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“There are lineages in the deep sea that have survived all of Earth’s mass extinctions, except potentially what we’re about to do,” deepwater ecology scientist Cherisse Du Preez said. thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...
Deep-Sea Mining Would Devastate Ocean Life, DFO Scientist Warns | The Tyee
Some creatures that ‘survived all of Earth’s mass extinctions’ might not make it if we go ahead.
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“Someday they will ask me what we did about the climate emergency. We tried so hard, I will say. We knew, we organized, we pushed for change. I hope I will be able to say we finally came to our collective senses.” Maggie Knight writes. 🌎 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
‘Be Careful You Don’t Burn Yourself’ | The Tyee
Reflections on parenting through climate chaos.
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Spanning neighbourhoods, generations and migration histories, “Very Vancouver” transcends a crowded non-fiction subgenre of books about the city, inviting readers to consider who gets left out of the stories Vancouver tells about itself. @jackie-wong.bsky.social reviews. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
What Does It Take to Make a Life in the City? | The Tyee
Christopher Cheung’s new book is an immersive exploration of how class, race and power shape the stories we tell about Vancouver.
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“It’s like the rebel in me. I was just done with shrinking myself to make everyone around me feel comfortable.” @kehyslop.bsky.social interviews analytics Tyeester Shubhalaxmi Patil on sharing her life as a queer woman on social media. 📱🏳️🌈 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
This Is Desi Pride | The Tyee
The Tyee’s Shubhalaxmi Patil on what it means to live the life of her dreams and share her realities with the South Asian community.
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As society itself became more secular, and fewer children were exposed to the Bible at home, education suffered a major loss, @crof.bsky.social argues. 🎒⛪ #bced #canpoli thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
A Case for Teaching the Bible in Public School | The Tyee
Students could benefit from reading excerpts as literature, not doctrine.
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Hundreds of firefighters have worked to save the small town of Clinton from the challenging Pear Lake wildfire, and residents and business owners are coming to grips with a fire that has spared some, but left others with nothing. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
Inside the Fight to Save Clinton | The Tyee
As flames approached, residents rallied to save their town. A special dispatch from the editor of the Clinton Lariat.
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Since 2020, Nupqu, Canada’s largest Indigenous-led plant nursery, has distributed about 700,000 seedlings a year at reclamation sites and conservation lands, replenishing mountainsides that have been altered, or are in the midst of being altered, by development. thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/20...
The Ktunaxa Nursery Restoring BC’s Interior | The Tyee
Nupqu distributes 700,000 seedlings a year to land reclamation projects in their traditional territory.
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Over the past weeks, the hotel workers’ union has mobilized dozens of supporters to rally outside city hall for affordable housing and call in to public hearings to oppose several prominent hotel projects. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
From Hotel Halls to City Hall: A Union’s Disputed Tactics | The Tyee
Demanding affordable homes, Unite Here Local 40 is accused of clogging hearings and foreign interference. What’s going on?
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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.” thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
Public Safety Minister Won’t Comment on Tatyanna Harrison Inquest | The Tyee
After problems with BC’s death investigation system were shown, there’s no reason to wait to act, says lawyer.
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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. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Workplace Burnout Is Centuries Old | The Tyee
We live with present-day ‘hustle culture’ and ‘grindset.’ But farm records reveal the agrarian roots of worker exhaustion.
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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. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
The Emergency Apps You Need for Wildfire Season | The Tyee
Your phone can tell you when fire approaches. But you need the right program.
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“Did Danielle Smith really believe her re-election fairy tale in 2023, or was she deceiving us?” David J. Climenhaga writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Smith Brazenly Broke This Promise on Health Care | The Tyee
‘No one should pay out of pocket to see a family doctor,’ she guaranteed. Albertans were suckered.
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Although Shirley and Ken MacKinnon saw smoke, ash and even embers end up on their property in 2021 — the same year the village of Lytton was destroyed by wildfire — their beloved Alexandra Lodge was never truly in jeopardy. This year is different. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
A Historic Fraser Canyon Hotel Faces Down a Wildfire | The Tyee
After years of renovations, Alexandra Lodge was being returned to its former glory. A fire on its doorstep could turn it all to ash.
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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. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Why a New West Coast Pipeline Still Faces Big Hurdles | The Tyee
Despite politicians’ talk, the megaproject faces questions about costs, timing and climate.
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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. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
As Trump Slags Canadians, the American Dream Fades | The Tyee
Citizens here hold more faith in their nation. Global partners are lining up.
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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. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
Former NDP MLA Will Have to Wait to Start Lobbying | The Tyee
Kelli Paddon has lost a bid to shorten the normal two-year period required before asking government officials for reforms.
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New West needs a 2nd high school. SD40 are considering tearing down seismically-upgraded Tweedsmuir Elem for the new school. Where will Tweedsmuir students go temporarily? To Stride Avenue School, which is at high risk in event of an earthquake. My @thetyee.ca piece today thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
New West Is Densifying. Schools Aren’t Keeping Up | The Tyee
Parents are worried that plans to move kids from a seismically safe school to an unsafe one will put them at risk.
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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. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
The Science Behind BC’s Fire Danger Ratings | The Tyee
‘Extreme’ isn’t just a vibe. How decades of research help inform the public and set rules for workers.
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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. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #vanpoli
DULF Founders’ Drug Law Charter Challenge Ends | The Tyee
Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will wait months to learn if they face prison.
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There are little-discussed, key positives to the “Canada-British Columbia Partnership on Condo Conversion” program proposed in June. Ernest Lang writes. #canpoli #bcpoli
Don’t Call It a Condo Bailout. It’s Rent-to-Own and It Can Work | The Tyee
If it’s done right, BC’s government can play a key role in helping working people afford a home.
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This spring, surveillance pricing for groceries hit a nerve for Canadians, sparking a flurry of headlines and policy action. Sarah-Louise Ruder writes. #canpoli
Canadians Want Surveillance Pricing Banned | The Tyee
And governments can act fast, before it reaches your local grocery store.
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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.
Calling Carney’s Carbon Capture Bluff | The Tyee
He pretends the technology is a serious response to the climate crisis. Here’s the reality.
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In his latest book, Toronto-born science fiction author and tech critic @doctorow.pluralistic.net argues that AI will make us all reverse centaurs, or assistants to machines, if it succeeds. 🤖 @crof.bsky.social writes. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
Cory Doctorow Predicts the AI Bubble Will Burst | The Tyee
The writer sees a shaky future for a technology that has many of us in a lather.
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“Her hands hold the secrets to her dishes close to her heart just like she has held me and my siblings, just like her mother used to hold her.” Jitya Bagga on finding garam masala in Vancouver, the spice she most associates with home. 🫚 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
The Spice of Life | The Tyee
In Northern Indian cooking, garam masala rules. Now it colours my memories of home and my new life in Canada.
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"When I first had the idea for LitResistance, I was feeling the weight of everything that’s going on in provincial politics,” Edmonton social worker and banned book subscription founder Robyn Wilson told The Tyee. 📚 @ximenaka.bsky.social reports. #ABPoli thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
A Banned Book Club Blooms in Alberta | The Tyee
The club sends members titles that have been pulled from public library shelves. It joins a widespread fight against censorship across North America.
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“Whether fish, flowers or the iris of the human eye, all are buoyed by the curvature of the wood that contains and uplifts them.” @dorothywoodend.bsky.social reviews Vancouver sculptor Cameron Kerr's solo show at Griffin Art Projects in North Vancouver. 🖼️🌿 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
The Breathtaking Work of an ‘Artist’s Artist’ | The Tyee
Vancouver sculptor Cameron Kerr interrogates the space between waking and dreaming.
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This year’s Bard on the Beach production of Sophocles’ classical tragedy “Antigone” — running until Sept. 18 in the Douglas Campbell Theatre in Vancouver — opens with the Chorus asking, “Who will care for us when we are gone?” #TyeePresents #Sponsored thetyee.ca/Presents/202...
Bard on the Beach’s ‘Antigone’ Gives New Voice to the Women | The Tyee
In this contemporary adaptation of Sophocles’ tragedy, playwright Kate Besworth focuses on family, inheritance and the choices we make.
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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. thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
The Tyee Podcast: Rachel Gilmore Gives Us a Reality Check | The Tyee
The investigative journalist joins Mo Amir and Jen St. Denis in a special live recording to discuss fighting nonsense and Nazis.
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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. thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
‘We Want a Role’: Who Gets a Say in AI Adoption? | The Tyee
Data centres could be a top concern in the upcoming Vancouver election, a city council candidate says.
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