to improve ...

2026-07-16T15:31:58Z

A Vancouver teenager is asking the federal government to improve public education about endometriosis, a condition that affects roughly one in 10 people assigned female at birth, or two million Canadians. Michelle Gamage reports. #vanpoli #bced

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/16/Vancouver-Teen-Mission-Endometriosis-Education/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

How much plastic do we consume, where is it coming from and what ...

2026-07-13T16:51:03Z

How much plastic do we consume, where is it coming from and what is it doing to us?

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/13/What-We-Really-Know-Microplastics-Inside-Us/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The purchase of dozens of farm properties by two U.S. ...

2026-07-13T16:43:37Z

The purchase of dozens of farm properties by two U.S. billionaires has prompted a small B.C. community to call for restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/13/BC-Farming-Town-Fight-Billionaire-Speculators/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Even though North American citizens have increasingly rejected or ...

2026-06-30T15:10:54Z

Even though North American citizens have increasingly rejected or imposed moratoriums on data centres in their communities, the Smith government hasn’t said a word about the liabilities. Enter Brad Stelfox, the province’s most prominent land use ecologist.

Andrew Nikiforuk writes. #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/06/30/Alberta-Wilful-Blindness-AI-Centre-Harms/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The group Parents for AI Caution in Education Spaces is seeking ...

2026-06-11T16:27:52Z

The group Parents for AI Caution in Education Spaces is seeking signatures to demand a two-year pause on chatbots in Vancouver schools until better data is available.

Those ideas are spreading — but you might not get that impression if you listen to the federal government. Paris Marx writes.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/06/11/AI-Safety-Concerns-Mark-Carney/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

"It seems the voters knew the difference between a real ...

2026-06-02T17:57:06Z

"It seems the voters knew the difference between a real extremist and a wannabe." Doc Steve diagnoses the BC Conservatives leadership race.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/06/02/Please-Advise-Did-BC-Conservatives-Get-It-Right-Findlay/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The largest forestry companies in BC have been logging less than ...

2026-06-02T17:56:32Z

The largest forestry companies in BC have been logging less than what they're entitled to for years. What's going on? Ben Parfitt reports.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/06/02/Reckoning-Coming-BC-Logging-Licences/

"Deep-snow caribou are found nowhere else in the world but in ...

2026-06-02T17:55:59Z

"Deep-snow caribou are found nowhere else in the world but in BC. In 2005, B.C. had 18 deep-snow caribou herds," writes Sarah Cox.

"Eight herds are now locally extinct, while the others are hanging on by a hoof."

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/06/02/Will-Canada-Issue-Emergency-Order-Protect-Caribou/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A recent KPMG survey of 306 Canadian executives found that ...

2026-05-19T14:58:26Z

A recent KPMG survey of 306 Canadian executives found that two-thirds of respondents said their organization was making progress toward becoming a fully integrated AI-human workforce. #AI #canlab

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/05/19/Employers-Push-Adopt-AI-Workers-Push-Back/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most ...

2026-05-06T15:08:19Z

Parliament voted down a motion on April 15 to ban a practice most Canadians have never heard of, but that retailers are already rolling out: surveillance pricing.

Jake Okechukwu Effoduh reports. 🛒 #canpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/05/05/Browsing-History-Grocery-Bill/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

David J. Climenhaga: It may have been the fringy Republican Party ...

2026-05-04T15:01:26Z

David J. Climenhaga: It may have been the fringy Republican Party of Alberta that got caught letting data from its voters’ list be published online, but it is the law-bending style of politics embedded in this province by the #UCP that made such a breach inevitable. #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/05/04/Alberta-Voters-Data-Breach-Very-Bad/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A network of 20 inauthentic YouTube accounts has racked up nearly ...

2026-04-21T12:55:06Z

A network of 20 inauthentic YouTube accounts has racked up nearly 40 million views by peddling lies, grievance, division and narratives normalizing the prospect of Alberta’s secession and annexation by the United States. Charles Rusnell reports. #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/04/21/Dishonest-Online-Campaign-Support-Alberta-Separatism/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“This is the story of one much-loved tree in Vancouver — ...

2026-04-09T16:49:41Z

“This is the story of one much-loved tree in Vancouver — important to me and, it turns out, a lot of other people. It’s a story about how we lose big trees, not only here but around the world, and what’s lost when we do.”

J.B. MacKinnon writes. 🌳🌸

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/04/09/They-Cut-Down-Grandpapa/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

It’s unlikely the bobolink, which remains on B.C.‘s ...

2026-03-26T16:19:43Z

It’s unlikely the bobolink, which remains on B.C.‘s endangered species list, will get the help it needs, according to a study published Monday that found genuine improvements in at-risk species’ status are “exceedingly rare.” 🐦‍⬛

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/26/Just-14-Species-Genuinely-Improved-BC-At-Risk-Lists/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Northback Holdings, a coal mining company owned by billionaire ...

2026-03-20T15:35:10Z

Northback Holdings, a coal mining company owned by billionaire Australian Gina Rinehart, has launched a $2-billion claim against the Canadian government under a little-known trade agreement. Andrew Nikiforuk reports.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/20/Australian-Mining-Billionaire-Sues-Canada/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Bystander response is the primary driver of a choking person’s ...

2026-03-18T21:06:46Z

Bystander response is the primary driver of a choking person’s outcome, so ensuring people know the safest and most effective way to care for a choking person can save lives. Three experts explain. 🥦

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/03/18/New-Evidence-Says-Back-Blows-Better-Than-Heimlich-Maneuver/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Emmett Macfarlane: Albert Premier Danielle Smith’s vision is ...

2026-02-23T15:22:25Z

Emmett Macfarlane: Albert Premier Danielle Smith’s vision is one that would create a nightmarish, dystopian underclass. It is a cruel, inherently racist agenda, straight from the far-right populist playbook we have seen play out in the United States. It is anti-Canadian. #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/02/23/Danielle-Smith-No-Separatist-Much-Worse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A conservative Canadian broadcast news network is incorporating ...

2026-02-10T16:58:21Z

A conservative Canadian broadcast news network is incorporating propaganda from U.S. dark-money-funded think tanks directly into its regular programming.

Christopher Holcroft writes. #canpoli #CdnMedia #uspoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/02/10/Dark-Money-US-Think-Tanks-Canadian-TV-Network/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“At this juncture, writing judgy little statements on social ...

2026-02-09T18:56:11Z

“At this juncture, writing judgy little statements on social media isn’t useful. Do anything instead.”

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/02/06/Time-for-Protest-Song/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The purpose of Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act is to ...

2026-02-03T22:48:05Z

The purpose of Alberta’s Health Statutes Amendment Act is to destroy public health care as we know it.

Not just in Alberta, but throughout Canada, by legislating two-tier health care. David J. Climenhaga writes. #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/02/03/Albertas-Plan-To-Kill-Health-Care/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“When any sector cries about labour shortages, it’s labour ...

2026-01-23T15:14:52Z

“When any sector cries about labour shortages, it’s labour shortages at the price of what they think should be the price of labour in their sector.” #canlab

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/23/What-Behind-Pilot-Shortage-Canada/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

What do laws say about sharing of fake, non-consensual sexualized ...

2026-01-20T13:54:25Z

What do laws say about sharing of fake, non-consensual sexualized images of adults and kids online?

What is the recourse for Canadians whose images are being altered to sexualize them?

Is #X, the U.S.-based platform that has done little to stop it, breaking existing Canadian laws?

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/20/Grok-Fake-Nudes-Canadian-Laws/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

If Dr. Andrew A. Pieper and his colleagues succeed in preventing ...

2026-01-09T14:56:44Z

If Dr. Andrew A. Pieper and his colleagues succeed in preventing and reversing Alzheimer’s in humans, they will change social attitudes towards old age. Crawford Kilian interviews. 🧠

https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/09/Glimpse-Hope-Alzheimers-Reversed/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“With the help of Washington, a post-Carney Canada could ...

2026-01-08T16:03:38Z

“With the help of Washington, a post-Carney Canada could finally see free and fair elections and the establishment of a secure and prosperous economy integrated with the rest of North America.” 🇺🇸🇨🇦 #canpoli #uspoli

[Editor’s note: This is a satirical opinion piece reprinted by The Tyee, originally published in the Halifax Examiner.]

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/01/08/Arrest-Mark-Carney-Peace-Prosperity/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

David J. Climenhaga: Credit where credit is due. U.S. President ...

2026-01-07T14:59:17Z

David J. Climenhaga: Credit where credit is due. U.S. President Donald Trump’s Venezuelan raid and kidnapping have accomplished one important thing: there was hardly a word in the media about the Epstein files most of the day Monday!

#uspoli #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/01/07/Will-Trump-Raid-Help-Smith-Pipeline/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“There is this incredible revisionist history,” said Amy ...

2025-12-23T16:38:53Z

“There is this incredible revisionist history,” said Amy Janzwood, an assistant professor in political science at McGill University.

“It’s like, ’We bought #TMX, look how profitable it can be.’ Profitable is not the word we should be using at all.” #canpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/12/23/Trans-Mountain-Profitability-Accounting-Illusion/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Jared Wesley: Did the premier of Alberta attack the ...

2025-12-09T14:24:59Z

Jared Wesley: Did the premier of Alberta attack the constitutional role of the courts in Canada’s democracy?

Yes, she did, and in no uncertain terms. #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/12/09/Danielle-Smith-Dangerous-Attack-Courts/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Sorry, servers of AI. We are a human-powered organization. ...

2025-12-05T14:53:02Z

Sorry, servers of AI. We are a human-powered organization.

#CdnMedia #GenerativeAI

https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2025/12/05/The-Tyee-New-AI-Policy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“I don’t think that I’ve ever seen a landlord pursue quite ...

2025-12-05T14:50:33Z

“I don’t think that I’ve ever seen a landlord pursue quite such a campaign against its own tenants.”

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/12/05/Vancouver-Landlord-Keeps-Being-Allowed-Evict-Tenants/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

John Rustad insisted he’s still the leader of the B.C. ...

2025-12-04T15:07:31Z

John Rustad insisted he’s still the leader of the B.C. Conservatives Wednesday even after a majority of the party’s MLAs said they had lost confidence in him and the party announced the appointment of Trevor Halford as interim leader.

Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/12/04/BC-Conservatives-Chaos-Division/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

#Lytton residents will have their class-action lawsuit against ...

2025-12-03T16:18:49Z

#Lytton residents will have their class-action lawsuit against Canada’s two major railway companies heard in the B.C. Supreme Court, thanks partly to new evidence of high brake temperatures on a train passing through the community shortly before the town burned.

Amanda Follett Hosgood reports.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/12/03/Lytton-Fire-Class-Action-Railways/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

With the planet running a carbon-induced fever and desperate to ...

2025-11-28T15:20:04Z

With the planet running a carbon-induced fever and desperate to replace fossil fuels, Canada is one of the countries turning to nuclear energy. Not everyone is pleased.

Michael Harris writes. #canpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/11/28/Canada-Calls-Reactors-Peaceful-Not-So-Simple/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

While PM Carney’s fast-tracking initiative has been touted as a ...

2025-11-14T15:38:20Z

While PM Carney’s fast-tracking initiative has been touted as a response to U.S. President Trump’s trade war, critics have pointed out the projects are largely backed by foreign-owned corporations — and include substantial U.S. investment.

Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. #uspoli #canpoli #LNG

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/14/Ksi-Lisims-LNG-Nation-Building-Projects/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s “Abundance” is a pitch to ...

2025-11-07T15:10:46Z

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s “Abundance” is a pitch to disoriented liberals for a new order.

After it was published in March, Canadian governments released laws aimed at cutting regulations.

That's not a coincidence, said BC Green MLA Jeremy Valeriote. Zoë Yunker reports. 🇺🇸📖🇨🇦

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/07/Abundance-Movement-Dividing-Left/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

If you think the #COVID19 pandemic is done and ever-evolving ...

2025-10-31T13:36:38Z

If you think the #COVID19 pandemic is done and ever-evolving variants pose no significant threat, consider these two realities, writes contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/10/31/Physicist-COVID-Seriously-Enough/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Don’t bet on John Rustad going away any time soon, despite the ...

2025-10-31T13:35:47Z

Don’t bet on John Rustad going away any time soon, despite the B.C. Conservative party chaos and his leadership failures, writes Paul Willcocks. #bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/10/31/Why-John-Rustad-Not-Going-Away/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“In order to turn the page to become a new and free country, ...

2025-10-29T15:05:15Z

“In order to turn the page to become a new and free country, Alberta has to ditch the things that are Canadian that exist in Alberta right now,” said Bruce Pardy, the exec director for Rights Probe, at a right-wing political conference in Calgary. 🚫🇨🇦 #abpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/29/Alberta-Separatist-End-Indigenous-Rights/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

As bad as COVID-19 was, the authors of a new book on pandemic ...

2025-10-27T16:23:22Z

As bad as COVID-19 was, the authors of a new book on pandemic planning believe we got off lightly,
Crawford Kilian writes. 🦠

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/10/24/Book-Buy-Bulk-Public-Health-Officials/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

As drought in B.C.’s Peace River region leads to massive ...

2025-10-09T16:08:34Z

As drought in B.C.’s Peace River region leads to massive wildfires and the City of Dawson Creek scrambles to find a new water source, a report released today concludes that water use by the region’s fracking industry shot up a record 50% last year.

Ben Parfitt reports. #bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/10/09/Fracking-Water-Demand-Soared-Northeast-BC/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

In this preview to his lecture this Wednesday, award-winning ...

2025-10-06T14:26:43Z

In this preview to his lecture this Wednesday, award-winning veteran journalist Stephen Maher speaks to how social media has changed everything, the Canadian response to Charlie Kirk’s murder, the problem of “news deserts” and whether future journalists will need rich parents. #uspoli #canpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/10/06/Stephen-Maher-News-Polarized-Times/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Andrew Nikiforuk: Unfortunately, these claims that nuclear power ...

2025-09-22T20:22:17Z

Andrew Nikiforuk: Unfortunately, these claims that nuclear power can provide cheap energy security or reverse the persistent failure of national and global policies to reduce CO2 emissions is an illusion. #abpoli #canpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/09/22/New-Nuclear-Fever-Debunked/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“There are worse examples a young person could follow.” 🎬 ...

2025-09-19T15:16:34Z

“There are worse examples a young person could follow.” 🎬

#RobertRedford

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/09/19/Robert-Redford-Effect/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“Like the post-pandemic fashion boom that had us rejecting ...

2025-09-02T20:51:16Z

“Like the post-pandemic fashion boom that had us rejecting comfy clothes for extravagant outfits, I’m on a daily Vancouver duel against monotony and practicality.” 🧥

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/08/29/Dressing-for-Joy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Canadian employers have been ordering workers back to in-person ...

2025-08-25T14:35:43Z

Canadian employers have been ordering workers back to in-person work through blanket return-to-office policies.

On top of harming workplace equity, these policies have repercussions as children head back to school and respiratory illness season looms, write three experts. 🦠 #canlab

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/08/25/Back-Office-Orders-Destructive-Unnecessary/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Adam Olsen: By framing the decision as a threat to property ...

2025-08-18T14:11:10Z

Adam Olsen: By framing the decision as a threat to property owners, the attorney general risks stoking public fear and scapegoating First Nations for a problem they did not create. #bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/08/18/True-Threat-Private-Property-Ignoring-Indigenous-Title/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A B.C. Supreme Court justice has dismissed the Xatśūll First ...

2025-08-07T01:06:53Z

A B.C. Supreme Court justice has dismissed the Xatśūll First Nation’s request to overturn a provincial decision allowing the expansion of the Mount Polley mine’s tailings facility.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/06/Mount-Polley-Tailings-Expansion-BC-Supreme-Court/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The Tyee looks at three critical and vastly different means to ...

2025-07-22T14:19:03Z

The Tyee looks at three critical and vastly different means to store carbon in the West, examining how these ecosystems capture carbon, the restoration work they require and why Canada should take them seriously as solutions.

Kristen de Jager reports.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/22/Carbon-Fix-Closer-Than-You-Think/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Amazon workers in Delta have won the battle to unionize after the ...

2025-07-11T21:18:53Z

Amazon workers in Delta have won the battle to unionize after the BC Labour Relations Board found the company committed “serious” offences to try and block an organizing drive. #bclab

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/11/Delta-Workers-Win-Union-Amazon-Unfair-Tactics-Slammed/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“We found that people in high-income countries are willing to ...

2025-07-09T21:32:20Z

“We found that people in high-income countries are willing to let go of some purchasing power, if they can be sure that it solves climate change and global poverty,” researcher Adrian Fabre said.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/09/World-Supports-Carbon-Tax-Despite-Pushback/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Alberta now leads the continent in a preventable childhood ...

2025-07-07T15:18:50Z

Alberta now leads the continent in a preventable childhood disease that leaves at least two of every 1,000 infections with severe intellectual disabilities, pneumonia or hearing loss. Or dead.

Andrew Nikiforuk writes. #abpoli

http://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/07/07/Danielle-Smith-Queen-Measles/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

What makes a word Canadian? Sometimes it’s origin. ...

2025-07-01T14:12:57Z

What makes a word Canadian?

Sometimes it’s origin. “Demoviction.” “Renoviction.” “Trick or treat.”

Sometimes it’s frequency. “Down island.” “Atmospheric river.” “Zombie fire.”

These are just two of six types of Canadianisms, according to lexicographer Stefan Dollinger. 🇨🇦💬

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/30/Do-You-Speak-Canadian/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Mount Polley mine’s tailings dam had already exceeded the ...

2025-06-27T14:02:40Z

Mount Polley mine’s tailings dam had already exceeded the maximum height authorized under its environmental certificate when it experienced a catastrophic failure more than a decade ago, lawyers for Xatśūll First Nation told B.C.’s Supreme Court this week.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/27/Mount-Polley-Dam-Exceeded-Authorized-Height/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Wildfires are making glaciers retreat faster, but not how you ...

2025-06-25T21:38:38Z

Wildfires are making glaciers retreat faster, but not how you might think.

Instead of the heat from the flames melting the glacier, the smoke is darkening the snow and ice. This causes the glacier surface to absorb more energy from the sun and melt faster.

Kristen de Jager reports. 🗻🔥

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/25/Wildfires-Speeding-Up-Glaciers-Shrinking-Ice-Albedo-Effect/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The new right-wing alternative has launched with a remarkably ...

2025-06-25T13:01:54Z

The new right-wing alternative has launched with a remarkably inexperienced staff, despite the extra taxpayer money that comes with its new official party status.

And with a hiring focus on political purity that’s quickly going to become a weakness.

Paul Willcocks writes. #bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/25/OneBC-Big-Hiring-Mistake/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“It’s a strange thing to find myself more shocked now than at ...

2025-06-24T15:19:10Z

“It’s a strange thing to find myself more shocked now than at things that the Harper government tried,” said Green MP Elizabeth May.

#cdnpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/24/Ass-Backwards-Canada-Bill-C-5/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A UBC student has raised $3,000 to make a billboard that says ...

2025-06-06T13:44:09Z

A UBC student has raised $3,000 to make a billboard that says “Abortion is safe, normal and common” to counter the anti-abortion billboard messaging that peppers the Okanagan region.

But she’s stumped on where to post her message. Michelle Gamage reports. 🪧

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/06/Kelowna-Companies-Pro-Choice-Billboards/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

What’s the appropriate age for reading graphic novels that ...

2025-06-05T12:53:32Z

What’s the appropriate age for reading graphic novels that depict sex acts or contain frank discussions of sexuality and abuse?

That’s the question the Alberta government says it is asking with a new survey about the books stocked on public school library shelves. Katie Hyslop reports.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/05/Who-Afraid-Students-Reading-Sex/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“Yintah,” a film about Wet'suwet'en residence to the ...

2025-06-03T14:44:38Z

“Yintah,” a film about Wet'suwet'en residence to the Coastal GasLink pipeline, has won best feature-length documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards.

Read all about the film in this Tyee Q&A from last year.

https://www.thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/03/When-Truth-Stranger-Fiction-Turn-Documentary/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Is there hope for the artist amid the explosion of AI and ...

2025-05-27T14:12:21Z

Is there hope for the artist amid the explosion of AI and non-stop enshittification of platforms we used to rely on for building our brand?

Cory Doctorow told us what he thinks Mark Carney should do.

In the meantime, what should *we* do?

Harrison Mooney interviews.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/27/Musk-Zuck-Use-Our-Love-Hostage/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

In 2003, the BC Liberals passed a law that let it fast-track ...

2025-05-26T21:08:19Z

In 2003, the BC Liberals passed a law that let it fast-track “significant projects” and bypass the normal approval process.

The NDP of 2003 had strong feelings about the legislation. But it had much in common with today’s #Bill15, introduced by the NDP itself. Zoë Yunker reports.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/26/Bill-15-NDP-Following-BC-Liberal-Approach/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

We’re moving fast to report on this election, and going above ...

2025-04-17T14:08:25Z

We’re moving fast to report on this election, and going above our normal editorial spending, because this moment is too important to miss.

Will you join us? 🗳🗞 #CdnElxn2025 #CdnMedia

https://support.thetyee.ca/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

First Nations leaders are calling on the Conservatives to drop ...

2025-04-04T14:20:15Z

First Nations leaders are calling on the Conservatives to drop Aaron Gunn as their candidate for North Island-Powell River because of his past comments on residential schools.

#bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/04/First-Nations-Leaders-Want-Conservative-Candidate-Dropped/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Did the BC Conservative leader ever have it? asks Dr. Steve. ...

2025-03-04T16:28:54Z

Did the BC Conservative leader ever have it? asks Dr. Steve.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/03/04/Please-Advise-Has-Rustad-Lost-Control-Already/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Even as DOGE, or the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, ...

2025-02-28T17:48:26Z

Even as DOGE, or the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, has created controversy and chaos, some members of a group of tech CEOs have shown interest in creating a similar agency in Canada.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/28/Tech-CEOs-DOGE-Canada/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

David J. Climenhaga: It’ll be hard for the UCP to shake off ...

2025-02-07T17:18:15Z

David J. Climenhaga: It’ll be hard for the UCP to shake off former Alberta Health Services CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos’s bombshell allegation that she was fired for launching an investigation of procurement deals and private surgical contracts pushed by staffers in Premier Smith’s government.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/07/Health-Care-Corruption-Allegations-Rock-Smith-Government/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

British Columbia is banning the Chinese-owned artificial ...

2025-02-07T15:53:36Z

British Columbia is banning the Chinese-owned artificial intelligence application DeepSeek from government-managed devices. Andrew MacLeod reports.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/07/BC-Canada-Ban-Public-Sector-Staff-DeepSeek/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“Backlash does not mean DEI is failing,” says Camellia Bryan, ...

2025-02-07T15:46:40Z

“Backlash does not mean DEI is failing,” says Camellia Bryan, an assistant professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.

“It often signals that dominant-group employees are experiencing discomfort as existing power structures shift.” Isaac Phan Nay interviews.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/07/Real-Reasons-DEI-Backlash-Solutions/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Dear Elon, we’re out. The Tyee will no longer be posting to X ...

2025-02-07T15:13:00Z

Dear Elon, we’re out.

The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.

https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2025/02/07/No-Thanks-Musk-Readers-Elsewhere/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Trump is wrong. The U.S. does not subsidize Canada — it’s the ...

2025-01-15T16:24:33Z

Trump is wrong. The U.S. does not subsidize Canada — it’s the other way around. These numbers show a tariff war makes no sense. Economist Jim Stanford writes.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/15/Trump-Wrong-US-Does-Not-Subsidize-Canada/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Who would you choose to babysit your country: Ford, Poilievre or ...

2025-01-14T14:57:07Z

Who would you choose to babysit your country: Ford, Poilievre or Smith? 🇨🇦

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/01/14/Please-Advise-Political-Leaders/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“We should all thank Chrystia Freeland for this lesson. With ...

2024-12-19T14:30:58Z

“We should all thank Chrystia Freeland for this lesson. With the recent Canada Post disruptions, it can be hard to know the best way to deliver a holiday message. Freeland showed us how it’s done.”

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/12/19/Please-Advise-Justin-Trudeau-Done/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Angelo Isidorou runs the BC Conservatives. He’s come a long way ...

2024-12-18T17:05:56Z

Angelo Isidorou runs the BC Conservatives.

He’s come a long way since his 2017 appearance at a pro-Trump rally in Vancouver.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/18/From-MAGA-Kid-Canadian-Right-Wing-Power-Player/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Sam Routley: The tone and timing of Chrystia Freeland’s ...

2024-12-17T20:45:51Z

Sam Routley: The tone and timing of Chrystia Freeland’s resignation seems carefully designed to cause the most chaos within the government.

It seems not so much a statement on Freeland’s future as an attempt to remove a sitting prime minister. #canpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/12/17/Freeland-Topple-Trudeau-Now-What/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Wow! 🤩 Just one week into our Tyee Builder drive, we’ve ...

2024-12-16T17:53:13Z

Wow! 🤩 Just one week into our Tyee Builder drive, we’ve passed the halfway point! 💫💫

As tech billionaires undermine journalism, thank you so much to the readers and Builders who are making ours possible.

Join us today! 👉 support.thetyee.ca/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Experts say the investigations into Tenet Media provide a look at ...

2024-12-12T15:17:00Z

Experts say the investigations into Tenet Media provide a look at how the information many Canadians consume on YouTube and other platforms is being shaped, funded and promoted by foreign governments and domestic special interests.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/12/Russian-Political-Influence-Campaign-Canada/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A decade after one of Canada’s worst mining disasters resulted ...

2024-12-11T02:21:57Z

A decade after one of Canada’s worst mining disasters resulted in the dumping of billions of litres of toxic waste into the Fraser watershed, Vancouver-based mining company Imperial Metals has been charged under the federal Fisheries Act.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/10/Mount-Polley-Disaster-Consequences/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Hazelnuts and an ancient B.C. city: Research on a tiny nut ...

2024-12-04T16:32:21Z

Hazelnuts and an ancient B.C. city: Research on a tiny nut suggests Indigenous people were cultivating food before wheat farming began in Egypt. 🌰

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/04/Hazelnuts-Reveal-Secrets-Ancient-BC-City/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Premier Eby surely relied on the most up-to-date methods in ...

2024-11-26T16:47:21Z

Premier Eby surely relied on the most up-to-date methods in putting his team together. Dr. Steve wasn’t there but imagines it went like this.

“I hate foreigners,” Spencer Chandra Herbert might have said.

Chandra Herbert is now in charge of Tourism.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/11/26/Please-Advise-Political-Cabinet-Making/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Why does Poilievre keep saying the Nazis were socialists? A ...

2024-11-26T16:39:18Z

Why does Poilievre keep saying the Nazis were socialists?

A right-wing interpretation of history links fascism and socialism. How accurate is it? A Tyee explainer.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/26/Why-Poilievre-Saying-Nazis-Socialists/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Is B.C.’s wolf cull setting the stage for a disaster? A hunt to ...

2024-11-22T16:32:54Z

Is B.C.’s wolf cull setting the stage for a disaster? A hunt to protect caribou could increase the spread of a horrific disease, researchers warn. 🐺

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/22/BC-Wolf-Cull/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

On Nov. 8, as Irene Alec walked along downtown Burns Lake, she ...

2024-11-22T16:22:17Z

On Nov. 8, as Irene Alec walked along downtown Burns Lake, she stooped to pick up a green cloth shopping bag that was lying in the road and placed it on the sidewalk.

Moments later, she found herself handcuffed in the back of an RCMP vehicle.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/22/Lake-Babine-Elder-Handcuffed-Ticketed/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Stephen Harper, former PM and author of the Firewall Letter ...

2024-11-21T15:37:29Z

Stephen Harper, former PM and author of the Firewall Letter urging Alberta to pull out of CPP, has been handed the keys to AIMCo, home to public sector union workers’ pension savings. #abpoli #canpoli

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/21/Harper-Now-Runs-Alberta-Pension-Fund/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A curriculum framework calling on teachers to promote Alberta’s ...

2024-11-12T15:38:37Z

A curriculum framework calling on teachers to promote Alberta’s #OilAndGas industry to schoolchildren was quietly published months ago, to the surprise of experts and the opposition.

Angela Amato and Carly Penrose report. An investigation with the The IJF (npub1364…u672).

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/12/What-Alberta-Wants-Children-Taught-Fossil-Fuels/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“Fascism is not a static artifact wearing a brown shirt. ...

2024-11-06T16:04:03Z

“Fascism is not a static artifact wearing a brown shirt.

“This damnable political force evolves like a COVID virus with ever-changing variants.

“It is not so much a definable political choice as it is a conditioned response to disorder.”

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/05/What-Is-Fascism/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

It’s more or less over. Trump won. The worst campaign, run by ...

2024-11-06T15:14:10Z

It’s more or less over. Trump won.

The worst campaign, run by the worst candidate, backed by all the worst people.

Only in America.

#uspoli

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/11/06/Fool-Them-Twice/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The election was rough. The struggle to govern for the common ...

2024-10-21T13:40:49Z

The election was rough. The struggle to govern for the common good will be rougher. Paul Willcocks writes. #BCElxn2024

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/10/21/Super-Polarized-BC/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Join The Tyee Saturday night for live election results! Thanks to ...

2024-10-19T00:10:42Z

Join The Tyee Saturday night for live election results!

Thanks to new machines that tabulate votes, results are expected within an hour of polls closing at 8 p.m. tomorrow.

We’ll be updating our coverage throughout the night. #BCElxn2024

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/18/BC-2024-Election-Results-Live-Coverage/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“What can I tell you about my cherished friend Stan Persky, who ...

2024-10-18T15:06:07Z

“What can I tell you about my cherished friend Stan Persky, who died on Oct. 15, in Berlin?

“His writing was sharp, his advocacy principled. When I needed help, his generosity shone.”

Tom Sandborn writes.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/10/18/Remembering-Stan-Persky/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

🚏 “A troubling trend has emerged in media: journalists ...

2024-10-15T15:08:15Z

🚏 “A troubling trend has emerged in media: journalists leaving their ivory towers to ride public transit, only to report their discomfort at seeing people in crisis.”

Jeremy Appel writes. #CdnMedia

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/10/15/Lock-Up-Lost-Souls-Bus-Riding-Journalist/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

I’m at the Pizza Hut I’m at the campaign office I’m at the ...

2024-10-03T16:47:59Z

I’m at the Pizza Hut
I’m at the campaign office
I’m at the combination
Pizza Hut and campaign office
#bcpoli

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/03/Case-Political-Pizza-Hut/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A female grizzly bear and two cubs could possibly herald the ...

2024-10-01T16:28:14Z

A female grizzly bear and two cubs could possibly herald the coming of a grizzly population to Vancouver Island, which hasn’t had the bears since the last ice age.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/10/01/When-Female-Grizzly-Swims-Shore/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

🐋🕊🐕 We’re endlessly fascinated by local critters, big ...

2024-09-11T19:56:44Z

🐋🕊🐕 We’re endlessly fascinated by local critters, big and small. And there are always more to learn about from our readers’ backyards.

So Tyee readers, what’s your favourite local critter?

https://thetyee.ca/Polls/2024/09/06/Favourite-Local-Critter/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial