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How to Fight the AI Job Threat ‘Think Like a Human’

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2025/06/18

Are large language models hitting a wall? “The tech that we currently call AI is not intelligent. Full stop,” said David Weitzner. Isaac Phan Nay interviews the author of “Think Like a Human: The Power of Your Mind in an Age of AI.” Isaac reports on labour for The Tyee. Published June 18, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/18/How-Fight-AI-Job-Threat/

Poilievre’s Clunky Comeback Campaign

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2025/06/18

In politics, knowing when to leave can be as important as what you do while in public office, writes Michael Harris. Michael, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published June 18, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/06/18/Poilievre-Clunky-Comeback-Campaign/

Please Advise! How Did the G7 Leaders Dodge Border...

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2025/06/17

“Let’s just hope the whole event wraps up before Premier Smith can finish sewing 51 stars on that souvenir flag. You have to admit, Alberta would make one hell of a parting gift.” Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published June 17, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/17/Please-Advise-G7-Leaders/

How Canada Can Up Its Game Against Monopolies

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2025/06/17

At a moment when power and wealth are concentrated in the boardrooms of a few behemoth corporations, what can be done to reverse the trend? We may dream of big breakups, but what are the chances, really? A Tyee interview with antitrust advocate Keldon Bester. Harrison Mooney, Tyee associate editor, interviews. Published June 17, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/17/How-Canada-Up-Game-Monopolies/

Museum of Vancouver Exhibits Its Decolonization Efforts

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2025/06/17

“The Work of Repair: Redress and Repatriation at the Museum of Vancouver” highlights three ways the MOV is working towards repair: repatriation, community engagement and research that reconnects Indigenous belongings to their histories. By Museum of Vancouver. 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

Across BC, Pride Events Push Back Against Hate

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2025/06/17

With a sharp rise in political hostility towards LGBTQ2S+ issues and a troubling rise in hate crime reports, many organizers say Pride is more important than ever. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published June 17, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/17/BC-Pride-Events-Push-Back-Hate/

Alberta Makes COVID Vaccines Expensive and Harder to Get

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2025/06/16

In a classic Friday afternoon bad news dump, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party government announced a scheme to make seniors pay “the full costs” for restricted supplies of COVID-19 vaccines. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published June 17, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/16/Alberta-COVID-Vaccines-Expensive-Harder-Get/

Flop or Force BC’s New Right-Wing Party

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2025/06/16

Two MLAs who left the Conservative Party of BC to sit as Independents have formed their own political party that promises to stop teachers from striking, end the “reconciliation industry” and introduce private health care. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is a reporter with The Tyee. Published June 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/16/BC-New-Right-Wing-Party/

Here’s How Harm Reduction Advocates Can Regain Lost...

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2025/06/16

If harm reduction advocates “are willing to acknowledge and learn from their mistakes,” and engage with advocates outside the harm reduction bubble, “they have the potential to improve drug policy’s effectiveness,” said Keith Humphreys, former drug policy adviser to then-U.S. president Barack Obama. Geoff Meggs writes. Geoff is a former journalist and Vancouver city councillor. Published June 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/16/Harm-Reduction-Advocates-Lost-Ground/

CONTEST: Win a Symphony SPLASH! Getaway

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2025/06/16

Symphony SPLASH! returns to Victoria’s Inner Harbour on Aug. 2 and 3! The iconic event on the water now spans two full days over the B.C. Day long weekend, offering more music, more community and more celebration than ever before. By Victoria Symphony. 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 June

I Worked the ER During BC’s Worst Heat Wave. One...

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2025/06/16

“We have to lose our humanity in order to try to save other people. People were suffering and you can’t hold their hand. I can’t be there in their last moments.” As told to Claudia Culley, Jasna Rowse and Colleen Canonayon, who interviewed Anonymous for the Climate Disaster Project as part of a journalism course at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Published June 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/16/I-Worked-ER-BC-Worst-Heat-Wave/

A Powerful Response to Family Violence

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2025/06/14

A new children’s book, authored by former NDP MLA Katrina Chen and teacher-librarian Elaine Su, aims to open conversations about abuse, Jeevan Sangha writes. Jeevan Sangha is a freelance culture writer and senior editor at Shado Magazine. She was the 2024 Tyee Hummingbird Fellow. Published June 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/13/Children-Book-Responds-Family-Violence/

My Kingdom for a Meet Cute

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2025/06/14

Tired of mindless swiping, meaningless conversations and perplexing labels, Phoebe Fuller decided to quit the apps and give the real world a try. Phoebe Fuller is a journalist and writer based in Vancouver. She likes writing about LGBTQ2S+ stories, labour issues and all things screens. Published June 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/13/Ditch-Dating-Apps-Find-Real-Life-Romance/

The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power Is a ‘Legendary...

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2025/06/14

Carol Anne Hilton offers a bold critique of Indian Act economics in her new book, “The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power.” By New Society Publishers. Published June 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/06/13/Rise-Indigenous-Economic-Power/

The Face of Protest, Then and Now

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2025/06/14

Armed Forces, RCMP and local police were all out in force in 2002, creating the largest domestic security mobilization during peacetime that Canada had seen at the time, writes David Niddrie. David Niddrie is a life-long photographer, taking photos since age four — with the negatives to prove it. Published June 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/13/Face-Protest-Then-Now/

The Stink of BS at Premier Smith’s Coal Town Hall

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2025/06/13

“About 500 severely normal Albertans, many as pissed as summer hornets, filled the hall to the brim.” Andrew Nikiforuk on a boisterous “coal town hall” with Premier Danielle Smith. Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Published June 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/13/Stink-BS-Premier-Smith-Coal-Town-Hall/

The Origins of Language, and How It Shaped Our World

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2025/06/13

The brilliance of science journalist Laura Spinney’s writing is that she uses the story of Proto-Indo-European, and its daughter languages, as a vehicle to uncover the turbulent history of the late Stone Age and the Bronze Age that succeeded it, Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee. Published June 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/13/Origins-Language-Shaped-Our-World/

Bard on the Beach Shines Spotlight on Emilia Bassano...

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2025/06/13

“The Dark Lady” tells the story of Emilia Bassano, a multiracial and trilingual woman born to a family of court musicians, England’s first female published poet and, as some theorize, the “Dark Lady” of Shakespeare’s sonnets. By Bard on the Beach. Published June 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/06/13/Bard-Beach-Dark-Lady/

Who’s Looking Out for the Seafarers

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2025/06/13

Life at sea offers steady employment and, for workers from many countries, above-average wages. But it also brings the risk of exploitation and abuse. Seafarers are far from home, dependent on the shipping company and often unaware of their few legal protections, writes Isaac Phan Nay. Isaac Phan Nay is The Tyee’s labour reporter. Published June 13, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/13/Who-Looking-Out-Seafarers/

Is Alberta Facing a Back-to-School Teachers’ Strike

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2025/06/12

“By voting to strike, teachers are sending an unmistakable message: we are united, we are determined and we will no longer hold up a crumbling public education system,” an Alberta Teachers’ Association press release reads. David Climenhaga writes. David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published June 12, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/12/Alberta-School-Teachers-Strike-UCP-Hardball/

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