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Jim Stanford: “This claim of interprovincial subsidization is completely false. Alberta pays no money to Quebec, or to any other province. The Alberta government, like other provinces, receives huge transfers from Ottawa to help pay for health care and other programs.” https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/09/15/Alberta-Does-Not-Subsidize-Rest-Canada/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Labour groups are warning about new Liberal changes coming to a little-known section of the Canada Labour Code that the government has used to try and end several high-profile strikes. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/09/22/Unions-Slam-Liberals-Federal-Labour-Code-Changes-Section-107/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

How does The Tyee keep knocking it out of the park year after year, you ask? The answer is you. 🫵 In 2025 alone, 11,310 individuals supported The Tyee through its Builders program. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2026/09/23/Tyee-Friends-Big-Difference-Again/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

What if we were to treat affordable housing as economic infrastructure, competing with pipelines and ports? It’s a comparison that reflects housing’s actual importance to overall economic output and productivity, Ernest Lang writes. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/09/17/Affordable-Housing-Nation-Building-Strategy-Nobody-Can-Tariff/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

"One of the big questions plaguing experts for years: why are there so few baby sturgeon?" Grace Kennedy reports on the extraordinary local effort underway to rescue an ancient species from the brink of extinction. 🌊 https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/09/25/Endangered-Nechako-River-Sturgeon-Need-Help-Making-Babies/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

For many good reasons, Canadians are more inclined to look on today’s United States not with envy but with a mix of defiance and pity. Michael Harris writes. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/07/29/Trump-Slags-Canadians/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

As B.C. Premier David Eby prepares for a likely election call, what’s next for the province’s fractured right-wing opposition? Paul Willcocks writes. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/09/22/After-Findlay-What-Comes-Next/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

"'North of North’s commitment to making a beautiful show serves several functions. Identity is one of them. Pride is another. But there’s also something else at work." Dorothy Woodend reviews an excellent new comedy now streaming on APTN and CBC. 🧡 https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/09/18/North-of-North-Subversive-Charmer/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

In his latest book, Toronto-born science fiction author and tech critic @pluralistic@mamot.fr argues that AI will make us all reverse centaurs, or assistants to machines, if it succeeds. 🤖Crawford Kilian writes. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/07/24/Cory-Doctorow-Predicts-AI-Bubble-Will-Burst/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

In response to a request for an interview, the BC Conservatives new caucus communications director Cosmin Dzsurdzsa — a hire criticized by opponents as bringing “Trump-style politics” to B.C. — called The Tyee a “far-left smear outlet” and “literal trash, not journalism.” https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/17/BC-Conservatives-Hire-Alberta-Separatist/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Satellite proposals for “emergent space activities” in low Earth orbit are becoming increasingly outlandish. The proposals have become so weird, in fact, that the FCC recently published a document called “Spectrum Abundance for Weird Space Stuff.” https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/07/23/Elon-Musk-Space-Gold-Rush/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“What if I told you that you are part fish? Not metaphorically, but scientifically.” 🐟 #TyeePresents #Sponsoredhttps://thetyee.ca/Presents/2026/07/20/Hollyhock-Art-Entanglement/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

There’s a century’s worth of science behind these simple signs that denote different fire danger levels. And the fire risk they communicate affects how people live and work in B.C. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/29/Science-BC-Fire-Danger-Ratings/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

This year’s Bard on the Beach production of Sophocles’ classical tragedy “Antigone” — running until Sept. 18 in the Douglas Campbell Theatre at Sen̓áḵw/Vanier Park in Vancouver — opens with the Chorus asking, “Who will care for us when we are gone?” #TyeePresents #Sponsored https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2026/07/24/Bard-on-the-Beach-Antigone/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“Whether fish, flowers or the iris of the human eye, all are buoyed by the curvature of the wood that contains and uplifts them.” Dorothy Woodend reviews Vancouver sculptor Cameron Kerr's solo show at Griffin Art Projects in North Vancouver. 🖼️ https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/07/24/Breathtaking-Work-Artists-Artist/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A critical tool for destroying potentially dangerous gases at the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat was out of commission for more days than it operated between September and April. Zoë Yunker reports. #bcpolihttps://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/20/LNG-Canada-Acid-Gas-Incinerator-Keeps-Failing/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Canada arguably has a Red Tory party — it just so happens to still be called “the Liberal Party of Canada.” Rachel Gilmore writes. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/07/23/Mark-Carney-Red-Tory/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“Did Danielle Smith really believe her re-election fairy tale in 2023, or was she deceiving us?” David J. Climenhaga writes. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/07/30/Smith-Brazenly-Broke-Promise-Health-Care/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Prolonged drought conditions are forcing British Columbia’s fire tacticians to rethink how they battle blazes in the province’s dry and hot Interior. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/08/06/Forests-Burn-BC-Changing-Tactics/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Citing frustrations with a growing caseload and insufficient resources, the chair of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal, Emily Ohler, is stepping down two years before her term ends. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/17/Chair-BC-Human-Rights-Tribunal-Quits/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“Mutual aid doesn’t have to happen when you have an organization as big as Distro Disco. Mutual aid is something that you can do in your own neighborhood.” 🤝 https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/07/17/Distro-Disco-People-Power/

The Drug User Liberation Front’s constitutional challenge wrapped up Friday, but co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum won’t know until next year whether their efforts to save lives will land them in jail. Michelle Gamage reports. #vanpolihttps://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/27/DULF-Founders-Drug-Law-Charter-Challenge-Ends/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A one-time NDP MLA has lost her bid for an exemption from B.C.’s two-year cooling-off period for former public office holders who make the jump to lobbying. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/29/Former-NDP-MLA-Wait-Start-Lobbying/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Ahead of the municipal vote across B.C. Oct. 17, voters need to see commitment from local governments to address intimate partner violence, say advocates. Meg Collins reports. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/09/28/Municipal-Candidates-Intimate-Partner-Violence/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“Having a strong local food system allows us to have sovereignty and strength in the face of global crises.” 🥕 https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/07/20/Bagful-Reasons-Create-Public-Grocers/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Meet the dedicated team working to rescue an endangered native plant on Savary Island. Its enemy? The mighty Scotch broom. 🌿 https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/07/17/Primroses-On-Savary-Island/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Summer has now become fire season for many B.C. residents and travellers. It’s why authorities urge having access to local emergency information channels — and why it’s important to do so when fire breaks out and time is of the essence. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/30/Emergency-Apps-Wildfire-Season/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“You don’t have to move here or live here, but you are welcome to plant some roots here,” states the FreeAlbertaLand website. “Let’s just call it your vacation home for now. The opportunities await.” https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/22/Separatist-Site-Offers-Donors-Piece-Republic-Alberta/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Despite the proposed pipeline’s potential economic benefits, it faces major financial, environmental and political risks that could determine whether it delivers the returns its backers promise. Eric Chi writes. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/07/29/New-West-Coast-Pipeline-Big-Hurdles/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Summer is usually the busiest season for New Town Bakery & Restaurant. But that first World Cup match-day weekend was so quiet its servers were sent home early. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/17/How-World-Cup-Landed-Local-Businesses/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

A wave of single-room occupancy hotel foreclosures in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is sparking fears of mass evictions by the new owners and the loss of hundreds of housing units serving vulnerable renters. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/08/06/Vancouver-SROs-Changing-Hands/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

In the summer of 1986, Michael Jeffrey invited the ghost of Adrian Marsters back to Savary Island, where he was part of a crew that "discovered" the island in 1792. 👻 Keili Bartlett writes. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/09/18/Savary-Islanders-Imported-Ghost/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Sue Brown, the lawyer who represented Tatyanna Harrison’s family, said the information from the inquest “merits a swift and decisive response by all the ministries whose actions and processes were implicated in the failures that came to light.” https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/31/Public-Safety-Minister-Tatyanna-Harrison-Inquest/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Back in May, we got four sharp media minds on stage in front of a wonderful crowd for a special Tyee panel discussion. Here’s what they had to say about journalism, how to avoid the Trump conundrum and whether online extremists can ever be de-radicalized. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2026/07/24/Tyee-Podcast-Rachel-Gilmore-Reality-Check/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

“When I first had the idea for LitResistance, I was feeling the weight of everything that’s going on in provincial politics,” LitResistance founder Robyn Wilson told The Tyee. Ximena Gonzalez reports. #ABpoli 📚 https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/07/24/Alberta-Banned-Book-Club-Blooms-Fight-Against-Censorship/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Terrace and increasing numbers of other BC communities are debating whether to roll out the welcome mat — or increase regulations — for #AI data centres. Lauren Watson reports. #bcpolihttps://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/20/BC-Communities-Plot-How-Tame-Data-Centres/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Premier David Eby sent British Columbia into a snap election today, just two years into the NDP’s mandate and as the fractured opposition parties move quickly to organize themselves into a viable alternative. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/09/22/David-Eby-Calls-Snap-Election-Political-Opposition-Scrambles/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

David J. Climenhaga: Like her hero Donald Trump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has always understood that populist movements like her United Conservative Party are based more on tribal identity than serious policy. #abpolihttps://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/07/20/Fascist-Pancakes-Viral-Alberta-Moment/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The hospitality industry’s hardest gap to fill isn’t at the front desk. It’s in management: operations, finance, marketing and event co-ordination. 🥂#TyeePresents #Sponsoredhttps://thetyee.ca/Presents/2026/07/17/Program-Leads-Hospitality-Education-BC/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Columbia College relies heavily on tuition from international students — 95 per cent of the college’s population consisted of international students as of 2024. Federal caps on international students have put the college in a dire financial situation. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/22/Inside-Upheaval-Columbia-College/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Carbon capture, utilization and storage, or CCUS, is turning out to be a perfect example of what the social critic Jacques Ellul called the “technological bluff.” Andrew Nikiforuk explains. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/07/27/Calling-Carney-Carbon-Capture-Bluff/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Sports broadcasts are full of betting ads. “As a public policy researcher, I know how problem gambling can lead to serious issues — financial and otherwise — especially among men and boys. As a parent, I know my son is influenced by what he sees on TV,” Renze Nauta writes. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/08/06/Governments-Gambling-Canadians-Well-Being/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

"A cinematic quality is evident in many of Greg Girard’s photos, most especially in the work that cemented his reputation." Dorothy Woodend reviews the first-ever career survey of a celebrated Vancouver documentary photographer. 🌃📷 https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/07/17/Greg-Girard-May-Be-Too-Cool-Polygon-Exhibition/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Punting the public hearing on a proposed artificial intelligence data centre to after the October municipal election means parties are going to have to make their stances on these data centres very clear, said COPE city council candidate Solomon Yi-Kieran. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/24/Who-Gets-Say-AI-Adoption/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

More than 200 years ago, agriculturalists and workers used the phrase “burnt out” to describe fertilizer kilns, fuel, matches, fires and the consequences of excessive work. Nathan TeBokkel writes. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/07/30/Workplace-Burnout-Centuries-Old/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

The B.C. premier’s slumping personal popularity suggests that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new pipeline project with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been a net negative for Eby, despite broad support for the proposal among voters. Geoff Meggs writes. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/08/06/Can-Eby-Manage-NDP-Divisions-LNG-Pipelines/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Residents of Boston Bar, a modest regional commercial and service hub, were ordered to evacuate to the south Thursday morning. That scene could be repeated elsewhere this week. https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/07/16/As-Fire-Looms-View-From-Boston-Bar-Evacuation-Fire-Weather/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

This spring, surveillance pricing for groceries hit a nerve for Canadians, sparking a flurry of headlines and policy action. Sarah-Louise Ruder writes. #canpolihttps://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/07/27/Canadians-Want-Surveillance-Pricing-Banned/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

Logging forests further into the hinterland and at higher elevations may keep the forest industry in timber, but could mean even deeper ecological, social and economic pain ahead. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2026/07/23/Logging-Companies-High-Elevation-Forests/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

There are little-discussed, key positives to the “Canada-British Columbia Partnership on Condo Conversion” program proposed in June. Ernest Lang writes. #canpoli #bcpolihttps://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026/07/27/Rent-to-Own-Can-Work/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial