Dec 19, 2025 update from VCH Public Health Multi-Drug Resistant Shigella among people experiencing homelessness in Vancouver In 2024, the rate of lab- confirmed Shigella in the DTES was nearly 29 times higher than the rest of VCH, reaching ~480 cases per 100K” 1/2 www.vch.ca/en/media/35956

This piece in the Globe and Mail by Christina Sharpe gave me shivers. I can’t cry, so my physical reaction to something so true, clear, and frightening (to me as visible and vocal Black woman) is from my nervous system. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/47bbb5b... 1/

Just an FYI that I fact-checked the actual story and the sourcing is just random tweets. So maybe stop sharing this one. A clue that this might be less than stellar “content” is that the post does not include a link to the actual story.

After Indigenous teen's stabbing, his family says the system failed to stop his bullying

Christmas is due to arrive without lights and without warmth, burdened by the memory of a war that has not truly ended.

After two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to war in Gaza, thousands of people have flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve.

The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery." 🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

‘For the second time in less than a month, a barge operated by the same Seattle-based shipping company encountered serious trouble on B.C.’s north coast.’ thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Trans Mountain is making big profits now, right? Actually, no. Thanks to accounting wizardry and a shell company, the pipeline has transformed Canadians' losses into gains on its balance sheets. My deep dive on this for @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

A little travel diary video I made from a road trip to the Kootenays on Dec. 22

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

🙃 better slap some more tariffs on to punish us (I’m joking, please don’t)

I have trans kids. I am not a weirdo. I swear.

A few causes I'd love you to consider supporting this season... (1/5) The Writers Exchange in East Van offers literacy programs for under-resourced kids and youth in Vancouver. I had the chance to visit their wonderful after school program when I wrote about them for @megaphonemagazine.com ♥️

Had to check if this was real and sorry for sharing here but this is the most fucked up country. These are official government accounts. Holy freaking hell.

Mark Carney’s government needs to stand up for our rights or we’re headed in the direction of the U.S.

Reflecting on the fact that we have mandatory bike helmets in B.C. but not mandatory snow tires for rental cars

As witness rule kicks in, addiction doctor worries patients could die

It's so important we all learn about these groups and what their ideology is. They talk about "moving the Overton window" and having influence over Conservative parties.

CW for racism I continue to research this guy and it is stomach-churning. He claims to have had contact with several mainstream political parties in Canada but he's also kind of a shitposter so who knows. But these are some of the worst tweets I've found so far

'In Fraser Health, acquired delirium rates have exceeded the organization’s own targets for at least 5 years. In Delta Hospital, which operated at 128 per cent capacity last year, the rate of acquired delirium this spring was 7 times the target set for the facility." thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

A far-right party in Canada is imploding over a 22-year-old staffer’s extreme posting online. I got my hands on audio from @antihate.ca that might leave Canadians asking how the hell someone like this got into politics at all. It involves Diagolon, "remigration" and some trojan-horse-style plots:

King County in Washington State put out a PSA comic about what to do if you find a rat in your toilet 😱

It has been so gratifying to work with the incredible staff at @nationalobserver.com as EIC this year. I published this letter to our readers and supporters to document some of the impact we had this year and plans for 2026. Some highlights:

Another signature event of summer in Vancouver, the Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival, will be cancelled due to the FIFA World Cup 26™. Dragon Boat BC unveiled a refreshed 2026 race calendar, with a new race next year in late August. All events are expected to return to normal dates in 2027.

I really didn’t think I’d be doing this story again in 2025, but here we are www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

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it’s fine it’s fine that our transport/supplies/connectivity to the whole rest of the province can be severed by “heavy rain” hashtag itsclimatechangemotherfuckers hashtag somebodytellcarney

Othman Mekhloufi was the first user, to my knowledge, to share the link to the site CharliesMurderers on Twitter. That ended up being the main doxxing site for those accused of "celebrating" Charlie Kirk's death. I was first on the site, which made me think it was made by a far-right Canadian...

The BCOne collapse is basically this Community meme. Or maybe it’s Casablanca, and BCOne leadership is shocked, shocked! To see anti-semitism sneak into their wholesome Injun hating genocide denialist group.

I read some very racist stuff yesterday, and this is my report from deep down the rabbit hole, looking into the guy who was too extreme even for OneBC #bcpoli

The social media history of this 22 year old staffer is being blamed for the rift tearing B.C.’s far-right OneBC party asunder #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Sigh truly Hastings and commercial is one of the scariest most desolate places to wait for the bus

“New data provided to The Tyee reveals that seven B.C. hospitals operated at more than 20 per cent over capacity last year.” Reporting by @michellegamage.bsky.social and @tyolsen.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Some #bcpoli vibes imported from X as the far-right B.C. party OneBC implodes

Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

I'm a duel citizen of Australia and Canada. I'm sickened reading this morning about the antisemitic mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. My deepest condolences to families, friends and communities of the victims. May their memories be a blessing. +

Shades of that old Monty Python Judean People's Front bit in BC politics these days.

The story is all sorts of messed up.

This case needs a coroner’s inquest. And it needs as much attention as Myles Gray. #vanpoli #policing

As the Fraser Valley floods again, the federal government has walked away from promises made after the 2021 floods. But there have been some improvements at the local level, including co-operation with Washington State. @tyolsen.bsky.social reports: thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

In late Nov. researcher @kwardvancouver.bsky.social pointed me to an OPCC investigation summary into now ex-VPD officer’s abusive relationship with a teenage girl. They met when he made a policing presentation at her high school & she expressed interest in being a cop. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12... 1/

Labour reporter @isaacphannay.bsky.social covered an important B.C. court case: a rare criminal negligence conviction for a company whose employee died after being crushed in an excavation. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

@rjjago.bsky.social takes us through the fascinating history behind the new name for the Patullo Bridge, stal̓əw̓asəm. "This is where our common history began and where the first bridge between two worlds was formed." thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Chris Amyotte was trying to seek help after a bear spray attack when a VPD officer shot him 7 times with beanbag rounds. He died on the street moments later. His family is devastated to learn that the police officer who shot him will not faces charges or discipline. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

A VPD officer met a teen girl at a Vancouver high school. He later had an intimate relationship with her, which was abusive. He was investigated and fired, but an advocate says the incident shows the need for more transparency. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Advocacy groups apply to keep court case against Alberta trans laws alive Egale and Skipping Stone say they plan to argue Alberta has effectively developed a criminal law — something outside of its jurisdiction. News from me this afternoon: www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...

Are we in a better position than 2021? @tyolsen.bsky.social with a very speedy, very useful analysis of the fraser valley / nooksack flooding for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

Canada just updated its list of designated terrorist groups to include three ideologically motivated violent extremist groups — ones that are pretty darkly disturbing. The newly listed groups include 764, Maniac Murder Cult and the Terrorgram Collective. Here's what you need to know: