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‘The Internet Sucks.’ Cory Doctorow Tells How to Fix It

The Tyee: Audio Edition ·

2025/05/26

Cory Doctorow spoke to The Tyee at length about platform decay, printer ink, the enshittification of cyberspace and how to stop Big Tech and techno-fascists from downloading their digital dystopia into the physical world. Tyee associate editor Harrison Mooney writes. Published May 26, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/26/Internet-Sucks-Cory-Doctorow/

A BC Port Plans Self-Driving Trucks. Unions Are ‘Dead...

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2025/05/26

Prince Rupert’s port is testing self-driving trucks, The Tyee has learned. But unions fear job losses and safety threats. Isaac Phan Nay reports. Isaac reports on labour for The Tyee. Published May 26, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/26/BC-Port-Plans-Self-Driving-Trucks/

A Writer Faces Off with Voice-to-Text

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2025/05/24

“I’ve been typing this way for about two years,” I say. “I’ve been typing this way for about tears,” the computer writes. Gabrielle Drolet writes. Gabrielle is a journalist, essayist and cartoonist based in Montreal. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/23/Writer-Face-Off-Voice-Text/

His Stop-Motion Photography Changed the World

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2025/05/24

“‘Muybridge’ is a wondrous book that dives into the birth of cinema, animation and movement itself.” Tyee culture editor Dorothy Woodend writes. Don’t miss Dorothy in conversation with celebrated graphic novelist Guy Delisle at the Vancouver Public Library May 27. They’ll discuss the lasting impacts of the work of photographer Eadweard Muybridge, whose work transformed animation, cinema and how we see the world. Published May 23, 2025.

Madeleine Thien Returns with ‘The Book of Records’

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2025/05/24

“A novel for the ages, ‘The Book of Records’ is both timely and timeless in the way only one writer could achieve.” Penguin Random House Canada writes. 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 May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/05/23/Madeleine-Thien-Returns-Book-Records/

Bold and Shameless, Pete Crighton’s Memoir Is a Triumph

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2025/05/24

“My entire youth, my entire life actually, is defined by what records I was listening to at that time.” Harrison Mooney interviews author Pete Crighton. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/23/Pete-Crighton-Memoir-Triumph-Queer-Joy/

Bilingual Health-Care Staff Are Not Interpreters

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2025/05/23

Even when professional interpreters like me are available, we are sometimes turned away, and bilingual staff — often nurses or unit clerks — are pulled in to interpret instead. But when we cut corners like this, critical nuances are missed. Young Joe writes. Young is a certified medical interpreter and a language access advocate in Vancouver. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/05/23/Bilingual-Health-Care-Staff-Not-Interpreters/

Do the Ostriches Have to Die

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2025/05/23

We take a closer look at what experts say about ostriches, antibodies and controlling an avian flu outbreak. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is a reporter with The Tyee. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/23/Do-Ostriches-Have-Die/

‘Kill the Bill.’ BC Faces Mounting Pressure Against...

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2025/05/23

“Our Chiefs are frustrated, upset and feel betrayed. At one swipe of the pen, the premier can cut all of this off to the fall, and that’s what we’re calling for — to kill the bill.” Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/23/BC-Faces-Mounting-Pressure-Bill-15/

The Special Power of Comics to Stir Moral Horror

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2025/05/22

Art Spiegelman and Joe Sacco’s blended masterpiece of nightmare colour and imagery placed their comic book avatars in the ruins and carnage of Gaza. And then something strange happened — or rather didn’t happen. Tom Sandborn writes. Tom lives and writes on unceded Indigenous territories in Vancouver. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/22/Comics-Power-Moral-Horror-Spiegelman-Sacco-Gaza/

A Class-Action Suit for BC Kids in Care Clears a Hurdle

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2025/05/22

A proposed class-action suit alleging systemic negligence and harm to children in government care for the past 51 years is one step closer to certification following a judgment in the Supreme Court of British Columbia this month. Tracy Sherlock reports. Tracy is a freelance journalist and journalism instructor based in Vancouver. Published May 22, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/22/Class-Action-BC-Kids-Care/

The LifeLabs Strike Is Over. But the Union Isn’t Happy

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2025/05/22

After 10 weeks of rotating strikes, LifeLabs workers in B.C. have a new collective agreement and patients can look forward to reduced wait times for needed health tests. Isaac Phan Nay reports. Isaac is The Tyee’s labour reporter. Published May 22, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/22/LifeLabs-Strike-Over/

Robert Macfarlane’s New Book Asks, ‘Is a River Alive’

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2025/05/22

Over the past 20 years, energized by ecological emergency, the young Rights of Nature movement has repeatedly inspired new forms of future dreaming, and unsettled long-held orthodoxies by appealing to imagination as much as to law. By Robert McFarlane. 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 May

An Australian Coal Speculator Flouts More Alberta Laws

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2025/05/21

An Australian coal speculator that is suing the Alberta government for billions of dollars has been found to have violated the Public Lands Act and has been ordered to clean up contamination at a construction site in the Crowsnest Pass. Andrew Nikiforuk, Tyee contributing editor, reports. Published May 22, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/21/Australian-Coal-Speculator-Flouts-More-Alberta-Laws/

Pick a Language, Poilievre

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2025/05/21

Which stream of information is Poilievre swimming in? Matthew Hays writes. Matthew is a Montreal-based journalist and author. Published May 21, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/05/21/Pick-Language-Poilievre/

This US Snitch Line Reports Canadians Providing...

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2025/05/21

Trans Care BC has removed clinician names from its website and notified staff about the U.S. initiative as a precaution. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published May 21, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/21/Snitch-Line-Gender-Affirming-Care/

BC Government Axes Controversial Downtown Eastside...

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2025/05/21

Premier David Eby defended the government contract with Michael Bryan as recently as Thursday. On Sunday, the government ended Bryant’s contract months ahead of schedule. Andrew MacLeod, Tyee legislative bureau chief, reports. Published May 21, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/21/BC-Axes-Downtown-Eastside-Adviser/

Alberta’s Fantasy Separatist Movement Promises a...

The Tyee: Audio Edition ·

2025/05/21

“I feel oddly collegial toward the Alberta Prosperity Project’s authors and supporters. They’re doing what I used to do as a speculative fiction writer: portray a dysfunctional society, some of whose members are determined to turn it into something better.” Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published May 21, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/05/21/Alberta-Fantasy-Separatist-Movement/

Please Advise! What’s Left of That Giant Nanaimo Bar

The Tyee: Audio Edition ·

2025/05/20

The mood of the country is as dark and bitter as unsweetened cocoa. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published May 21, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/05/20/Please-Advise-Nanaimo-Bar/

How a Union at a Kamloops AW Beat the Odds

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2025/05/20

Experts say the contract is a rare win for fast-food workers, a notoriously difficult industry to organize. Isaac Phan Nay reports. Isaac reports on labour for The Tyee. Published May 20, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/20/Union-Kamloops-AW-Beat-Odds/

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