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Kelowna’s New Tent City Policies ‘Make People Want to...

The Tyee: Audio Edition ·

2025/06/06

Advocates and unhoused people say bylaw officers told residents, with little to no warning, that they had to pack up their entire campsite and move to a different part of the tent city. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published June 6, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/06/Kelowna-New-Tent-City-Policies/

Please Advise! Who’s the Villain in the Trump-Musk Feud

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2025/06/06

Sales of jumbo popcorn buckets and hot butter could be driving the economy this month. Steve Burgess advises. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published June 6, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/06/Please-Advise-Trump-Musk-Feud/

Who’s Afraid of Students Reading about Sex

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2025/06/05

What’s the appropriate age for reading graphic novels that depict sex acts or contain frank discussions of sexuality and abuse? That’s the question the Alberta government says it is asking with a new public feedback survey about the books stocked on public school library shelves. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published June 5, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/05/Who-Afraid-Students-Reading-Sex/

On Northern Vancouver Island, a Changing Landscape...

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2025/06/05

“This is just a beautiful alternative to the ministry and foster care system that holds such a dark history amongst the many Indigenous nations along the West Coast and beyond.” Bailey Seymour reports. Bailey is a journalist and photographer based in Victoria. Published June 5, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/05/Northern-Vancouver-Island-Kids-Care/

Guatemalan Indigenous People Bring Their Mine Battle...

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2025/06/05

The Parliament of the Xinka People in May said no to the reopening of a Canadian-owned silver mine in their territory in Guatemala. As the Xinka wait to hear whether Guatemala’s Ministry of Energy and Mines will respect the decision, two representatives visited B.C. last week to deliver a message. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published June 5, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/05/Guatemalan-Indigenous-People-Bring-Mine-Battle-BC/

The Scientific and Ethical Case for Sparing the...

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2025/06/05

To label the reasons not to slaughter those ostriches as purely emotional or primarily driven by concerns for public health is not at all accurate. Jan Hajek writes. Jan is an infectious diseases doctor based at Vancouver General Hospital and a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia. Published June 6, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/05/Scientific-Ethical-Case-Sparing-Ostriches/

A Wake-Up Call for Nenshi and the Alberta NDP

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2025/06/04

Naheed Nenshi, the former Calgary mayor who cruised to victory as previous NDP leader Rachel Notley’s replacement a year ago, is seriously underperforming, and serious people are starting to notice. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published June 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/04/Wake-Up-Call-Nenshi-Alberta-NDP/

Decolonizing Your Shower, One Soap Bar at a Time

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2025/06/04

“I’m not overharvesting, not taking more than I need, and that supplies me, my family, my business.” Sisters Sage’s wellness products are from locally grown plants she harvests herself. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published June 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2025/06/04/Decolonizing-Your-Shower/

Does Where You Live Affect How Much Sleep You Need

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2025/06/04

Of the 20 countries included in the study, people in Japan reported sleeping the least, averaging just over six hours per night, but were no worse off than their sleepier counterparts in France, who reported sleeping almost eight hours per night. In Canada people tend to sleep around 7 1/2 hours per night. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published June 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/04/Does-Where-You-Live-Affect-Sleep-You-Need/

The Overwhelming Case for a Wealth Tax

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2025/06/04

Under threat from a volatile United States, Canada needs to chart its own path to a more self-reliant, just and equitable economy. We can’t afford austerity or cuts. Or to let the super-rich call the shots on economic and social policy. Alex Hemingway writes. Alex is a senior economist and public finance policy analyst at the BC Society for Policy Solutions. Published June 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/06/04/Overwhelming-Case-Wealth-Tax/

What Smith Gets Wrong about Alberta and Quebec...

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2025/06/03

Premier Danielle Smith often cites Quebec when she talks about her plans to increase Alberta’s autonomy from Ottawa, especially when she is in full oratorical flight before a partisan crowd. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published June 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/03/What-Smith-Gets-Wrong-Alberta-Quebec-Separatism/

Please Advise! Are Canadians Being Mean to Trump

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2025/06/03

“Being a loyal member of Team Trump is like sitting beside a flatulent French bulldog, repeating, ‘My dog did not fart. It must have been you.’” Steve Burgess advises. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published June 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/03/Please-Advise-Canadians-Being-Mean-Trump/

Redefining Worth in Museums and the Art World

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2025/06/03

Throughout the four decades of her artistic practice, Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore has created works that challenge the operations, structures and processes of the galleries, museums and other institutional structures in which they circulate. By Jeffrey Boone. Jeffrey is a guest curator for the Museum of Anthropology at UBC. 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

The Tyee Wins a Silver Canadian Association of...

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2025/06/02

For the third year in a row, The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter, Amanda Follett Hosgood, has won a Canadian Association of Journalists award. Tyee Staff writes. Published June 2, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2025/06/02/Tyee-Wins-Silver-Canadian-Association-Journalists-Award/

Old Coal Mines Near Crowsnest Pass Are Still Killing...

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2025/06/02

Mountain top removal coal mines in the historic Crowsnest Pass present a clear and present danger to downstream fish populations even decades after their closure, according to a new scientific paper funded by the government of Alberta. Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Published June 2, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/02/Coal-Mines-Crowsnest-Pass-Killing-Fish/

NDP Defends the Rush to Pass Bills That Speed...

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2025/06/02

At the B.C. legislature’s first session since the NDP’s narrow election win in October, government house leader Mike Farnworth was unapologetic about the controversy over new laws aimed at accelerating development. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published June 2, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/02/NDP-Defends-Rush-Pass-Bills-Speed-Development/

Why You Should Shop at Your Farmers Market This Summer

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2025/06/02

If you were to approach David Connell — an encounter likely to take place at a Prince George local farmers market — and ask him to name one thing that would make the world a better place, his answer would be simple. “It would be to change the food system, to make the food system more localized.” Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published June 2, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/02/Why-Shop-Farmers-Market/

A Historic Fight for One River and Our Collective Future

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2025/06/02

“I really wanted to show the people living, being, doing things on the lands, on the waters, and allow the viewer to have a strong sense that we continue to use and occupy our lands.” By National Film Board of Canada. 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 2, 2025.

The Christian Movement That Wants to End Canadian...

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2025/06/02

When Jacob Reaume, pastor of Waterloo’s Trinity Bible Chapel, speaks to his congregation, the better world he conjures includes Canada being annexed by the United States. Donald Gutstein writes. Donald, a former professor in the school of communication at SFU, is the author of "The Big Stall," "Harperism" and three other books on links between corporations, politics and media. Published June 2, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/06/02/Christian-Movement-Wants-End-Canadian-Self-Rule/

Opera Has Always Been Political

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2025/05/31

“The combination of music and narrative is a powerful one-two punch that can bowl you over.” Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes for The Weekender. Published Friday, May 30, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/30/Opera-Has-Always-Been-Political/

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