Will Trudeau Survive the Nazi Affair?
In a season of stumbles, he’s added one more by slow-walking his apologies.
SFU Teaching Assistants Launch Strike and Rotating Pickets
Impact on students and classes still not determined as job action starts today.
Inside the Vancouver Art Gallery’s New Moves
The cultural heavyweight welcomes fresh faces and a new location. Here’s what it means. A Tyee Q&A.
A Sunshine Coast School District’s Rename Is a Move Toward Reconciliation
Powell River’s name honours a key player in colonization. The name qathet was a gift from the Tla’amin Nation.
In Alberta, Heavyweight Lobbying by Australia’s Coal Baron
Billionaire Gina Rinehart hired a firm with federal Conservative ties to press for Grassy Mountain mining.
What’s Ahead for BC Gig Workers
As another round of consultations ends, government promises action.
Please Advise! Is This a Golden (Bar) Age of Corruption?
Nostalgia aside, Dr. Steve has to admire the nervy graft of the new era.
Danielle Smith’s Pension Trickery: Why Voters Might Just Fall for It
Albertans have a long history of swallowing fantasies sold by Conservative leaders.
The Homophobia, Racism and Conspiracy Theories on Display at ‘Parents’ Rights’ Rallies
What it means for BC and Canada. And why it’s important to fight back.
CONTEST: Win Five Books from BC and Yukon
One Tyee reader will win a bundle of books from a genre of their choice: fiction, non-fiction or poetry.
Changes Are Coming for 911 Calls Across BC
Next-generation emergency response will be IP-based, rather than landline-based.
We Might Think We Know Russia. Why We’re Wrong
And what our assumptions tell us. Inside a book by Orlando Figes, and where ‘The Story of Russia’ remains unwritten.
Why First Nations Bear the Brunt of BC’s Drought
If we’re serious about the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, we need water policy reform.
This Renewable Energy Should Please Even Alberta’s UCP
Low-impact solar panels could slash emissions and increase farmers’ yields.
We Brought Three Health Experts Together to Discuss BC’s COVID Strategy
‘Roll up your sleeves and roll down the windows.’ The virus is here to stay, but that doesn’t mean we’re any safer. A Tyee Q&A.
Tracking a Ghost Sign on Kingsway
Blink and you may miss these fleeting glimpses of old Vancouver and the shopping habits of yesteryear.
VIFF Is Back with a Stellar Selection of Global Cinema
This year, The Tyee is partnering with the festival to showcase groundbreaking documentaries.
Why We Need a ‘Slow Water’ Movement
To withstand drought and deluge, an H2O how-to from Erica Gies, author of ‘Water Always Wins.’ She speaks at UVic on Oct. 3.
Squatters at Risk in Vancouver Apartment Building Gutted by Fire, Say Neighbours
Boarded up but accessible, the city says it’s the owner’s responsibility to secure the building.
An Indo-Canadian BC Labour Icon Is Finally Getting His Due
Darshan Singh Canadian’s dazzling, forgotten decade in BC transformed its politics forever.
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Don’t Kid Yourself About ‘Parents' Rights’
It’s called the ‘1 Million March 4 Children.’ But who are they really fighting for?
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Trade Workers Deserve the Right Tools to Seek Support on Substance Use
The Tailgate Toolkit harm reduction project offers people working in the trades the resources they need.
CONTEST: Win Five Books from BC and Yukon
One Tyee reader will win a bundle of books from a genre of their choice: fiction, non-fiction or poetry.
VIFF Is Back with a Stellar Selection of Global Cinema
This year, The Tyee is partnering with the festival to showcase groundbreaking documentaries.
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A Window into Calgary’s Eviction ‘Gong Show’
The city’s rents are record high as council is poised for a key vote. Even a non-profit is booting long-term residents.
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Regulator rules in favour of Trans Mountain route deviation
(via Global News)
Hundreds of derelict vessels removed from Canadian waters, Coast Guard says
(via the Peak)
Selwyn Romilly, BC’s first Black judge, dies at age 83
(via Victoria News)
South Main co-housing project welcomes residents in search of community
(via CTV News)
‘Slipping through the cracks’: Teacher shortage mars first weeks in some BC schools
(via Global News)
When two opposing BC MLAs were targeted with death threats, they worked together to stop it
(via Vancouver Sun)
Black 13-year-old who was treated like ‘potential thief’ by Vancouver boss awarded $27K by tribunal
(via CBC)
BC’s far right is turning the public against a conservation project
(via the Breach)
In defense of the rat
(via Hakai)
Inside the vast digital campaign by Hindu nationalists to inflame India
(via Washington Post)
Culture
Inside the Vancouver Art Gallery’s New Moves
The cultural heavyweight welcomes fresh faces and a new location. Here’s what it means. A Tyee Q&A.
We Might Think We Know Russia. Why We’re Wrong
And what our assumptions tell us. Inside a book by Orlando Figes, and where ‘The Story of Russia’ remains unwritten.
Why We Need a ‘Slow Water’ Movement
To withstand drought and deluge, an H2O how-to from Erica Gies, author of ‘Water Always Wins.’ She speaks at UVic on Oct. 3.
‘Surrealism at Its Most Pointed’
Victoria artist Sonja Ahlers mines the depths of our former selves.
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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.