It's been a strange couple of weeks at #Vancouver city hall. Council considered controversial tower and city planning projects. More than a thousand speakers signed up to participate in public hearings. Mayor Ken Sim has claims of foreign interference...

The Columbia College merger is messy — but to know why, you have to know what's been happening with Quest University. What is the university doing three years after closing its doors? And why is it in the hot seat? @bethanylindsay.bsky.social has been leading the coverage

Bethany Lindsay@bethanylindsay.bsky.social · 2w ago

@isaacphannay.bsky.social takes a look at the other side of the plan to resurrect Quest University through a merger with Columbia College. @theijf.org has looked in the serious questions about why Quest failed. Now read how the merger plan is affecting Columbia staff. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

@isaacphannay.bsky.social takes a look at the other side of the plan to resurrect Quest University through a merger with Columbia College. @theijf.org has looked in the serious questions about why Quest failed. Now read how the merger plan is affecting Columbia staff. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...

Inside the Upheaval at Columbia College | The Tyee

Big layoffs, plummeting enrolment and a union drive collide as the Vancouver school pursues a merger with Quest University.

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Vancouver’s Growing Anti-AI Movement | The Tyee

Residents are protesting and calling for a moratorium on new AI data centres. And local politicians are listening.

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RIGHT NOW: A few hundred people protesting AI and the new Vancouver data centres head south toward city hall. It’s the second demonstration of its kind in the past month in Vancouver, marking a swell in public anti-AI sentiment. More to come. Find it @thetyee.ca

RIGHT NOW: A few hundred people protesting AI and the new Vancouver data centres head south toward city hall. It’s the second demonstration of its kind in the past month in Vancouver, marking a swell in public anti-AI sentiment. More to come. Find it @thetyee.ca

According to the BCGEU, Thomson Reuter’s contracts with ICE currently total more than US$40 million. “The union expects Thomson Reuters will continue to provide services to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security.” @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/06...

No Human Rights Review for Thomson Reuters’ Big Contracts with ICE | The Tyee

The BC union that saw its shareholder challenge shot down warns US deportation methods risk lawsuits.

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Well, it was fun while it lasted

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a much-delayed #AI strategy yesterday. I sat down with parliamentary secretary for the AI Minister MP Taleeb Noormohamed to ask questions about data centre pushback, jobs, and about why investments are moving faster than regulation thetyee.ca/News/2026/06...

What Will Canada’s AI Strategy Mean for Jobs and Safety? | The Tyee

MP Taleeb Noormohamed, parliamentary secretary to the AI minister, answers questions about AI safety and data centre pushback. A Tyee Q&A.

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Very cool to hear that @thetyee.ca has launched a podcast, hosted by @harrisonmooney.bsky.social I will follow for sure. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

How Do We Move Forward on DRIPA? (with Adam Olsen)

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Oh my good god GUYS IT'S HERE. @thetyee.ca team has been working away on producing a pod and we're finally ready to release it into the world. From us to you! Because we love you. And also you begged The Tyee for this for years. YEARS. Please enjoy. open.spotify.com/show/033kxUJ...

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Podcast · The Tyee · The Tyee Podcast is a conversation with remarkable guests discussing the events and stories happening around us — journalists, experts and iconoclasts who will break down the issu...

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A small group of us over at The Tyee have been working off the sides of our desks for nearly a year now to launch something very special. Now, I'm excited to share The Tyee Podcast! Listen wherever you get em shows.acast.com/the-tyee-pod...

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Diving deeper into the stories shaping the West Coast, because Canada needs more B.C.

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This Vancouver-based FinTech company faces dozens of accusations of dishonest conduct online. Experts say it saddles Canadians with debt they can't afford. But it's not breaking any law. I spoke to a former employee, antifraud experts and a former customer for an in-depth look. #personalfinance

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The Better Business Bureau reports a pattern of complaints that Spring Financial does not properly explain its products, and dozens of Reddit users accuse the financial tech company of dishonest tactics. 💻💳 @isaacphannay.bsky.social explains.

This Vancouver-based FinTech company faces dozens of accusations of dishonest conduct online. Experts say it saddles Canadians with debt they can't afford. But it's not breaking any law. I spoke to a former employee, antifraud experts and a former customer for an in-depth look. #personalfinance

The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 2mo ago

The Better Business Bureau reports a pattern of complaints that Spring Financial does not properly explain its products, and dozens of Reddit users accuse the financial tech company of dishonest tactics. 💻💳 @isaacphannay.bsky.social explains.

The Better Business Bureau reports a pattern of complaints that Spring Financial does not properly explain its products, and dozens of Reddit users accuse the financial tech company of dishonest tactics. 💻💳 @isaacphannay.bsky.social explains.

A Very Shiny Debt Trap | The Tyee

How online financial companies persuade Canadians to sign up for loans they can’t pay off. An in-depth look.

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Got Questions About AI Data Centres in Vancouver? Here Are Answers | The Tyee

The complexes will recycle heat and use less water than most, say backers as opponents mobilize.

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Jen St. Denis@jenstden.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our labour/corporate responsibility reporter @isaacphannay.bsky.social is working on an explainer about the data centres proposed for Vancouver. What questions do you have about this? #vanpoli

Our labour/corporate responsibility reporter @isaacphannay.bsky.social is working on an explainer about the data centres proposed for Vancouver. What questions do you have about this? #vanpoli

Two AI data centres are coming to Vancouver. A third is coming to Kamloops. What do you think about that? Send me an email at iphannay (at) thetyee (dot) ca Would love to chat. thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

As Employers Push to Adopt AI, Many Workers Push Back | The Tyee

Most Canadian execs embrace the trend but one-third face employee resistance, finds a survey.

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In Vancouver, there's a collective that helps migrants access healthcare. Decades ago, they operated as an underground network reminiscent of Sensei's community in One Battle After Another. Today, it's an advocacy organization running out of the Migrant Workers' Centre This is their story

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Community workers and migrant advocates take dozens of calls monthly from migrant workers seeking health care. @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports.

Sanctuary Health has helped farm and construction workers for decades. Now they’re bracing for a new crisis. @isaacphannay.bsky.social dug into the history and future of a B.C. organization that has been connecting migrants to health care for 40 years. thetyee.ca/News/2026/05...

In Canada, Health Care is a Right. Except if You’re a Migrant Worker | The Tyee

Sanctuary Health has helped farm and construction workers for decades. Now they’re bracing for a new crisis.

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In my latest for @thetyee.ca — about 20,000 sailors are stranded near the Strait of Hormuz. Two months into the conflict, they're watching missiles overhead as they run out of food. thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Sailors in the Strait of Hormuz Face Hunger and Danger: Advocate | The Tyee

From Vancouver, Nathan Smith is trying to help commercial shipping workers who have been stranded by war.

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Ahead of the book launch for “A Fight For Justice” last Wednesday, labour reporter @isaacphannay.bsky.social met Joe Barrett to discuss his fight at the heart of a historic union drive for migrant workers — and its ripple effect on labour nearly two decades later. #bclab

He Helped Canada Line Workers Win Justice. Now, There’s a Book | The Tyee

Joe Barrett helped migrant worker tunnel builders win a historic labour victory.

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In the Strait of Hormuz, sailors who work on container ships and tankers are running out of food, and 12 have died since the U.S.-Iran war started. Labour reporter @isaacphannay.bsky.social spoke to a Vancouver union rep who’s been trying to help: thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

Sailors in the Strait of Hormuz Face Hunger and Danger: Advocate | The Tyee

From Vancouver, Nathan Smith is trying to help commercial shipping workers who have been stranded by war.

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The Tyee’s @isaacphannay.bsky.social, @tyolsen.bsky.social and @jenstden.bsky.social (twice!) have all scored nominations for awards to be handed out by the @cajournalists.bsky.social. St. Denis is one of 10 finalists in multiple CAJ categories. 🔥🗞️ #CdnMedia

The Tyee Picks Up Five CAJ Awards Nominations | The Tyee

Jen St. Denis, Isaac Phan Nay, Tyler Olsen and Kristen de Jager are in the running for national awards for their reporting.

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Lots of lies and grievance being spread on YouTube by unknown people from unknown countries in support of Alberta's independence movement. The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

The Dishonest Online Campaign to Support Alberta Separatism | The Tyee

A research group raises red flags about foreign interference in the province’s independence referendum.

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Finalists/Finalistes : CWA/CAJ Labour Reporting /reportages sur le secteur travail ⭐️Isaac Phan Nay - Tyee ⭐️Matt Simmons - Narwhal ⭐️Team - CBC News ⭐️Caroline Touzin - La Presse ⭐️Zak Vescera - IJF #CAJawards #prixACJ

Things are changing over at @thetyee.ca .... including this: I now report on corporate responsibility! I'll still be doing labour stories. But if you have any tips about companies behaving badly, drop me a line. Info in my bio

This SEO expert used the Globe and Mail, Yahoo News and other press release syndication sites to manipulate LLMs. What does this mean for disinfo? My latest for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...

How Companies Hijack AI Chatbots | The Tyee

SEO experts have many ways to exploit LLMs. One researcher says the loopholes could be used for political purposes.

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The judge gave the company five years to pay the fee, in instalments of $150,000 starting May 2027. Check out the conclustion to this long-running courts saga in The Tyee

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A B.C. Supreme Court justice ordered J. Cote & Son Excavating to pay $575,000 Monday after ruling the company’s criminal negligence caused the death of one employee and injured another. The sentence comes more than 13 years after the employees were crushed while replacing a Burnaby storm sewer.

Rare criminal conviction for a worker death and serious injury to another worker. Thank you for sticking with this important story @isaacphannay.bsky.social

The Tyee@thetyee.ca · 4mo ago

A B.C. Supreme Court justice ordered J. Cote & Son Excavating to pay $575,000 Monday after ruling the company’s criminal negligence caused the death of one employee and injured another. The sentence comes more than 13 years after the employees were crushed while replacing a Burnaby storm sewer.

Eight months into Ottawa’s investigation into flight attendants’ allegations that they’re forced to do unpaid work, the union is raising concerns that it won’t result in any change. @isaacphannay.bsky.social updates. #canlab

Flight Attendants Renew Call For Unpaid Work Legislation | The Tyee

CUPE’s Wesley Lesosky said he’s worried the next part of the investigation will skew in employers’ favour.

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