Oh no... Okanagan Indian Band Chief Dan Wilson says up to 230 homes destroyed in the fire.

Simon Little 🍁@simonplittle.ca · yesterday

Officials in B.C. are giving an update on the destructive Bradley Creek fire. You can follow along live here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"In small towns, local politicians cannot disappear after a council meeting. Citizens can find them at Tim Hortons, in the grocery store, at city hall... While accessibility is one of local govt's greatest strengths, it can also increasingly be one of its vulnerabilities." thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

Local Politicians Are Shouldering Too Much Abuse | The Tyee

Mayors and councillors have been hit with a barrage of vitriol since the pandemic. Will it change who wants to run this fall?

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What a loss for BC.

Alanna Kelly@alannakellynews.bsky.social · last wk.

A devoted partner and caring father who spent nearly three decades volunteering his time to rescue strangers has died while mountain biking in Squamish. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

filing a complaint with cbc's ombudsperson that i was not offered the opportunity to do this story www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRSc...

Why is VIA Rail Still Running 70-Year-Old Trains? | CBC Creator Network

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"I know you are but what am I"

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 2w ago

Absolute crash out from Musk after he’s presented with the reality that many, many people fucking hate him

Major warning from officials to anyone who who opted to stay in Boston bar, B.C. under wildfire evacuation orders — a new fire has started spreading quickly, the highway is closing, you are in danger, leave now www.fvrd.ca/EN/main/serv...

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. @zoeyunker.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

LNG Canada’s Acid Gas-Burning Incinerator Keeps Failing | The Tyee

A key tool for protecting Kitimat’s environment and humans has frequently malfunctioned, leaving it unusable for months on end.

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NEW from me: I took a deep dive for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social into the American hedge fund-owned Canadian newspaper chain that’s pushing anti-trans, pro-genocide and climate science denial narratives down our throats. ricochet.media/media/dumpst...

‘Dumpster fire’: Postmedia’s decade of pushing Canada’s politics to the right

Canada’s largest newspaper chain has amplified conservative grievance politics — creating fertile ground for MAGA-style ideas, Alberta separatism, and an increasingly polarized political landscape

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I’ve never encountered anything like this in all my years of reporting: a grieving mother being told, during an inquest, that her daughter was buried three years ago without her knowledge or consent. #mmiwg thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

Inquest Paused after Mother Receives Shocking News About Her Daughter | The Tyee

Natasha Harrison learned during testimony her daughter Tatyanna was buried without her knowledge.

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NEW: The RCMP can apply the lessons it learned at an Israeli military seminar last year to “Canadian law enforcement contexts,” according to a briefing document written by Canada’s defence attaché in Israel. www.readthemaple.com/rcmp-can-app...

RCMP Can Apply Israel’s Gaza Tactics To Canadian Policing: Briefing

The RCMP can apply the lessons it learned at an Israeli military seminar last year to “Canadian law enforcement contexts.”

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US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra welcomed Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich to his July 4 party in Ottawa tonight Lich is currently serving a house arrest sentence in relation to a criminal conviction over her role in the convoy's three-week occupation of Canada's capital city

New from me. Mark Carney’s Oprah giveaway day, and a vexing question: if a new pipeline is a money-printing machine, why does no private company want to build it so that taxpayers have to? #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/opi...

Opinion: Welcome to the Mark Carney major projects sweepstakes

You get a port! And you get a tunnel! And everybody gets a pipeline, whether or not they want one!

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"The realization is yet to set in with the public that 90 per cent of the cost of this multibillion-dollar project — we don’t know how many multiples of billions yet — is going to be paid by Alberta and Canadian taxpayers, just as we were promised would never happen." thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Inside Carney’s Pipeline Deal with Alberta and BC | The Tyee

Taxpayers will be on the hook for billions to bring oil through BC’s Lower Mainland.

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Patient Safety and Learning Systems are protected from public scrutiny so health care professionals have “full, open and candid discussions” on patient safety, according to BC’s health ministry. thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

How Many People Are ODing in BC Hospitals? It’s Still a Mystery | The Tyee

The Tyee just lost our last FOI appeal. Here’s what we can tell you.

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Scrolling the news in 2026…

“It suggests that even the police whose job it is to deal with the media don’t understand how the media works. Worse, they don’t seem to appreciate the vital role played by media.”

The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · last mo.

LNG Canada wants B.C.’s energy regulator to increase its flaring limit tenfold for the next three years. If approved, the new limit would allow the company to continually flare up to 300 tonnes of gas per day, an increase from its current limit of 28 tonnes per day. thetyee.ca/News/2026/06...

Kitimat LNG Plant Asks for Massive Flaring Permit Increase | The Tyee

Racked by technical problems, LNG Canada has applied to be allowed to flare far more gas into Kitimat’s airshed.

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Both the government and the Court of Appeal now treat protesters as terrorists and terrorists as protesters. It's hard to accept that a "Labour" government is imposing rightwing authoritarianism on the UK, but please read this column to see what's happening.+🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy? | George Monbiot

The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Telus recently tried to charge me an “activation fee” to renew my contract — no changes, just a fee for the privilege of continuing to be their customer. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Rogers, Bell, Telus under fire for charging fees that 'appear' to violate new rules | CBC News

Rogers, Bell and Telus are each facing scrutiny from Canada's telecom regulator for introducing wireless fees the regulator says appear to violate new federal rules.

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Congrats to @ethancox.bsky.social and Jerome Turner of @ricochetmedia.bsky.social for winning the Gold Scoop Award for https://loom.ly/8hRYt0E Félicitations à Ethan Cox et Jerome Turner pour avoir remporté le Prix or « Scoop »

a profoundly moving and very sad story harm reduction is not about reducing harms of drug use, but the harms of drug 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 the practice of harm reduction builds justice and is love read it www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Meet the ‘hit doctor’: Inside an informal network of drug users trying to stay alive | CBC News

Amid the ongoing toxic drug crisis, an informal network of support has emerged among drug users. Part of this network are individuals referred to by their clients as “doctors” — everyday people with n...

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Oh, this is fun! (Dave Daust is a forestry expert who lived in my town… we are not married but — fun fact — his son played violin at my wedding!)

Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦@senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A thread. The other day, I happened to clock the little AI-written bio attached to my name. It announced, quite confidently, that I was married, not to my husband, but to his brother. Particularly amusing, since my BIL is a proud member of the LGBQT community. I love him, but I am NOT his type. 🧵

Seeing some people react to this as if Jesse Brown lost in court and experiencing some understandable schadenfreude But his isn't a court verdict, it's an out-of-court settlement. What this actually shows is Jesse Brown was willing to pay $885,000 to avoid a public airing of these issues at trial

JUST IN: B.C. MLA Jordan Kealy charged with sexual assault in Fort St. John www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

B.C. MLA Jordan Kealy charged with assault in Fort St. John | CBC News

The B.C. Prosecution Service says independent MLA Jordan Kealy, who represents Peace River North, has been charged with one count of sexual assault in Fort St. John.

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One wonders how, after decades of ongoing centralization, the PM manages to centralize power in the PMO even further. www.thestar.com/politics/pol...

Althia Raj: ‘He yells’: Mark Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling

A prime minister with a penchant for centralizing power does not want to be challenged, Althia Raj writes.

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While Gitxan hereditary leaders support a proposed pipeline project, some community members say they weren't consulted on changes it would bring to the valley. @amandafollett.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/06...

The Trespass: A Proposed Pipeline Brings Questions for the Gitxsan | The Tyee

Chiefs signed agreements, saying they were doing what’s best for the nation. Others say they weren’t given a choice.

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“Deep-snow caribou are found nowhere else in the world but in B.C. In 2005, B.C. had 18 deep-snow caribou herds. Eight herds are now locally extinct, while the others are hanging on by a hoof.” @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/06...

Will Canada Issue an Emergency Order to Protect Caribou? | The Tyee

If it doesn’t happen, they’re ‘doomed,’ says Okanagan Indian Band Chief Dan Wilson.

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BREAKING: Canada exported $14.6 million of military goods to Israel in 2025, according to data released today by Global Affairs Canada. www.readthemaple.com/canada-expor...

Canada Exported $14.6 Million Of Military Goods To Israel In 2025

A total of 50 military export permits were utilized to sell goods to Israel in 2025.

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Good to see @velshi.com out there. This is fucking crazy.

MS NOW@ms.now · 2mo ago

While reporting on a large police presence breaking up a protest outside Delaney Hall ICE facility in New Jersey, Ali Velshi is escorted away by police.

“The Education Ministry, under Beare, objected to a democratically elected school board’s decision to end a police program. It conspired with police to attack and undermine the board… and it withheld evidence from the courts in a shocking failure.” @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

Firing Victoria’s School Board Was an Abuse of Power | The Tyee

The provincial government colluded with police on a costly, undemocratic campaign.

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