Cassiar, BC, was an idyllic place to grow up. More than 30 years after the asbestos mine closed, some former residents believe their cancer diagnosis is linked to their time there — and they struggle to find supports. First in a two-part @thetyee.ca series: thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...

The real problem for the Conservative Party of BC isn’t leader John Rustad. It’s that they’re not a real party. Tyee senior editor @pwillcocks.bsky.social writes. #bcpoli

The New Nuclear Fever, Debunked via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

So why isn’t the Canada Health Act being enforced? albertapolitics.ca/2025/08/dani...

SCOOP Alberta's "Compassionate Intervention" drug jails will be located near the existing Spyhill jail in Calgary and near the Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. Eighty-two companies have expressed interest in participating in the $180 million procurement process. 1/ drugdatadecoded.ca/alberta-gove...

BC's Largest Pocket of Measles Cases Likely Peaking, Officials Say via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...

In The Tyee today, I argued OneBC had made a mistake by hiring inexperienced staffers based on political purity rather than competence or experience. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

You can’t really describe the warfare on B.C.’s right as a train wreck. It’s way worse than that. Imagine a train wreck where some survivors emerge and start kicking the injured. @pwillcocks.bsky.social writes. #bcpoli

Alberta Makes COVID Vaccines Expensive and Harder to Get via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...

"Have the Doors Closed on New BC Supportive Housing?" as told by @jenstden.bsky.social via @thetyee.ca #vanpoli #vanre thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...

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B.C. has reactionary policies that kick in when an employee’s core temperature hits 38 C. A fever is generally considered to be 38 to 39.9 C. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. 🌡 #bcpoli

Dreams of a Fascist Utopia: Alberta's Fantasy Separatist Movement Promises a Trumpian Future via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

Great story from @amandafollett.bsky.social and @zoeyunker.bsky.social, and quotes from my brilliant colleague @andhraaz.bsky.social! With Bill 15, the NDP are asking us to trust them with a blank cheque infra bill. But it’s a level of trust they haven’t yet earned. thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...

Trey Helten, 42, was an advocate and an activist, a punk who loved karaoke and believed in people’s resilience, an artist, animal lover and dedicated friend.

Full story: After three years, the families of Tatyanna Harrison, Noelle O'Soup and Chelsea Poorman say a coroner's inquest is their last chance to get answers. #MMIWG #reddressday B.C.'s Solicitor General says he's "looking into" their request. thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...

On Friday I had the opportunity to tour SOLID Outreach, AVI Health and Community Services SAFER, and Substance Drug Checking with Health Minister Josie Osborne. These groups have shown what it means to respond compassionately and support their communities in times of crises.

What's wrong with the NDP? An 18-year-old candidate explains. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

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SCOOP: Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's govt signed a $70m deal for children's meds from Turkey despite expert advice it ask Ottawa to take the lead to avoid the risk of a "significant net loss of funds." www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... w @alannasmith.bsky.social

This is not going to be easy and it will play out over the next decade. The basic calculus of how Canada views the US has changed. Canada Is in a Fight for Its Life via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025... #Trump #JDVance #Musk #Canada #Tradewar

Here's How to Buy Canadian and Fight Trump Tariffs via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/03...

Vancouver’s mayor stepped up to defend ABC controversies. How’d that go?

This ‘it’s not us, it’s the listeners that are wrong’ response from Canada’s national public broadcaster is not helpful.

A Canadian misinformation researcher says Tim Pool’s and Ian Miles Cheong’s amplification and exaggeration of Trump’s message is typical of the way right-wing influencers pick up and spread the president’s talking points.

@kehyslop.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca with a debunk of a viral X post: no, USAID isn't giving billions in funding to Canadian universities. The most generous interpretation is that someone completely misread IRS filings. thetyee.ca/News/2025/02...

The very same people that Pierre Poilievre promised to ‘bring home’ drug-free are now, by Poilievre’s own definition, ‘fentanyl kingpins’ who should be imprisoned for life. My latest in @thetyee.ca: “Pierre Poilievre’s Pipe Dream: Imprison Drug Users for Life” thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

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Public service from the indomitable @vancolour.bsky.social: imagining the real-world implications of Poilievre's lock 'em up bluster. Spoiler alert. This policy would: 🚦clog courts 👷require countless new jails 🗝️lock up users 👑offer dealers/kingpins an easy out 🤷🏻‍♂️ thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

“You think you know what 50 pounds looks like on a person. I thought I did, until I saw the police photos. Those photos will haunt me for the rest of my life." Florence Girard starved to death while living in a home share program, overseen by Community Living BC. thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...

My thoughts on Dec. 31, 2019: COVID-19 Turns Five Today. The Next Pandemic Is Lurking via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

'Kindness, Love and Beauty.' Learning from Joe Average via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2024...

My thoughts on the murder triggering an instantly big conversation that no amount of tragic claim denials had been able to get started in decades. #brianthompson #luigimangione closer-look.blogspot.com/2024/12/less...

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Edmonton NDP MP urges Trudeau Government to adopt her private member’s bill to make it harder for provinces to quit the CPP. albertapolitics.ca/2024/12/edmo...

One out of every 200 people infected with polio will have permanent paralysis, usually in the legs, and of those paralyzed, between five and 10 per cent will die when their breathing muscles stop working. It infects people through poo. Polio is preventable with vaccination thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...

Wonderful story. Reminds me of the day we met the last bison of the ill-fated Jasper herd, 40 years ago on the Celestine Lake road: What the Buffalo Know via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...

Danielle Smith congratulates the loser of the Lethbridge-West by-election; family docs’ pay deal is finally done. albertapolitics.ca/2024/12/dani...

“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.”

Dying to win: Canadian provinces are expanding legal #gambling despite one death every nine days. Gambling-related suicide data shows tracking of deaths lags while governments ignore risks to chase industry profits, by Rob Csernyik ricochet.media/justice/dyin... via @ricochetmedia.bsky.social

The U.S. has a health-care system that is terrible and getting worse. It also has a health science system that is the best in the world and about to be dismantled. Why Canada should prepare for an influx of scientists, educators and more, writes @crof.bsky.social.

How a MAGA kid became a key player in B.C. politics and an architect of the modern Conservative Party of BC. My #longread today in @thetyee.ca takes a look at the controversial career of Angelo Isidorou #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2024/12...

Vancouver’s big plan for Broadway has just gotten bigger — worrying locals concerned about the scale of change and the displacement of renters as the city invites development into its “second downtown.”

My 2013 review of a Chrystia Freeland book, before she went into politics: thetyee.ca/Books/2013/0...

Edmonton police commission member plans to work from Portugal; strangely, UCP minister has no problem with that. albertapolitics.ca/2024/12/edmo...

Canada spent an estimated $4.1 billion on C19 hospitalizations in 2022-23 From 2021-22 to 2022-23: Number hospitalized with C19 +34% Avg length of C19 hospital stay +49% Est total cost of C19 hospitalizations +39% (+90% in QC, +25% in ON, +22% in BC) Prevention is cheap. Can you say "denial"?

A must read review of a must read book. Personally, I intend to share it far and wide, as it lays bare the millions of manipulated minds who have voted to bring nationalistic authoritarianism to bear over every aspect our lives here in the US, beginning next month.

“They’re trying to make themselves sound like they’re a grassroots campaign when we know that they’re anything but that.” Industry association Resource Works pre-wrote comments for ‘workers’ opposing Vancouver gas ban. www.desmog.com/2024/11/28/i...