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Tyler Olsen

@tyolsen.bsky.social
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Senior Editor at The Tyee. Journalism craftsman. Reporter. Lives in Lillooet. tolsen [at] thetyee [dot] [ca]

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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 5m
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The Definitive History of Canada’s Residential School Shame | The Tyee
Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its landmark report. Everyone should read it.
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 2h
recommended reading today — Aaron Hemens’ interview with Phyllis Webstad, published two years ago on @indiginews.bsky.social. Webstad is not even mentioned on the federal government’s webpage for NDTR/Orange Shirt Day indiginews.com/news/orange-...
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Orange Shirt Day’s founder fears Sept. 30 is being co-opted from residential ‘school’ survivors
‘I don’t want Orange Shirt Day to be forgotten — it was started by a survivor,’ says Phyllis Webstad, whose 11-year-old event now coincides with National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 16h
Breaking: The FBI today cracked the giant antique safe left behind at San Francisco fixer Walter Wong's former HQ, now the offices of adult film company Kink dot Com. And within it: missionlocal.org/2026/09/fbi-...
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FBI cracks giant safe discovered at San Francisco fixer Walter Wong's former HQ
Antique safe, discovered after a tip from Mission Local, is popped open in 15 minutes by ‘certified master safe-cracker’ as federal agents look on.
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Jonny Wakefield @jonnywakefield.bsky.social · 23h
News: The victim in a fatal stabbing at the Edmonton Corn Maze was an avowed Nazi who tried to recruit the accused to join a gang shortly before the attack, a judge has heard. edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/m...
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Victim in Edmonton Corn Maze stabbing tried to recruit accused to Nazi group, trial hears
The victim in a fatal stabbing at the Edmonton Corn Maze was an avowed Nazi who tried to recruit the accused to join a gang shortly before the attack, a judge has heard.
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Les Perreaux @perreaux.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For those who were wondering « why would someone go to that trouble » in the matter of my unidentified writer. www.turkiyetoday.com/world/exclus...
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Exclusive—Fake AI columnist dupes Canadian press to target Moroccan dissidents, and a Turkish 'middleman' - Türkiye Today
The phantom writer communicated exclusively via email and rarely phoned Canadian publications, who were oblivious until Türkiye Today unraveled the matter
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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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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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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
STORY: Will Kamloops voters toss out their controversial mayor? I looked at the state of the Kamloops mayor's race. Today in @thetyee.ca 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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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
TODAY: KAMLOOPS. POLITICS. PANEL. FREE! Join me, Castanet's Kristen Hollidays, and CFJC's James Peters for a conversation about journalism & municipal politics. Today at 3:30pm at TRU (International Building, Room 1015)
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm no political mastermind, but it seems iffy for the NDP's Doerkson messaging to be built on the premise that he is not scary and the Conservatives, if they win, will remove the guy who won them power.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
After a Wildfire, a Kootenay Artist Seeks Safe Keeping via @thetyee.ca 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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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Eby's firebreak metaphor thing is dumb and also the crocodile tears from opponents trying to wring offence out of it is also annoying. As in most linguistic disputes situations, normal people move past specific words and focus on the content of the message.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The sunk cost fallacy as embodied by politics. Just because the NDP had planned an election as Findlay crumbled, didn't mean they had to call one when the Conservatives named an interim leader chosen specificlaly b/c he was normal and able to bring back the defectors. And yet.....
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"They picked Canada first!.... They know how to spell red and that's probably why."
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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's something I've been working on for a while, that I'll be getting into a lot more soon. This is where Land Acknowledgements come from, this is what they mean, and this is how you've all been doing them wrong.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Zohran's approach to deficits is useful when thinking about the NDP and its evolution under Horgan and Eby, and recent unsuccessful attempts to reduce it
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Kamloops! On Friday afternoon, I'm hosting a discussion panel on the intersection of journalism and municipal politics. with Castanet's Kristen Holliday and CFJC's James Peter. Join me! www.facebook.com/events/13324...
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Rishi Maharaj @rsmaharaj.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The grand bargain of immigration policy in Canada was about recruiting future Canadians. Not creating a permanent underclass of low wage workers with no path to PR so Canadian Tire and Tim Hortons can increase their margins. And I think the public saw that.
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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It turns out that high levels of immigration become politically toxic if there isn't the housing for newcomers and we've left "should there be enough homes" as a question answered by municipal councils (and they've mostly decided the answer is "no.") So federal policy is thwarted by municipalities.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lorne Doerkson feels like an incredibly dangerous opponent. A guy who gives off just a ton of Horgan-ish unthreatening dad vibes for normies. Maybe he'll fall apart upon closer inspection. But he'll be graded, in part, on how much unlike KLF he appears.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For what it's worth, Greene's performance as Emergency Management minister did not particularly suggest someone who loved the job and was hugely invested in the job and all it entailed. Rarely have I heard a minister so extremely focused on just sticking to talking points.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That the first instinct of so many people quoting and replying is to viciously attack Reneé Good's mother is flabbergasting to me. You think mocking is called for? Having her daughter murdered in cold blood by the State isn't punishment enough?
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Rishi Maharaj @rsmaharaj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Mamdani gets it. Ideology and values aren’t enough. If you aren’t delivering results - real ones that don’t require rhetorical acrobatics to rationalize - you are failing, and feeding the narrative that government can’t do anything right. Listen up, NDP.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is true but also I am annoyed and disrupted and reserve the right to complain about it
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The BC/municipal election discourse is an example of why local media has been so hard hit by the internet. Forget what they say about there being no monoculture, the internet and social media runs on sheer volume of audience and posts. And all that drains the ability of real local stuff to resonate
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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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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Big, if true
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andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
There's a lot going on in BC politics (!!!) but I highly recommend taking a minute to read @michellegamage.bsky.social's lovely profile of Jackie Hildering, AKA the Marine Detective, for @thetyee.ca. Michelle went for a northeast Vancouver Island dive with Hildering. thetyee.ca/News/2026/09...
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An Underwater Interview with BC’s Marine Detective | The Tyee
Jackie Hildering teaches people that we can build a better world. And that depends on a healthy ocean.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
tl;dr of the tl;dr The competent/cynical right-wing political party overdid the politics, got briefly trumped by a bunch of newbie idealistic online conservatives who briefly had some momentum, who have self-sabotaged thanks to ideology & a fundamental misunderstanding BC politics.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Both him and Findlay, it's not like they simply took a loss. Rather, they both worked doggedly to manufacture their implosions. They didn't just walk into rakes like Sideshow Bob. They bought the rakes at a mark up, laid them around the field, then strapped a blindfold on and started walking.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Exhausted and grumpy so really needed this bit of levity.
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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I haven't been here much lately but I made this just now and my coworkers said I should post it
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
One thing to note for the future of the CentreBC party and its leadership is that it seems inevitable that Ward Stamer and Peter Milobar will end up in the same party. That provides a good base in Kamloops, which has a very robust media environment. Will make it hard to beat Milobar, a former mayor
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In the case of an October election, based on what we know now I'd bet NDP: 38 CON: 28 CENTRE: 18 GRN: 14 OTHER: 2 But I really have no idea. That CON figure could go legit anywhere. Probably not below 10-15. But who knows
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Look, you can suggest they have made life worse or whatnot, but "destroyed"? Reeks a bit of the old BC Liberal rhetoric vs. Horgan that voters saw through.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TQ3...
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Ashes to Ashes
YouTube video by Steve Earle - Topic
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Competency matters. The NDP, whatever its values and rhetoric, has suffered because there's a sense that it's not getting stuff done in a timely or financially efficient manner. See the budget. It's been saved b/c the opposition is less capable of doing a simpler job - running a political party.
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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I've spent a lot of years studying a lot of collapses, and the truth of the matter is that they're always mundane: mild climatic shifts that reduce crop yields, a dumbass in power who makes some terrible decisions, neglecting things that obviously matter but the will to fix them can't be summoned.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 18/09/2026
The latest episode of The Tyee Podcast is coming in hot! Host @harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews senior editor @tyolsen.bsky.social on what it was like to climb into a Bell 407 helicopter with wildfire fighters battling the Ainslie Creek wildfire in August. 🚁 thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
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The Tyee Podcast: Fighting Wildfires with Tyler Olsen | The Tyee
The senior editor takes us up in a helicopter with crews battling a wildfire in Ainslie Creek.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In which I try to explain how wildfires are fought (not me actually fighting a fire)!
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 18/09/2026
This reminds me of Overstory Media. At its peak, Capital Daily had something like 8 or 9 full-time writers. By my count, today it has two. Other publications within the Overstory umbrella have had similar declines, while at least one (and likely more) has used AI content to pad out the roster.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This has been in the works for a while and was supposed to run Monday, but we decided to run it today, given the risk that more .... news ... happens that would require rewrites.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Don't worry about us, all history shows all it takes to reset a foreign policy is....
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Interesting thoughts here about why housing should be evaluated as an economic policy, rather than a social policy thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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The Nation-Building Strategy Nobody Can Tariff | The Tyee
Why Mark Carney should get government far more involved in delivering affordable housing for Canadians.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very fun book.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This goes for big things but also little things like that event at the local park you enjoy or the sports tournament you play in every year.
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Was a pleasure to edit this @olapalooza.bsky.social story. A great, interesting yarn about a particular time in B.C. history.
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The Case of Entrance Island’s ‘Haunted’ Lighthouse | The Tyee
At a lonely naval beacon in 1900, a ‘dreadful’ spectre terrified a young worker and sent him fleeing his post.
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Colin Schultz @colinschultz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm really not sure how to say this, so I'm just going to say it: My contract at @biographic.bsky.social is not being renewed. As management let me know not long ago, the latest funding crisis--really, the latest in a string of funding crises--was just too much to handle.
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Kevin A @kba26.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The brain demands to treat something like sports. If you don’t give it actual sports, it’ll pick something even worse for you.
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Cooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 14/09/2026
Sports fandom makes you deranged, but it also makes you more Normal. Much to think about.
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