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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“Learning about and celebrating our culture matters, but reconciliation also asks Canadians to understand and act on what our poles represent: our relationship with the Lax’yip that has existed for thousands of years.” You Can't Beat the Truth via @thetyee.ca 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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Michelle Gamage @michellegamage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

About 50 people crammed into the court room to hear the decision, which took Murray 10 minutes to deliver. Applause broke out as she stood, with people openly crying from relief, from happiness, from feeling like someone in power understood the urgency of the crisis.

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 29/09/2026

huge victory for DULF — also a great day to support @defactomedia.ca which has excellent coverage of this case

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Richard Dal Monte @richdalmonte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wow, big win for DULF. Kudos to @godfrey.work and @defactomedia.ca for following this story.

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Guy Felicella @guyfelicella.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of DULF in its constitutional challenge. This is HUGE for harm reduction and the fight for a safer alternative to the toxic unregulated drug supply. More to come… www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Judge rules in favour of B.C. compassion club founders convicted of drug trafficking | CBC News

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled in favour of two harm-reduction activists convicted of drug trafficking who argued they were doing it to reduce the harms caused by toxic drugs.

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dustin @godfrey.work · 29/09/2026

BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Was off sick most of last week. So I’m only now getting to share my latest Vancouver election piece for @thetyee.ca

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Mel Woods @melwoods.me · 21/09/2026

Some pretty big personal/professional news ... After 5.5 wonderful years, I've decided to leave my position at Xtra at the end of September. I wrote a bit about why, and what comes next in my newsletter (and I hope you subscribe!) ✨ ranch-baby.ghost.io/mel-woods-xt...

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Some personal news … (Yes, this is one of those journalism job posts)

I’m leaving my position as an editor at Xtra Magazine after more than five and a half years. Let’s talk about it!

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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For some historical background on B.C.'s motherlode of political scandals and incompetence (including DUI, prostitutes, bags o' cash, stealing from orphans), I recommend my series written with the late (and much missed) Tom Barrett for The Tyee, "Some Honourable Members:" thetyee.ca/Series/2013/...

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Some Honourable Members | The Tyee

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We all got to watch a little #bcpoli history being today made as several MLAs who left the BC Cons announced they are joining existing party CentreBC and Peter Milobar will be taking over from Mike Bernier as leader

À group of people being photographed by journalists

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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 18/09/2026

After a career in federal politics, Kerry-Lynne Findlay re-emerged in 2026 as the leader of the resurgent Conservative Party of BC. @steveburgess53.bsky.social traces her path from Liberal lawyer to social conservative. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

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Who is Kerry-Lynne Findlay? | The Tyee

We trace the controversial B.C. Conservative leader’s path from Liberal lawyer to hardline social conservative.

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I wonder if political whiplash is covered under my medical benefits...

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We have @kehyslop.bsky.social latest #vanpoli dispatch up today: ABC made an attack ad targeting Pete Fry's record on crime & public safety, so here is a fact check on all of that: thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

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Ken Sim Is Taking Credit for Lower Crime Rates | The Tyee

And blaming Pete Fry for public safety issues. The stats, and the complexity of intersecting crises, paint a different picture.

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's election season in B.C. again, including for school boards. Re-upping this piece I wrote in 2022 about what school trustees actually have power over (for ex: they can't ban SOGI, but they can close schools). #VanElxn #BCElxn #BCEd thetyee.ca/News/2022/09...

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How Much Power Does a School Trustee Have? A Tyee Election Explainer | The Tyee

School boards set policies, create budgets, hire superintendents. But the education minister can also fire them.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

@kehyslop.bsky.social's #vanpoli file from yesterday's press conference with Rebecca Bligh and what this means for the centre/centre-right parties in the Vancouver mayoral race thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

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Vancouver’s Centrist Parties Remain in the Mayoral Race | The Tyee

Mayoral candidates Rebecca Bligh, Kareem Allam and Colleen Hardwick reject vote-splitting concerns.

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

And Then There Was Pete Fry (and Kareem Allam, Rebecca Bligh, Colleen Hardwick, Ken Sim...). My piece on William Azaroff's Vancouver mayoral campaign ending on @thetyee.ca today. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...

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And Then There Was One Progressive Running for Vancouver Mayor | The Tyee

OneCity’s William Azaroff ends his mayoral campaign, leaving the left lane open for the Greens’ Pete Fry.

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MurphNturf @murphnturf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." - Kurt Vonnegut

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

My latest for @thetyee.ca is an update on the progressive Vancouver parties' promise to pick one mayoral candidate to represent them all, by the end of summer. Is it end of summer yet? Debatable! But the election is less than two months away... thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...

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Are Too Many Vancouver Progressives Running for Mayor? | The Tyee

Three parties have promised to agree on one candidate, but made no decision on who.

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just got a scam robocall from "The Immigration Department", which is not what it's called in Canada. Bad enough they prey on people's money, but now they're working on legit fears of deportation. Ghouls.

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Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry should also be remembered for featuring in the best between takes photo of an actor in recorded history.

Tim Curry in full clown make up holding an umbrella between takes during the filming of the tv miniseries of It

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Seeing a lot of beautiful dedications to Dolly Parton & all the wonderful work she did in & out of the recording studio. I haven't seen this mentioned yet, though: we have Dolly Parton to thank (in part) for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer tv show screenrant.com/buffy-the-va...

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Dolly Parton Connection Will Change How You See the Show

Dolly's pivotal Buffy connection, explained.

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Jill Lightner @jilllightner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Street art in her honor from SE Seattle

A glittery tinsel-fringed illustrated portrait of Dolly Parton on a telephone pole. There's a cartoon voice bubble with a quote from her that says "find out who you are and do it on purpose."

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

2025-26: the first year Canadian universities employed more tenured/TT professors over the age of 70 than under the age of 35.

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Wish I'd had a space to talk necropolitics, white feminism & the racism of the model minority myth when *I* was in high school. Heck, even in university would have been cool. My interview w/Let's Talk Women of Colour's founder & future Vancouver co-lead on @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

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Teen Girls Are Meeting for Coffee. And Changing the World | The Tyee

‘Let’s Talk Women of Colour’ convenes Vancouver and Los Angeles meetups to talk politics, gender and more.

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Despite never being a smoker, my parents never smoking, & knowing people who got sick or died from smoking, I remain indoctrinated into thinking smoking *looks cool*. Thought that was a vestige of being an '80s/'90s kid. But nope, smoking is once again hip with the kids (& adults).

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

We're barely into the municipal election campaignand I've already used "With ____ before the municipal election..." as an opening line in an article. Now what am I gonna do?! 😭 😅

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Part of me wonders why people continue to do this, when I got the message repeatedly over my lifetime *not* to do this, for everyone's safety. But then I remember I was also encouraged to feed ducks and hang bird feeders... thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...

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Why Do We Feed Wildlife? | The Tyee

How humans justify risk versus reward, and why we should never, ever feed bears Timbits.

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W. Kamau Bell @wkamaubell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I have some thoughts about how the white British press has gone after (and continues to go after) Jason Arday.

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Why Black People Empathize With Jason Arday

& why white British people hold the original racism recipe™

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

"Alberta scientist Lorne Fitch compared labour-intensive efforts to move bull trout past the Site C dam to “putting lipstick on a corpse.”" via @sarahkcox.bsky.social

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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"Reporters in B.C. are often shocked when they call officials in Alaska or Washington for comment and mid-level government employees freely speak on the record." This is so true and so bizarre. In the U.S., public employees - scientists, program directors, analysts - actually talk to reporters 😱

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B.C. disables employee directory, leaving public in the dark about who works for gov't - Today in BC

Public can no longer look up who works in the B.C. government, or access internal contact information

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

"They taught me that the deeper you love, the deeper you grieve. That grief and joy are not enemies. That you can weep and laugh in the same breath. That you can feed people even when you can’t eat yourself." via Kelsie Kilawna & @indiginews.bsky.social indiginews.com/first-person...

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A graduation, a birthday — and an evacuation

As a wildfire burns in OKIB, I’m holding lessons close about grief, love and community — and remembering puti kʷu‿aláʔ (We are still here)

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

"Your responses to the survey below will influence how our small but mighty team of reporters covers this [B.C. municipal] election." Help Shape The Tyee's Civic Election Reporting via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

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Help Shape The Tyee’s Civic Election Reporting | The Tyee

We want to know what’s on your mind as BC voters head to the polls to elect mayors, councillors and school trustees.

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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

TransLink's financial situation is still pretty dire - the solution is more buses, argues transit advocate @denisagar.bsky.social. Reporting by @kehyslop.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...

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TransLink Ridership Is Down. More Buses Are the Answer | The Tyee

Cuts mean slower bus routes, costing TransLink millions, says a transit user advocate.

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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A hashtag trends on social media for 4-year-old Jusi Padlayat, from Ivujivik in northern Quebec. Jusi died earlier this month at the Montreal Children’s Hospital and according to a family member, his death is allegedly due to medical negligence.

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Health officials investigate death of 4 year old Jusi Padlayat

Officials in Quebec are investigating the circumstances around the death of 4 year old Jusi Padlayat after he complained of stomach pain.

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is not popular. And yet, he is the current front-runner to win the city’s mayoral election when ballots are cast in two months." How Mayor Ken Sim Is Poised to Win Re-Election via @vancolour.bsky.social @thetyee.ca & photo by me! thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

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How Mayor Ken Sim Is Poised to Win Re-Election | The Tyee

ABC Vancouver has abandoned its strategy of broad-based appeal in favour of a distinctly conservative electoral fortress.

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"Many Canadians became aware of the Shopify CEO’s odd ideologies after he publicly mused, just weeks ago, about disenfranchising the poor and pensioners." Shopify Powers a Racist Group's Online Store. It's Not the First Time via @rachelgilmore.bsky.social & @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

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Shopify Powers a Racist Group’s Online Store. It’s Not the First Time | The Tyee

The $250 billion Canadian company has repeatedly found itself in controversy over its support of ‘free speech.’

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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My mind still boggles at the fact that heat is considered an essential service in rental housing here in B.C. but cooling is not A growing number of municipalities are taking action but - as everyone I spoke to pointed out - the issue is really the purview of the province and/or the feds #bcpoli

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Katie Hyslop @kehyslop.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We're still waiting for platforms to drop. Which is normal two months out from a municipal election. But Vancouver's nearly year-long campaign this time around has felt anything but normal. Anyway, I asked parties for their AI stances for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/08...

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Where Do Vancouver Parties Stand on AI? | The Tyee

AI data centres and chatbot accounts in schools are hot election topics. The Tyee asked municipal parties for their positions.

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