‘Spend as Much Lifting Our People Up as Pushing Them Down’
Adam Olsen is calling on BC to protect Indigenous people as thoroughly as it polices their opposition to resource development.
The Last Thing Alberta’s NDP Needs Is a Name Change
Once Rachel Notley leaves, picking the next leader is Job 1.
Union Drive Backfires for Some PHS Peer Workers
While the new contract brings big improvements for some, it leaves most out in the cold.
Please Advise! What about Big Poll Numbers for Rustad and Poilievre?
It’s early days, says Dr. Steve. Relax! Unless you’re Kevin Falcon.
How to Protect the Mental Health of Farmers
Creating online spaces to connect and teaching mental health professionals about the realities of agriculture will go a long way, say advocates.
Will Journalism Survive?
The question is debatable. But we can do something to make sure it does.
Enjoy ‘Eat the Rich’ Films? Tuck into ‘Saltburn’
Emerald Fennell’s latest provocation is tasty fare, if a bit unclear about who’s the main course.
What’s the Best Way to Balance Campus Safety and Free Speech?
A UBC sticker campaign dust-up highlights key issues with our tolerance of conflict, experts say.
The Sugar War Gets Stickier
Ten weeks into a strike over longer shifts, the union opens a new front against Rogers in Vancouver.
Google’s $100 Million Is a Small Price to Pay to Avoid Regulation
The deal is a welcome boon for Canada’s news industry. But the tech giant scored its own key concessions.
Come, Let Us Behold The Tyee’s 2023 Holiday Reads
Got a Grinch on your list? The Tyee has you covered with our end-of-year book picks.
Divesting the RCMP of Abuse Investigations in Indigenous Communities
The BC First Nations Justice Council testified about culturally appropriate policing alternatives at a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing.
‘My Art Is about Survival’
Eleven years after her death at 47, a retrospective of Denyse Thomasos’s art questions what we value, and what we leave behind.
Questions Abound in Violent Edmonton Police Takedown of Teen Girl
Experts criticize chief’s response blaming victim; force withholds information.
Eby Takes Blame for Botched Doukhobor Apology
Rescheduling will allow more people to be present, he says.
A New Way to Screen Pee for Designer Drugs
BC researchers have developed a tool that can check for hundreds of drugs in thousands of samples.
50 Milestones from The Tyee’s 20 Years
So many heroes and high points we couldn’t possibly list them all. Join us tonight as we celebrate!
We’re ‘Processivores.’ How Do We Rebuild Our Eating Habits?
Author Chris van Tulleken shows much of what we’re fed isn’t really food at all.
‘The Judge Sided with Peace’
Supporters celebrate as the first Coastal GasLink criminal trial ends in a not guilty verdict.
Police Are Returning to Schools. Why Are We Doing This?
We’re supposed to feel safer now. Somehow, I don’t.
Editor's Pick
This story is making waves.
If We’ve Lost the Climate War, What’s Plan B?
Why a carbon tax won’t save us, and what’s next.
Tyee Insider
What we're up to. How to be involved.
Kathleen Supports Independent Journalism — Will You Join Her?
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The Tyee’s Hummingbird Fellowship Is Open for Applications
Join us for a paid six-month fellowship for early-career journalists.
Celebrate the Holiday Season with Handel’s ‘Messiah’
Early Music Vancouver’s Baroque orchestra and the Vancouver Chamber Choir collaborate for their first joint performance of the masterpiece.
Meet Our Web and Copy Editor
Meg Yamamoto has as much experience as a copy editor as we do as a publication. We’re so glad to welcome her.
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Danielle Smith Says the Darndest Things
A quick fact check of what Alberta’s premier told Matt Galloway on CBC’s 'The Current' last week.
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Building the Future with Wood
Meet people reinventing construction by pushing ‘mass timber’ bigger and higher. It’s good for the planet too.
Reported Elsewhere
Today's links curated for you.
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza
(via the Guardian)
Child services failed boy killed by his mother and stepdad, father says
(via Times Colonist)
10,000 naps a day: how chinstrap penguins survive on microsleeps
(via the Guardian)
These BC teens are being immersed in local Indigenous culture — by playing Minecraft
(via CBC)
A ‘predator’ at CSIS: Officers allege rape, harassment and a toxic workplace culture
(via Canadian Press)
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state to Richard Nixon, dies at 100
(via the Guardian)
Alberta office of child and youth advocate says 81 children died in care so far in 2022-’23
(via Edmonton Journal)
U.S. indictment alleges multiple Indian assassination plans across North America
(via CBC)
This Vancouver compassion club was saving lives. Then things got political
(via Vancouver Sun)
Life expectancy for Canadians fell in 2022 for third year in a row, says StatCan
(via Times Colonist)
Culture
Enjoy ‘Eat the Rich’ Films? Tuck into ‘Saltburn’
Emerald Fennell’s latest provocation is tasty fare, if a bit unclear about who’s the main course.
Come, Let Us Behold The Tyee’s 2023 Holiday Reads
Got a Grinch on your list? The Tyee has you covered with our end-of-year book picks.
‘My Art Is about Survival’
Eleven years after her death at 47, a retrospective of Denyse Thomasos’s art questions what we value, and what we leave behind.
We’re ‘Processivores.’ How Do We Rebuild Our Eating Habits?
Author Chris van Tulleken shows much of what we’re fed isn’t really food at all.
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Turning to Youth to Bring Forward Solutions
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I am constantly impressed by my conversations with my grandchildren — they are articulate, caring human beings — too often thwarted by disregard and disrespect.
The young people need to be encouraged to speak out and they need to be listened to. If my contemporaries at that age had a fraction of their awareness and sensitivity, I feel the world would be a better place.
Give them an audience and the opportunity to share. The future is theirs.