Dark fairy tales have replaced the shining myth of American nationhood. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Sept. 15, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/09/15/Trump-Dark-Fairy-Tales-Sleep-No-Option/
Wild salmon lovers in the province are expressing cautious optimism as Fraser River sockeye returns significantly exceed expectations — something that’s being attributed, in part, to the removal of fish farms in the area. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published Aug. 14, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/14/Fraser-Sockeye-Returns-Prompt-Fishery-Openings/
“This idea that we need to work harder and grow the GDP, or that we need to invest more in research and development, is really questionable to me.” The Tyee’s labour reporter Isaac Phan Nay interviews Jasmine Ramze Rezaee, director of policy and community action at Community Food Centres Canada. Published Aug. 14, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/08/14/Rethinking-Canada-Productivity-Problem/
A new front has opened up in the diplomatic battle between China and Taiwan: the small town of Hope and its welcoming central bus stop. Tyler Olsen, Tyee senior editor, reports. Published Aug. 14, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/14/Tiny-Flag-BC-Town-China-Taiwan-Tensions/
Alberta’s bizarre and dangerous experiment in vaccine rationing began Monday with the appearance of a website where Albertans can register to be considered for COVID-19 immunization sometime in the fall if any vaccine is left. You might get vaccinated, or you might not. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Aug. 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/08/13/Alberta-Vaccine-Experiment/
“It’s that shock of recognition, where you can see yourself reflected back in someone’s eyes with love,” said U.S. author and artist Jessica Love. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Aug. 18, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/13/LGBTQ2S-Books-Give-Kids-Feeling-Being-Seen/
The Tyee spoke to seven of Kaila’s co-workers, who all say they believe an excessive workload, strenuous working conditions and a lack of support for existing health conditions contributed to her death. Isaac Phan Nay reports. Published Aug. 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/13/Janitor-Died-SFU/
ICET’s funding supports projects led by local governments, First Nations, and not-for-profit organizations, that are often at a scale too small to interest larger provincial or federal programs but critical to community well-being. Adam Olsen writes. Adam, a former BC Green Party MLA for Saanich North and the Islands and a member of Tsartlip First Nation, is a regular contributor to The Tyee. Published Aug. 12, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/08/12/ICET-BC-Path-To-Prosperity/
Upcoming changes to B.C.’s Medical Services Plan could affect how thousands of long-COVID patients access care. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Aug. 12, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/12/Funding-Changes-BC-Long-COVID/
They are some of Canada’s most important speed limits. They are also secret. Tyler Olsen, senior editor at The Tyee, reports. Published Aug. 12, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/12/Fast-Trains-Hot-Weather/
For months, former Edmonton Police Commission chair John McDougall has subjected Edmonton city council in general, and Rutherford and several other councillors specifically, to an online campaign of personal attacks that several have described as bullying, intimidation and an aggressive attempt to undermine their re-election. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published Aug. 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/11/Ex-Police-Watchdog-Insults-Go-Too-Far/
This Sept. 4-14, the Vancouver Fringe Festival returns for its 41st year — its biggest and most ambitious festival since before the pandemic. By Vancouver Fringe Theatre Society. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are put on either by us or by our select partners. Published Aug. 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/08/11/Step-Outside-Reality-Vancouver-Fringe/
Dr. Victoria Lee, Fraser Health’s recently fired former chief executive officer, will receive about $600,000 in severance pay after leaving the health authority earlier this year. Tyler Olsen, Tyee senior editor, reports. Published Aug. 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/11/Payout-Fired-Fraser-Health-CEO/
Drug users and other marginalized people are often targeted by the far right, and the Alberta punk and hardcore scene seeks to be a safe place for them, explained PERRA’s vocalist Helen Arias, adding that the rise in punk and hardcore’s prevalence in Alberta is to create a communal voice against the UCP. Liam Hodder writes for the Weekender. Liam is a freelance journalist from Edmonton, Alberta. Published Aug. 8, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/08/08/Alberta-Punks-Taking-Over/
Dead Man’s Island rises, ghostly, from Burns Lake. Amanda Follett Hosgood writes. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published Aug. 8, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/08/08/BC-Tiniest-Provincial-Park/
"Filipino, Puerto Rican and Jewish, Mars exists in the liminal space of American racial discourse — neither Black nor white, and therefore free to move about the barrelhouses, so to speak." Harrison Mooney, Tyee associate editor, writes. Published Aug. 8, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/08/08/Bruno-Mars-Uncomfortable-Appeal-Blackness-Code-Switching/
The arts themselves have been forced into a battle for their very existence. This is not a problem for the U.S. alone, as the same forces exist in Canada. Culture editor Dorothy Woodend writes. Published Aug. 8, 2025, in the Weekender. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/08/08/Trump-Culture-Reshape-Society/
So why choose more police as the solution? It’s been a failed approach for decades. Tyee senior editor Paul Willcocks writes. Published Aug. 8, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/08/08/BC-Gets-It-Wrong-Human-Trafficking/
A Canadian company is providing the muscle for a new Florida detention centre dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — and the Canadian government isn’t ruling out working with the security giant in the future. Rachel Gilmore writes. Rachel is an award-winning journalist with extensive experience reporting on federal politics, human rights, disinformation and extremism. Published Aug. 8, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/08/08/Canadian-Company-Staffing-Alligator-Alcatraz/
A B.C. Supreme Court justice dismissed the Xatśūll First Nation’s request to overturn a provincial decision allowing the expansion of the Mount Polley mine’s tailings facility. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published Aug. 6, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/08/06/Mount-Polley-Tailings-Expansion-BC-Supreme-Court/
Blind Pariah
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