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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 5h
If you want a new school, that’s provincial. If you are unhappy with garbage collection, that’s the city. If you want to know why there is evil in the world, that falls under the jurisdiction of God. Address those with the Void. @steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. 🗳️🌌 #bcpoli #vanpoli
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Please Advise! Two Elections? How Do I Find My Way? | The Tyee
Dr. Steve’s guide to not getting lost in the municipal and provincial voting maze.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 5h
We need a slowdown with AI and we need to use this time to develop anticipatory thinking — a skill about letting more than one possible future shape what we do now. Simon Blanchette and Emmanuelle Vaast write.
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With AI, ‘We Didn’t Expect This’ Won’t Cut It | The Tyee
Companies have a duty to anticipate all possible scenarios, including cyberattacks and bioterrorism.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 8h
🚨 #LIVESTREAM: Our Mayoral Mixer is happening TONIGHT! Politics podcaster @vancolour.bsky.social and Tyee city reporter @jenstden.bsky.social will put the Vancouver mayoral candidates centre-stage at 7 p.m. PT. 🗣️ #vanpoli  You won’t want to miss this. Watch a free livestream of the event here:
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Mayoral Mixer: A Conversation with the Candidates
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 8h
"Now, more than ever, we need to be courageous in our convictions. We need to talk openly about the climate crisis, talk about climate change denial and talk about the causes being capitalism and colonialism." @erinblondeau.bsky.social writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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I Used to Believe Climate Change Was a Hoax | The Tyee
My experience shows why local politicians need to push back against climate denialism.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 9h
Michael Harris: Just because Mark Carney is on a roll doesn’t mean Canada can do without an effective Opposition. Too bad Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives can’t muster one. #canpoli thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Canada Needs an Opposition That’s Serious and Constructive | The Tyee
Instead, we get Poilievre’s simplistic sound bites, leaving Carney unaccountable.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 9h
For the NDP, running on their record is a lot more difficult than attacking the Conservatives. @pwillcocks.bsky.social writes. #BCPoli thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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This Is Not the Election David Eby Wanted | The Tyee
The NDP thought it had attacked a vulnerable foe. That’s proving a big mistake.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 9h
There’s a special kind of joy in watching a young person get hooked on a book. Teachers get to witness those moments every day. Enter to win one of six Canadian books for kids and teens. 📚 #Sponsored #TyeePresents thetyee.ca/Presents/202...
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CONTEST: Win a Book to Celebrate World Teachers’ Day | The Tyee
One lucky Tyee reader will get to choose from six great reads for kids and teens.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 9h
📆 #EVENT: Our Mayoral Mixer is TONIGHT! And good news: more tickets just became available! 🎫🗣️ Politics podcaster @vancolour.bsky.social and Tyee city reporter @jenstden.bsky.social will put the Vancouver mayoral candidates centre-stage at this lively election event. Get your ticket here!
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Mayoral Mixer: A Conversation with the Candidates
Vancouver's mayoral candidates face the questions voters are actually asking. Co-presented by The Tyee and SFU Public Square.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 03/10/2026
In the heat of election season, Canadian auteur Matthew Rankin’s celebratory evisceration of electoral politics is exactly what we need to watch right now. Lucky for us, it’s screening at @viffest.bsky.social. @dorothywoodend.bsky.social writes. 🗳️🎬 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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Matthew Rankin Made a Mulroney Movie | The Tyee
A top Canadian director delivers a delicious evisceration of electoral politics. Don’t miss it at VIFF.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 03/10/2026
In East Vancouver at Killarney Secondary, Sol Diana has outfitted his classroom ‘like how a typical Filipino grandma would decorate their house.’ It’s an effort to help his students feel welcome, he tells @harrisonmooney.bsky.social. A Tyee Q&A. 📝 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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Welcome to Sol Diana’s Class | The Tyee
The East Vancouver educator’s open-door policy is key to helping students feel seen.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 03/10/2026
Ahead of her CBC Massey Lectures and a Vancouver Writers Fest appearance later this month, @jackie-wong.bsky.social reviews former UN Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha’s new book on how financialization divorced housing from its core purpose. 💸🏡 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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‘Home Is Not an Asset:’ Leilani Farha | The Tyee
The human rights expert offers a must-read account of what fails when housing is mistaken for wealth.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 03/10/2026
A recent wave of queer TV cancellations leaves the bases loaded for ‘Slo Pitch,' a delightful comedy about the misadventures of a beer-league softball team. ⚾️ A repub from @xtramagazine.com by Phoebe Fuller. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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‘Slo Pitch’ Swings for the Fences | The Tyee
Amidst a wave of queer TV cancellations, the Canadian sports comedy delivers queer joy and a welcome dose of realness.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 02/10/2026
“There are few things more frustrating than loving someone who doesn’t seem to love you back. Except, perhaps, being told that you don’t love someone as much as they love you.” Jared Wesley and Adam Galovan write. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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How to Engage Alberta, the Jilted Lover of Confederation | The Tyee
A couples therapy approach could help heal the divide.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 02/10/2026
This week on The Tyee Podcast: A coroner’s inquest was supposed to offer answers about what happened to Natasha Harrison’s daughter Tatyanna. But it only raised more questions about how police and the BC Coroners Service handled the case. thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
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The Tyee Podcast: Searching for Answers About Tatyanna Harrison | The Tyee
A coroner’s inquest surfaced shocking details about how authorities handled a young woman’s death. Inside an investigation by Jen St. Denis.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 02/10/2026
B.C. unions say that employers aren’t willing to play ball when they try to bring to the bargaining table issues around job displacement, data privacy and safety related to AI in the workplace. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
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Should Workers Get to Bargain on AI? | The Tyee
Employers are refusing to include protections on artificial intelligence in contract negotiations, unions say.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 02/10/2026
Many solutions to the “poop problem” never materialize. While Michael MacDonald’s washroom kits aren’t a long-term solution, they were achievable, and could go a long way for those who have no home. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
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No One Wants to Poop in a Bag | The Tyee
But a Kamloops man’s ‘dignity kits’ offer short-term help while those without homes wait for a long-term bathroom solution.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 01/10/2026
The West Coast oil pipeline has been designated a project of national interest, side-stepping environmental safeguards that have been in place for decades and charting a course that could irrevocably alter the Salish Sea. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
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Carney Fast Tracks Oil Pipeline, Promises Environmental Protection | The Tyee
Announcing funding to prepare BC for oil spills is ‘a warning sign all on its own,’ UBCIC rep says.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 01/10/2026
The government’s decision to cut the number of international students was helpful to slow growth in rent rates, but it didn’t solve the underlying student housing crunch, Michael Jodah of Housing Our University Students Equitably told The Tyee. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
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Drop in International Students Eases University Housing Crunch | The Tyee
But post-secondary students still face daunting wait-lists, high rents and long commutes.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 01/10/2026
David Climenhaga: “Well, if no other good comes from this, Alberta is now a world leader in high-speed passenger rail feasibility studies.” thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Why Alberta’s High-Speed Rail Fantasy Is Doomed | The Tyee
Danielle Smith really loves fast trains. Especially as a distraction.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 01/10/2026
How one First Nation’s seeping, hazardous landfill became a “state of the art” waste management facility. thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/20...
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The Indigenous-Led Waste Facility That’s Helping the Earth | The Tyee
Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc created a bright future from a hazardous landfill.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 01/10/2026
Buy Canadian? BC Ferries might soon be buying fuel from an American-owned company — with strong ties to U.S. President Donald Trump and the governing Republicans. thetyee.ca/News/2026/10...
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BC Ferries Heads to $1.3-Billion Deal with US-Owned Fuel Supplier | The Tyee
Despite Eby’s ‘buy Canadian’ focus, a firm with MAGA connections is the likely contract winner.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/09/2026
“What helps in reducing unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections is knowledge, not lack of knowledge,” sexual health educator Kristen Gilbert said. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Sexual Health Educator Concerned About Abbotsford’s Focus on Abstinence | The Tyee
The school district says it takes a comprehensive approach that reflects community context.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/09/2026
We asked the BC NDP and other parties about declining natural gas royalties and what needs to happen to ensure British Columbians receive maximum financial returns from the resource. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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BC’s Big, and Now Secret, Natural Gas Giveaway | The Tyee
Tax credits let companies pay little for resources. What do the parties say?
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/09/2026
Journalist and researcher Connie Walker told The Tyee many people don’t seem to know about the ability to save their records related to experiences at residential schools — nor about their looming destruction. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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‘There’s Still So Much Truth We Have Yet to Uncover’ | The Tyee
Inside the race against the clock to save testimony about residential school crimes.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 30/09/2026
“My grandfather knew the importance of making sure I understood what had been passed down to him. He believed that one day Canada would recognize what our people have always known.” Gitanyow Hereditary Chief Simoo’gyet Malii, Glen Williams, writes thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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You Can’t Beat the Truth | The Tyee
A Hereditary Chief shares what his grandfather taught him about reconciliation.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/09/2026
Justice Murray declared part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional, and trafficking convictions for Drug User Liberation Front co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum have been stayed. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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DULF Wins Constitutional Challenge, Judge Applauds Their Work | The Tyee
Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/09/2026
Ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Kamloops residents are grappling with a disturbing recent gathering of an apparent white supremacist group. @jenstden.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Masked Group in Kamloops Sparks Alarm and Racism Fears | The Tyee
‘I don’t want these people in my neighbourhood, in my city, in my country.’
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/09/2026
Will recent drama in BC politics overshadow the province’s “worst attended, but still vital” democratic event? @gracekennwrites.bsky.social reports. #BCPoil #VanPoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Will Duelling Elections Confuse Municipal Voters? | The Tyee
Some fear the province’s snap election will decrease turnout to local races with historically low participation.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/09/2026
SCOOP: The State of Washington is urging Mark Carney’s government not to fast-track the proposed West Coast pipeline. @sarahkcox.bsky.social reports. #CanPoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Pump the Brakes on the West Coast Oil Pipeline, Washington Says | The Tyee
A letter obtained by The Tyee shows the state’s Ecology Department has serious concerns about spill risks and tanker traffic.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 29/09/2026
“As Canada scrambles to adopt and control AI, dozens of data centre projects have been proposed across the country — especially in small and rural areas.” @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports on the BC municipal politicians facing big changes in their communities. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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BC’s Local Governments Call for Higher Taxes for AI Data Centres | The Tyee
Currently, data centres pay the same rate as small businesses like cafés and stores.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
Five years since over 660 organizations added their name to an urgent call for B.C. government action in response to the climate emergency, the state of climate action in the province remains grim, the authors write. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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BC Needs a Real Climate Action Plan | The Tyee
After pressing the province for five years, we’re still coming up short.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
“This tragedy occurred in a political environment that prioritized economic growth over the health and safety of a vulnerable group of workers. The result was a large-scale, tragic outbreak, the scope of which was preventable,” reads a new Parkland Institute report. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Alberta’s Deadly Betrayal of Meat Plant Workers During COVID | The Tyee
A shocking report finds the UCP ignored evidence of high risk.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
A Canadian scientist says Mark Carney's government is subsidizing the destruction of nature, contravening Canada's global biodiversity commitments. @sarahkcox.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Carney’s Push to Fund Industry Imperils Canada’s Nature Promises | The Tyee
Canada participated in a ‘historic’ global moment for biodiversity. Experts say we’re not following through.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
In 2026, BC has seen a spike in potential human rabies exposures, according to the BC Centre for Disease Control. What's going on? @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Potential Rabies Exposures Are Up Across North America | The Tyee
But the number of wild animals with rabies does not appear to be increasing, the BCCDC says.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
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. @megvera.bsky.social reports. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Municipal Candidates Must Act on Intimate Partner Violence: Advocates | The Tyee
Local government has a bigger role to play in ending gender-based abuse, says Battered Women’s Support Services.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 28/09/2026
A 300-metre bank of old tires has been sitting on the shore of Little Shuswap Lake since 1991. Built to control erosion, it now leaks a toxic chemical into the lake. Bill Metcalfe reports on a local effort to address the danger. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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A Massive Tire Embankment Decays Along a Shuswap Lake | The Tyee
Despite concerns from residents, the province has declined to assess the danger of a 300-metre tire embankment.
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Grace Kennedy @gracekennwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I had so so so much fun writing and reporting this story. Thank you @akkabah.bsky.social and @thetyee.ca for giving me the opportunity to turn a family trip into Vanderhoof into a great story.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
PISA reading scores have been falling for years. I suspect phones and laptops are the culprits: Youth Reading Scores Are Going Down via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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Youth Reading Scores Are Going Down | The Tyee
The changes point to ‘a much broader challenge than inequality alone.’
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/09/2026
"I can see why PISA scores have been falling. Almost from the beginning of school, students are already hooked on their phones and tablets." @crof.bsky.social considers what a dip in youth reading scores say about how internet culture is shaping the way we read. 📝📱 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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Youth Reading Scores Are Going Down | The Tyee
The changes point to ‘a much broader challenge than inequality alone.’
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/09/2026
"One of the big questions plaguing experts for years: why are there so few baby sturgeon?" @gracekennwrites.bsky.social reports on the extraordinary local effort underway to rescue an ancient species from the brink of extinction. 🌊 💕 🐣 thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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Endangered Sturgeon Need Help Making Babies | The Tyee
The Nechako River’s population verges on extinction. An on-land breeding program is coming to the rescue.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/09/2026
"Similarities between the far right in Canada and the United States suggest a certain amount of contagion across the border, but Alberta separatism is a home-grown movement." An excerpt from a new book on polarization by UBC political scientist Max Cameron. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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The Uncomfortable Roots of Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
It’s a home-grown movement sparked by the Freedom Convoy protests. An excerpt from ‘Divided We Fall.’
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/09/2026
The 45th Vancouver International Film Festival starts next week! A gem of the fest is its Insights series, which delivers an eye-opening range of documentaries that span the globe. 🌏 🎬 #TyeePresents #Sponsored thetyee.ca/Presents/202...
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Take a Trip with Us: VIFF’s Documentary Series Spans the Globe | The Tyee
‘Insights’ takes audiences far and wide with stories of struggle, triumph and renewal.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
So far no major illness has been reported after mushrooms tentatively identified as Paxillus involutus were sold. It’s not clear if anyone who ate them is out of the woods, Interior Health medical health officer Dr. Andy Delli Pizzi said. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Potentially Toxic Mushrooms Were Sold at a Farmers Market Near Nelson | The Tyee
Interior Health is still working to track down customers who bought what they thought were chanterelles.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
An attendee at Birdhouse’s town hall panel said it’s refreshing to see a space that’s usually filled with dancing and drag also being used for something else at the heart of queer identity — politics. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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At Vancouver’s Queer Town Hall Under a Disco Ball | The Tyee
An enthusiastic crowd packed a Mount Pleasant drag performance venue to discuss AI, housing and the arts with municipal candidates.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
Despite all the chaos and controversy of his first term as Kamloops mayor, Reid Hamer-Jackson is running again. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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After City Hall Chaos, Kamloops Prepares to Vote | The Tyee
BC’s most controversial mayor is seeking re-election. Is anyone still on his side?
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
Early polling suggests Premier David Eby may have misjudged British Columbia voters’ appetite for a snap election and their support for his BC NDP. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Did David Eby Make a Big Mistake? | The Tyee
New poll shows Conservatives ahead and doubts about the need for an election.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 25/09/2026
How a web of institutes and academics — with ties to a U.S. non-profit and outsized influence on the United Conservative Party government — helped turn separatism from fringe idea to the mainstream. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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How the US Atlas Network Built Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
A global cabal of libertarian and right-wing organizations has fuelled the province’s independence movement.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 24/09/2026
“The fires were over,” said artist Petra Hekkenberg, “but I was left with that feeling of, it’s not truly over.” Thus began the Art of Safe Keeping, a remarkable participatory art exhibit exploring the stories of evacuees and firefighters. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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After a Wildfire, a Kootenay Artist Seeks Safe Keeping | The Tyee
How a summer of fire in the Slocan Valley left Petra Hekkenberg reckoning with the aftermath.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 24/09/2026
Public health initiatives around alcohol consumption are being opposed by Big Alcohol — and by small alcohol lobby groups too. Some breweries think that’s wrong. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Does Your Local Craft Brewer Want to Hide Alcohol Risks? | The Tyee
Their major industry association is lobbying against new drinking guidelines and warning labels. Its members are split.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 24/09/2026
Hupačasath First Nation has served an eviction notice to the Boot Lagoon hatchery — an Atlantic salmon facility that supplies 14 farms in Clayoquot Sound and is operated by industry giant Cermaq. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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Hupačasath Nation Boots Salmon Farm Hatchery off Its Territory | The Tyee
Citing wild fish health concerns, Hereditary Chief Alton Watts wants industry giant Cermaq to ‘vacate the area.’
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