The BC govt has paused plans to suspend DRIPA. House leader Mike Farnworth says the bill won't be coming “today or this week” and it won't be a confidence motion. He acknowledged that the BC NDP wouldn’t have enough votes to pass the bill. thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

RCMP Seeks to Quash Discrimination Ruling by Human Rights Tribunal. Mounties argue that they shouldn't have to pay $7,500 to each of the Indigenous complainants who alleged discrimination in an RCMP investigation. @daveeby.bsky.social @nikisharma.bsky.social @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Canadians + Americans go to Europe and Asia, ride fast electric trains, come back home, and ask: "Why can't we have nice things here?" It's because, at a crucial point, commentators like Andrew Coyne make the tired argument that sustainable transport is just too darned expensive.

✨ Cover reveal! 📕 "Very Vancouver" will be out in August. It's a non-fiction storybook by me, a kaleidoscopic odyssey through backyard gardens, alley bottle hoards, SROs, Duffin's at midnight, and east-side family life — tales that take you beyond our pretty skylines. ecwpress.com/products/ver...

The RCMP is asking the Federal Court to overturn a finding that its officers discriminated against Indigenous people when they investigated historical abuse allegations at two northern B.C. schools. @amandafollett.bsky.social reports.

RCMP seem to argue they aren't subject to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal: thetyee.ca/News/2026/04... via @amandafollett.bsky.social

The RCMP is disputing a finding that it discriminated, saying police investigations aren’t “services” under the Canadian Human Rights Act. My latest for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

@thetyee.ca is holding a super fun event in Vancouver events.humanitix.com/reality-chec... — featuring @rachelgilmore.bsky.social, @jenstden.bsky.social, @harrisonmooney.bsky.social & @vancolour.bsky.social. Thursday, May 21, 2026 Doors 6:30 pm · Event 7:00 pm. Tickets at the link above.

What parent hasn't identified with the intrepid salmon, burning its energy fighting the current only to spawn and die?

ICYMI - This is unprecedented in Alberta. Lawyers Group Wants a Criminal Probe of Edmonton's Top Cop via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

I hope we're not going to memory hole the fact a sitting US President threatened to destroy an entire country and its culture—a "civilization". That's not something you can come back from. The fact that it is likely a crass performative bluff for bargaining leverage does not excuse it in any sense.

So... Does Iran have a right to exist, or nah?

BC's environment ministry is recommending an administrative penalty following the poisoning deaths of more than a dozen cattle last summer — but still won't say who's responsible. My latest for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Well, this is embarrassing: www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Anything from @mark-carney.bsky.social or @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social yet? Canadians are looking to you right now

As part of its budget, VicPD casually mentioned they’d created their own AI system. Via FOI, we now know they’ve told officers they can use it to write documents, conduct research, and ask questions about VicPD policies and potentially the Criminal Code. needsmorespikes.com/blog/vicpd-ai #yyj 🧵

*sighs in rural BC*

April marks a decade of an ongoing public health emergency actively being ignored by people who have the power to do something to stop it. I'm exasperated and not sure what to do other than re-share what I've been photographing and writing about it for the past ten years.

The BC government has begun using AI to process FOI requests. While AI use is currently limited to identifying certain types of personal info and reviewing older documents, the company that developed the tools says there are plans to expand it. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

My latest for @thetyee.ca on Vancouver council's decision to continue the supportive housing pause. thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

This descriptive, thoroughly reported and very troubling essay about the separatist movement in Alberta by @marcellodicintio.bsky.social is critical reading for Albertans. Great journalism in the public interest. Among the Separatists via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

We have lost a giant, and a hero to countless social justice activists across Canada and around the world. My thoughts & memories on the passing of Stephen Lewis: www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/31/o...

The Air Canada CEO had to step down for not speaking French, meanwhile WestJet is just over here getting away with fraud.

That WestJet not only swapped out a perfectly good plane for a faulty one, then lied about it — not just to passengers (twice!) but in court documents — is wild. www.cbc.ca/news/gopubli...

After lobbying by a mining group, the B.C. government is reviewing conservation measures across the province. Conservationists worry it could water down protections and derail new protected areas. thenarwhal.ca/mining-lobby... #bcpoli

“Lewis, often seen as the farthest left of all five candidates, won decisively on a platform that included expanding universal health care, transitioning off fossil fuels, and publicly funded affordability measures such as government-owned grocery stores.” @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

The NDP is just showing us the conversations that have previously happened behind closed doors.

This is such incredible work from the folks at CBC Indigenous. Congrats to everyone who accessed and made sense of thousands of pages of decades-old documents. Really important reporting. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

State surveillance is part of a wider retaliatory scheme meant to silence. In my case the govt tracked my movements, social media infringements, etc b/c we filed a human rights case v the feds to help children. www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/rcmp-security-infiltration-george-manuel-9.7145083

A new front has opened in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran — and it's online. From Lego soldiers to Trump Teletubbies, Iran's propaganda is trolling the president while rattling global markets. n.pr/3PD0Vcf

BC has axed its Climate Action Secretariat, sending at least 10 people to work on pipelines @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03... #climate #pipelines

Carney has some explaining to do: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The heat dome’s death toll was confirmed as 619, “equivalent to a Boeing 747 crash killing all aboard.” Five years later, these fatalities are treated as a part of life, Geoff Meggs writes for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

"For some Indigenous leaders, the era left a persistent legacy of paranoia. It manifests in suspicion. Wariness of new people. A check under the bed when travelling." A must read and an textbook in freedom-of-information tenacity by Brett Forester, Ka’nhehsí:io Deer, Marnie Luke and Dave Seglins.

'The Tyee requested that the RCMP provide the current status of each officer investigated by Project E-Prevails... The RCMP declined to provide the information, citing privacy and solicitor-client privilege.' Reporting by @amandafollett.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

"Contrary to popular opinion, the Native movement is not a half-assed organization,” an internal report said about the UBCIC in March 1975. www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

Holy shit.

BC quietly eliminated its Climate Action Secretariat, reassigning at least 10 staff to support LNG, pipelines and gas fracking. Bonkers story by @zoeyunker.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

This may not seem like a big deal in places where this has been already normalized, but uh, this is a huge escalation of police intimidation here. It's wild seeing street cops get more "tactical" here over time, this "show of force" has nothing to do with "public safety". www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Three years ago, the BC government promised an independent investigation into long-standing misconduct allegations within the BC RCMP. A report is expected in the coming weeks. But the province says it will review the findings before anything is released. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

I can confirm the following journalists received phishing emails from the mysterious “Canadaland Tipster” who shared links to pages on @canadaland.com’s website containing an embedded IP tracer: • Me • Rachel Gilmore • Scott Martin • The Maple • Nora Loreto • Ethan Cox • Karyn Pugliese

Another update: An r/canadaland moderator is alleging Jesse Brown “reached out” to them with concerns about “sock puppet accounts” Apparently “Canadaland employees” were given moderator access to investigate r/canadaland users I reached out to @jessebrown.bsky.social about this – no comment yet

I got the same IP spear phishing email from the so-called "Canadaland tipster" linking to a page on Canadaland's website with an IP tracer I'm aware of several other journalists who've also received this If you received this too, please DM or email me: [email protected]

Tania Warner and Ayla, her seven-year-old with autism, sent to notorious Texas detention center and told to ‘self-deport’

Northback Holdings, a coal mining company owned by billionaire Australian Gina Rinehart, has launched a $2-billion claim against the Canadian government under a little-known trade agreement. Andrew Nikiforuk reports.

What this story misses, and media reporting on the politicking around DRIPA needs to make clear, is that the Cowichan decision wasn’t based on DRIPA. It was based on Section 35 of the Constitution. Amending DRIPA won’t change the Constitution. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

A Texas man says he has no idea why his Canadian wife and stepdaughter are being held by US immigration officials. He shared documents indicating she was allowed to work in Texas and says she's been there for 5 years www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Two members of the Nisga'a Nation have filed a lawsuit in BC Supreme Court alleging the First Nation failed to adequately consult its citizens before partnering with Western LNG on the development of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/19/n...

"I was struck by how polite and kind the people I spoke with were, even as they declined my requests for comment. One person managed to tell me, between tears, 'Welcome to Tumbler. Thank you for being here.'" thewalrus.ca/i-saw-the-be...