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2024-09-09 14:44:30

#WhatWorks: Retaining its focus on pollinators, climate change and soil health, wildly successful seed company West Coast Seeds stays true to its roots and sells over three million seed packets a year. 🌱
https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/09/09/Seed-Company-Stays-True-Roots/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-19 14:49:51

Steve Burgess: Disney World — a land of wonder, possibility and iron-clad legal immunity. If you ever wore a set of Mickey Mouse ears, the Disney corporation may now have the right to harvest your internal organs. 🐭🪄
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/19/Please-Advise-Mickey-Mouse-Lawyers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-16 20:30:48

Alberta’s new "recovery community" pushes profit-based treatment: Familiar faces from B.C. emerge as the UCP continues to shun harm reduction. David Climenhaga writes. #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/16/Alberta-Recovery-Profit-Based-Treatment/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-16 14:29:33

It’s well documented that Edmonton criminal defence lawyer Tom Engel was targeted by Edmonton police officers because of his public criticism of the service.
Now Engel says his social media is being monitored, and believes the same is happening to public comments.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/16/Edmonton-Police-Tracked-Critic-Social-Media/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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2024-08-15 14:32:01

Open meddling by Alberta politicians and lobbyists is putting science-based fish and wildlife management at risk in the province. Whether you’re a hunter or an angler or appreciate wildlife in other ways, this should worry you. Lorne Fitch writes. 🐻
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/15/Crisis-Facing-Alberta-Wildlife/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-15 14:12:45

Bringing salmon home to the Columbia River: An Indigenous-led, cross-border approach has seen great successes. But it needs B.C. and Canada’s ongoing financial support. 🐟
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/15/Bringing-Salmon-Home-Columbia-River/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-13 15:09:55

Alberta’s long-COVID clinics are closing as millions of Canadians report experiencing symptoms.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/13/Alberta-Shuts-Long-COVID-Clinics/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-12 14:06:56

“Degrowth” is a fantasy. Tech won’t save us. We have one option.
It’s time to get serious about a “green new deal,” writes Richard Sandbrook.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/12/Time-Get-Serious-Green-New-Deal/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-09 15:43:43

The scalable model keeps thousands of bicycles out of landfills every year, and helps cyclists fix their rides on the cheap. 🚲
https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/08/09/Enduring-Power-Community-Bike-Shops/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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2024-08-09 15:38:47

In the 72 hours since Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate, the charismatic military veteran and former high school social studies teacher has become a progressive sensation.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/08/09/Allure-Tim-Walz-Progressive-Populism/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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2024-08-07 14:37:17

Apparently Yesenia from Russia, Fay from England and Belle from France who has no Twitter followers are “northern Ontarios” “still buzzing” from Pierre Poilievre’s rally in Kirkland Lake!
Steve Burgess on whether PP is winning the battle of the bots.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/08/07/Please-Advise-Poilievre-Winning-Battle-Bots/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-07 14:28:53

Former Alberta justice minister Kaycee Madu has been under investigation by the RCMP since June 2022 for attempted obstruction of justice related to a phone call he made to Edmonton’s police chief over a traffic ticket.
@npub14np…zvtj reports. #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/07/Kaycee-Madu-Focus-Criminal-Probe/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-06 22:39:44

As fellow animals, our ancestors took time to marvel at the sheer intensity of the lives of their sisters and brothers.
Now we just call them species. And we dutifully count their disappearance like accountants. Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/08/06/Vulture-Parable/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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2024-08-06 14:38:34

Post-Meta’s ban on Canadian news, one-third of local news outlets previously active on social media are now inactive.
A new report takes the first comprehensive look at the impacts of Mark Zuckerberg’s move in response to Canada’s #OnlineNewsAct.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/05/Zuckerberg-Harsh-Blow-Canadian-Democracy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-06 14:20:37

Not an emergency, but a crisis.
B.C.’s top doctor has ended the COVID-19 public health emergency, which began nearly 1,600 days ago on March 17, 2020.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/05/No-Longer-Official-Emergency-COVID-Remains-Crisis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-06 14:07:10

With temperatures heating up, tree canopies have an important role to play in cooling residents.
But new data says Vancouver has been losing tree coverage and adding pavement, making for dangerous conditions when extreme weather hits. 🌳
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/08/06/Metro-Van-Losing-Trees/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-08-01 14:16:48

COVID-19 is surging and even played a role in ending the presidential campaign of 81-year-old Joe Biden, who was infected for the third time last month.
Still, the Ontario government shut down its early warning system.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes. 🦠
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/08/01/Risks-Killing-COVID-Early-Warning-System/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-31 19:41:33

Amnesty International has designated a Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief its first “prisoner of conscience” held in Canada.
The human rights organization called on the Canadian government this morning to immediately release Chief Dsta’hyl.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/31/Amnesty-Canada-Prisoner-Conscience-Hereditary-Chief/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-31 13:31:04

Butter fingers! Will Elon Musk drop space junk on your head?
SpaceX debris crashed onto Saskatchewan farmland, highlighting increasing risks.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/31/Will-Elon-Musk-Drop-Space-Junk/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-30 14:06:52

“There are several great fires contained within this single tragedy, and yet as Canadians we continue to deny them the same way glib politicians pretend that we can build back better once yet another conflagration has consumed another town or city.”
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/30/Wildfires-Grief-Paralysis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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2024-07-29 21:31:59

Finding kindness on a wildfire road trip: As Jasper burned, writer Steve Burgess found reminders of how decent people can be.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/29/Finding-Kindness-Wildfire-Road-Trip/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-29 14:57:43

The health costs of wildfire smoke are deadly. What you can do to prepare and protect yourself. 🔥
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/29/Deadly-Health-Costs-Wildfire-Smoke/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-25 14:36:04

The Township of Langley will investigate how an extreme-right group was able to book a community hall jointly managed by the township and a local Lions Club. @npub15cx…zzqk reports.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/25/Diagolon-Terror-Tour-Canada/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-17 14:06:28

“His face bloodied, his posture defiant, the moment was captured in a now iconic photograph that is already emblazoned on T-shirts for sale.”
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/17/Trump-Now-Officially-Superhero/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-15 20:49:28

Paul Willcocks: No one should be “happy” a 20-year-old suspect has been shot dead.
Especially a Conservative politician who supposedly believes in the rule of law and sanctity of human life.
#USPoli #CanPoli #TrumpRally
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/15/What-Wrong-With-Canada-Conservatives/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-12 14:35:37

Alberta has launched a grizzly bear hunt.
But don’t worry, it’s “a safety measure.”
“I’ve never raised cattle, but I was the agriculture reporter for the Calgary Herald long enough to recognize the smell of BS.”
David Climenhaga writes. 🐻 #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/12/Alberta-Sneaks-New-Grizzly-Bear-Hunt/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-11 12:43:33

Canadians: don’t be anxious about Trump. Be anxious about his supporters, who are currently planning a detailed dismantling of the American federal government. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 Crawford Kilian writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/11/Twisted-Fantasy-Project-New-America/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-10 15:40:08

Should heroin and cocaine be legally available to people who need and want them?
If we are serious about stopping the crisis of drug overdose deaths, that is exactly the kind of profound change we need, write two experts.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/10/Prohibition-Killing-People-Regulating-Drugs-Way-Out/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-03 14:36:22

“Against my better instincts I listened for 10 minutes. My heart sank into the ground. I have not yet retrieved it.”
Andrew Nikiforuk reacts to the Biden-Trump presidential debate. Which was neither presidential nor a debate. 🇺🇸
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/03/Biden-Trump-Debate-Democracies-Die/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-07-02 14:15:10

Holistic approaches to care. Addressing the information gap. Prevention. Researchers have been studying the impact of long COVID. Here are some of their solutions. 🦠
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/02/What-We-Can-Do-Long-COVID/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-27 15:42:43

After years of being absorbed, understandably, in infectious diseases, a new report uncovers how the private sector affects people’s health. And what we need to turn things around. Crawford Kilian writes. 🦠
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/27/Costs-Doing-Business-Costing-Lives/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-26 14:41:44

The news came on a Thursday: Vice Media was shutting down.
And more bad news came: Vice’s website would be deleted entirely.
Years of work, reports in the thousands, were at risk. A blow to the journalists — and the public.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/26/How-Save-Online-News-Digital-Death/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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2024-06-25 20:50:47

Smooth moves 🍊: The new Alberta NDP leader makes smart picks for top jobs in the party and aims for the road. Dive in with David Climenhaga. #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/25/Naheed-Nenshi-First-Smooth-Moves/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-25 20:48:52

The Conservative Party of Canada shocked the Trudeau government by winning the byelection in the riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s — a Liberal stronghold for the last 30 years.
Michael Harris on a seismic loss. #topoli #canpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/25/Liberal-Loss-Toronto-Seismic/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-25 15:07:12

Don’t fret about putting your baby in daycare. New research shows babies love groups of babies. 👶🏾👶🏽👶🏼
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/25/Worried-Sending-Baby-Daycare/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-24 14:40:15

The word “woke” has lost any real or useful meaning since its origins in African American vernacular English. It’s now become commonplace in right-wing campaigns and is being applied (seemingly quite effectively) to target anything and everything.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/24/Stepping-Inside-Anti-Woke-Tent/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-24 14:36:22

As UCP justice minister, he called the Alberta police chief after receiving a traffic ticket. An unprecedented inquiry ensued.
But from the outset of his hearing, there was a problem with his defence: it wasn’t plausible. Charles Rusnell reports. #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/24/Disciplinary-Hearing-Kaycee-Madu/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-24 14:23:40

Alberta’s NDP is no longer the party of Rachel Notley.
Now it belongs to Naheed Nenshi, who crushed his opponents. The assessment that will no doubt rankle some longtime New Democrats. Graham Thomson writes. #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/24/Now-Nenshi-Party/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-21 20:05:50

“Very simply put, a journalist in handcuffs cannot get their story out,” said Katherine Jacobsen from the Committee to Protect Journalists.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/21/Arresting-Reporters-Censorship-Concerning-Trend-Press-Freedom/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-21 17:02:40

How did such a cultural moment — the first women’s World Cup in Mexico City which drew an estimated crowd of more than 110,000 people — get almost entirely excised from the annals of sports history? Dorothy Woodend reviews new documentary “Copa 71.”
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/21/Inside-Fight-Equality-Women-Soccer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-20 22:53:31

Danielle Smith wants to skim off investment income from the famously mismanaged Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund to prop up oilpatch investment ideas so bad they can’t get financial support from conventional lenders.
David Climenhaga writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/20/Danielle-Smith-UCP-De-Risk-Fossil-Fuel-Investment-Heritage-Fund/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-19 13:29:22

Geese, that is. But Vancouver is on the case with a new scooping contraption.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/19/They-Poop-Every-12-Minutes/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-19 13:11:27

While polls suggest many believe the NDP remains the best party to address affordability, they also show the stress people are feeling is a major force driving the growth of the provincial Conservative party. #bcpoli
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/19/BC-Government-Affordability-Battle/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-18 21:06:40

Across the world the hard right is moving toward centre stage.
The latest sign is oceans away — but we in Canada would be fools to believe ourselves safely distanced from that tide. Michael Harris writes. 🇨🇦 #canpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/18/Europe-Hard-Right-Parties/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-17 22:32:39

Steve Burgess has a list of possible secrets revealed to foreign spies.
Sneak peek: Poutine not a real Canadian recipe but the result of a Québécois gas explosion. 🇨🇦🍟
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/17/Please-Advise-Canadian-Secrets-Spies/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-17 13:42:59

Influencers with the extremist racist group Diagolon spend hours making livestreams, spreading their message of hatred against immigrants and minorities through the online world on sites like Rumble and X.
Now, they’re coming to Vancouver.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/17/Diagolon-Terror-Tour-Coming-Vancouver/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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2024-06-14 15:54:12

The recent report suggesting years of foreign interference with our democratic processes has us scanning for global culprits. But we must also investigate ourselves, Crawford Kilian writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/14/Who-Subverting-Canadian-Democracy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-12 15:19:07

Zuckerberg’s *own* AI bot advises the tech baron to “engage in good-faith negotiations with news publishers to ensure fair compensation for their content,” and that Facebook’s refusal can “hurt their ability to produce publicly available data I use.”
🤖
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/06/12/Zuckerberg-Dumb-Block-Canadian-News/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-10 15:04:50

Vancouver’s fire department will receive a “Code of Silence” award after The Tyee reported on barriers to accessing information.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/10/Fire-Departments-Charge-Big-Bucks-Reports/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-10 15:00:02

Both Jewish Israelis and Palestinians are victims of immense trauma that dictates how they see each other.
Long before Oct. 7, Jeffrey Wilkinson and Raja Khouri were thinking about how to bring understanding.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/10/Shared-Values-Jewish-Palestinian-Canadians/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-07 14:52:39

It’s been over a month since the People’s University for Gaza established their pro-Palestinian encampment at UBC.
The turn of events has brought questions about the role of post-secondaries in a global crisis. Jeevan Sangha reports. ⛺️🇵🇸
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/07/Campus-Encampments-Supporting-Gaza-What-Next/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-06-06 14:29:23

Alberta has joined the battle to deny voters their right to vote. It's a movement spreading across right-wing governments in North America, targeting democracy. Jared Wesley and Alex Ballos write. #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/06/Alberta-Joins-Battle-Deny-Right-Vote/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-31 17:20:33

Read this collection of stories, produced by 10 news outlets including The Tyee, which details the Indigenous-led conservation work being done to protect waters in First Nations’ coastal territories.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/31/Indigenous-Marine-Protected-Conserved-Areas/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-30 14:49:12

Protesters gathered at Calgary City Hall and in seven other Alberta cities Saturday to demand changes to the UCP government’s policies.
Susan Jane Wright writes why she marched — and why she’ll keep marching. #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/30/Taking-It-Streets-Alberta/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-27 15:36:20

B.C. and Canada have two high-stakes elections coming in the next two years — provincial and federal — certain to have huge impacts on our lives.
We need our newsroom to be equipped to cover them, with your support. 🧵 👇🏽
https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/05/27/These-Elections-Are-Like-None-Before/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-27 14:43:34

“Even though I’ve attended local events and lived in Vancouver for half a century, I didn’t know about Vivian Jung until five years ago.”
Vancouver’s first teacher of Chinese descent lit a path that continues to inspire kids. Fiona Tinwei Lam writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/27/Meet-Vivian-Jung-Work-Racial-Justice/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-22 20:02:17

Those advocating for a green transition contend with not just economic or political resistance, but ideological pushback from those adhering to the “ideology of fossil fuels.”
Ian Urquhart writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/05/22/Alberta-Fossil-Fuel-Fixation/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-22 14:51:35

No, our coastal rainforests are not too wet to burn.
Scientists are studying what happens when #OldGrowth trees catch fire — an increasingly common occurrence. 🌧🔥
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/05/22/Coastal-Rainforests-Not-Too-Wet-Burn/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-21 14:54:45

#ICYMI: Almost a week after some of his officers violently cleared out a peaceful Palestine solidarity protest on the University of Alberta campus, Edmonton Police Chief Dale McPhee showed up Thursday to make his case at a police commission meeting.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/17/University-of-Alberta-Protest-Camp-Raid-Disaster/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-16 21:03:52

The work of Alice Munro was at once hyper-local and global. Devoted to representing the complexity of being human, the storyteller has died at 92.
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/05/16/Enduring-Brilliance-Alice-Munro/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-13 21:16:43

Why did Alberta’s biggest universities call the police on protest camps?
It could be terrible judgment — or pressure from Danielle Smith’s government. David Climenhaga writes. #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/13/Alberta-Universities-Police-Protest-Camps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-13 14:45:04

📖 Book banning is one of the first signs that a democracy is losing its way, writes Michael Harris, dragging behind it the scorpion’s tail of ignorance and intolerance.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/13/Book-Bans-Warning-Endangered-Democracy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-10 15:14:30

The extremist fringe must feel over the moon. Thanks to recent actions by Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, they have moved from the fringe to the very heart of political debate in Canada. Charlie Angus writes. #canpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/10/Pierre-Poilievre-Politics-Intimidation/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-09 20:57:33

The cruise business boom comes at a big price: From environmental costs to overwhelmed communities, the industry takes a mounting toll. 🚢
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/05/09/Cruise-Business-Boom-Big-Price-Environment-Communities/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-09 15:24:37

The UCP and Parti Québécois share a separatist ideal divorced from the reality of Canada’s value. A flawed vision. Geoffrey Picketts writes. 🇨🇦🪓 #canpoli https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/09/Danielle-Smith-Flawed-Vision-Quebec-Prairies/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-07 17:23:03

Wow! “Fire Weather” author John Vaillant has been nominated for a non-fiction Pulitzer. 🔥
Check out a Tyee interview with the author here on the lies we tell ourselves about climate change:
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/05/25/John-Vaillant-Fire-Weather-Fort-McMurray-Alberta/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-07 15:34:58

In about a month, H5N1 avian flu went from surprise to impending pandemic.
Even if we avoid more human cases, a vital American food resource could be incapacitated and political wounds — unhealed since COVID-19 — could reopen.
Crawford Kilian writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/05/07/What-H5N1-US-Dairy-Says-Public-Health/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-07 15:21:32

Remove restrictive zoning. Increase grants and loans. Develop more public sector housing.
These are the next big steps to fix the housing crisis, writes Alex Hemingway.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/07/Next-Big-Steps-Fix-Housing-Crisis/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-06 14:28:12

“I’m going to be blunt. As a resident of Alberta and someone trained to recognize threats to democracy, I have an obligation to be.
“The UCP is an authoritarian force in Alberta. Full stop.
“I don’t come by this argument lightly.”
Jared Wesley writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/06/Why-UCP-Is-Threat-Democracy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-05-03 20:59:59

What students protesting Israel’s Gaza siege want: Campus protests are another front in the boycott, divest and sanction movement. Mira Sucharov writes. #BDS
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/03/What-Students-Protesting-Israel-Gaza-Siege-Want/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-30 21:31:31

Violent crackdowns on pro-Palestinian encampments in the U.S. have reignited the debate around the role of police on campuses.
Make no mistake — since at least the 60s, Canada has used police to silence peaceful student protests, too. Roberta Lexier writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/30/Police-Crackdowns-Student-Protesters/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-30 15:23:47

Alberta has set the stage for a battle with its workers: The UCP’s unprecedented bargaining approach makes strikes more likely. Experts explain. #abpoli #ablab
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/30/Alberta-Has-Set-Stage-Battle-Workers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-30 15:05:35

🐸 Their curious equanimity is the stuff of myth and legend. But frogs are a species in decline.
This rigorous breeding program at the Vancouver Aquarium is aimed at protecting them. Dorothy Woodend writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/30/How-Bring-Frogs-Back-Brink-Extinction/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-29 13:58:56

A violent racist, Donald Laird sent death threats to a politician, then dodged his sentencing date. Alberta police don’t seem too concerned.
Charles Rusnell reports.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/29/Why-Menacing-Extremist-Custody/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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2024-04-25 16:09:43

Attention book-lovers: This Saturday is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day!
Whether you’re looking for a new read or a unique gift, indie bookstores are vibrant shopping spaces — and community hubs. Join readers and writers this weekend in celebration. 📚
#Sponsored #TyeePresents
https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/04/25/Canadian-Independent-Bookstore-Day/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-25 15:23:39

“This is not over.”
After learning that none of the RCMP officers who shot her son will be charged, the mother of Jared Lowndes is calling for an inquiry into why police have killed so many Indigenous people in Canada.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/25/Mother-Jared-Lowndes-Vows-Keep-Fighting/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-24 21:22:39

Alberta’s secret pandemic study is led by COVID restrictions’ critic.
Premier Danielle Smith defended appointing an ER doctor who had attacked COVID restrictions to head a $2-million pandemic task force.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/24/Danielle-Smith-Alberta-Secret-Pandemic-Study-COVID-Restrictions/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-23 14:10:00

Weight stigma is often insidious and pervasively entrenched into our society and environment. And we all have a role in changing our culture of fat shaming. Experts write.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/23/Not-Just-Fat-Jokes-Weight-Stigma/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-22 15:27:12

“Emerging asocial society”: There is growing concern about people’s unwillingness to get to know their neighbours.
Are highrises helping or hurting? 🏢
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/22/Can-Highrises-Be-Neighbourly/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-19 14:48:01

“Food, Inc. 2” left Dorothy Woodend hungry. The doc’s dark stroll through our world of processed food left her seeking more than a sprinkle of hope. And better non-fiction cinema. 🎥🍟
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/19/Why-Food-Inc-2-Left-Me-Hungry/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-18 15:14:40

Canada’s last three wild spotted owls, and their keepers. 🦉 An excerpt from Sarah Cox’s “Signs of Life.”
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/18/Canada-Last-Three-Wild-Spotted-Owls/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-16 16:28:59

🥳🗞 A whopping SIX nominations for The Tyee in the Canadian Association of Journalists awards for investigative journalism!
Congrats to our incredible teammates — and fellow nominees!
Scroll for a 🧵 of the Tyee works nominated below.
https://caj.ca/canadian-association-of-journalists-announces-finalists-for-this-years-top-investigative-journalism-awards-competition/

2024-04-15 15:17:59

OK, readers. You suddenly need to understand research funding in Canada. (Thanks to Danielle Smith for legislation that would give the Alberta government a veto over federal funding for research.)
Not to worry, Lisa Young has got your back. #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/15/Alberta-Wants-Block-Federal-Dollars-Some-Scientists/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-11 23:05:32

Poetry allows us to reach for things in writing when we cannot quite utter them in everyday speech. To celebrate this poetry month, we are sharing excerpts from four award-winning poetry collections.
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/11/Tough-Times-Award-Winning-Poetry-Grief-Futures/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-11 18:09:14

Every year, federal and provincial governments use $6.03 billion taxpayer dollars — or roughly $214 per taxpayer — to provide financial supports or tax breaks to fossil fuel companies. And Canadians don’t get a rebate on this. Steve Lorteau writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/11/Worried-Taxpayer-Dollars-Focus-Fossil-Fuel-Subsidies/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-11 17:57:38

Andrew Nikiforuk on two recent studies that show humans’ disruptive effects on the earth’s lakes, rivers and aquifers.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/11/Draining-World-Fresh-Water/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-10 15:17:05

#New: The B.C. government is making a one-time $430 payment to low-income renters and increasing the monthly amounts available for senior renters. Our legislative bureau chief Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/10/BC-Raises-Rent-Supports-Low-Income-Seniors/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-09 15:55:16

The curious nihilism of “Civil War”: In an election year with stakes rising and speculation about whether real conflict will break out, the anticipated new movie is a visceral excavation of America’s darkest impulses.
Dorothy Woodend writes. 🇺🇸 #uspoli
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/09/Curious-Nihilism-Civil-War/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-05 14:56:48

Will space junk obscure the solar eclipse? 🌙
The thousands of satellites and abandoned rocket bodies now in orbit are changing the face of stargazing and astronomy research. Experts write.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/05/Will-Space-Junk-Obscure-Solar-Eclipse/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-05 14:52:32

Michael Harris: If the polls hold, Pierre Poilievre will be our PM, and Donald Trump will be ruling the U.S., which — according to the Orange One’s own words — will no longer be a democracy.
On whipping up authoritarian populism. 🇨🇦🇺🇸 #canpoli #uspoli
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/05/Democracy-Under-Siege-Globally/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial
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2024-04-04 19:03:33

“You won’t see the day on many western calendars. For me, it’s a day of memories, tears and laughter.”
Christopher Cheung writes about Qingming, the traditional Chinese day of honouring the dead, which this year falls on April 4 — today.
From April 2019:
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2019/04/05/Qingming-Family-Tidies-Graves/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-03 13:46:47

“It’s going to make it challenging to decide who gets the water, when do they get it and who can’t have it.”
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/03/Okanagan-Hotter-Drier-Future/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-04-02 14:25:21

“Telework” is a life-changer, particularly for people with health risks. Workers mixing work at home and the office “has more than tripled since January 2022,” says Stats Can.
How the pandemic shifted job expectations in a tight market.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/02/Telework-Can-Be-Life-Changer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-03-25 20:55:41

Alberta’s “traffic light system” for preventing a destructive industry-caused earthquake flashed red again near Fox Creek — home to one of the largest quakes caused by fossil fuel frackers.
Andrew Nikiforuk reports. #alberta #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/25/Red-Alert-Alberta-Fracking-Earthquake-Warning-System/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-03-25 14:25:41

Alberta has a strange double standard on green energy, writes Tim Rauf. Solar and wind face tough rules, while fossil fuels get a pass. #abpoli
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/25/Alberta-Double-Standard-Green-Energy/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-03-18 14:25:36

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem recently offered up a glowing testimonial for a Texas cosmetic dentistry facility.
Is this acceptable in Canada? And how much did PP accomplish for the apple industry? Steve Burgess advises. 🍎
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/18/Please-Advise-Politicians-Pitching-Products/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-03-15 14:58:26

The UCP never gives up on a bad idea. Take the notion of dumping the RCMP and setting up an Alberta provincial police force, for example.
While unpopular, their bad ideas never really go away. They just rest for a little while. David Climenhaga writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/15/Alberta-Stealth-Move-Provincial-Police/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-03-15 14:54:07

Andrew Nikiforuk: Danielle Smith’s narrative that “advanced coal projects” are abandoned mine sites that need to be reclaimed bears little truth, say critics.
However, it does echo claims made by Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart's Northback Holdings.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/15/Danielle-Smith-Sounds-Like-Australian-Billionaire/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-03-14 21:13:45

Lawyers for the Vancouver-based compassion club @DULFBC argued last week why Health Canada should have helped it save lives during the ongoing #ToxicDrugCrisis.
Michelle Gamage reports the day in court.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/14/Renegade-Compassion-Club-DULF-Health-Canada-Support/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

2024-03-14 15:04:43

At the Alberta legislature Wednesday, former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi was surrounded by UCP members who were so busy setting their hair on fire at the prospect of Nenshi as NDP leader that government should send a water bomber to UCP headquarters.
Graham Thomson writes.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/03/14/Naheed-Nenshi-Loving-UCP-Freak-Out/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial