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Thinking of Joining in Protest Three Books to Inspire

The Tyee: Audio Edition ·

2025/07/30

Given the political ferment of the moment, here are three books that provide interesting and helpful insights into the world of civil disobedience and protests. Leo McGrady writes. Leo is a longtime Vancouver lawyer, author and law teacher. Published July 30, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/07/30/Thinking-Joining-Protest-Three-Books/

PACE Is Closing After 31 Years of Supporting Sex Workers

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2025/07/30

The announcement is being met with rage and grief, as it affects what supports are available for street-based sex workers, who are some of the most marginalized people in society, say women with lived and living sex-work experience. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published July 30, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/30/PACE-Closing-After-31-Years/

BC Faces a Crisis in Long-Term Senior Care, Says...

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2025/07/29

B.C. needs to invest $17 billion to make sure seniors in the province are properly cared for over the next decade, according to a new report. It’s an extraordinary cost, but not taking action will add up to an even greater impact. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published July 29, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/29/BC-Crisis-Long-Term-Senior-Care/

Memo to Carney and Robertson on Fixing Housing

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2025/07/29

Governments should not bail out speculative development models but invest in non-market housing, preserve affordability and ensure public subsidies serve long-term public outcomes, write noted B.C. experts in this open letter. Published July 29, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/29/Memo-Carney-Robertson-Fixing-Housing/

Why Employers’ Back-to-Office Mandates May Backfire

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2025/07/29

Working from offices may contribute to a sense of workplace culture and unity for employees. But there’s evidence that flexible work can help a company’s performance and inclusivity, while hard rules on either in-office or at-home work can negatively affect employee health, reports Isaac Phan Nay. Isaac reports on labour for The Tyee. Published July 29, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/29/Employers-Back-Office-Mandates-May-Backfire/

The One Bird Danielle Smith Is Most Like

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2025/07/29

The bird is a black and white relative of the crow that excels at opportunistic feeding. It will eat anything out of anybody’s trash can. It will even follow coyotes to carrion and then barge in. To understand Alberta’s chaos-making premier, consider the magpie, writes Andrew Nikiforuk, Tyee contributing editor. Published July 29, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/29/One-Bird-Danielle-Smith-Most-Like/

Why Time Sometimes Speeds Up in Northwest BC

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2025/07/29

In northwest B.C., time warp can include symptoms of confusion, being chronically early and unnecessarily calling the local repair shop. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published July 29, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/29/Time-Speeds-Up-Northwest-BC/

For BC’s Injured Workers, ‘Bureaucracy Has Never Been...

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2025/07/28

WorkSafeBC is more interested in saving money so it can minimize costs for employers than it is in helping them recover, claimed injured workers in B.C. who spoke with The Tyee. Andrew MacLeod, legislative bureau chief, reports. Published July 28, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/28/BC-Injured-Workers-Bureaucracy/

Why These BC Twins Want to Lower the Voting Age

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2025/07/28

Waiting for hours alongside so many neighbours so their mom could vote at the polling station on election day flipped a switch in these B.C. twin brothers. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published July 28, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/28/BC-Twins-Want-Lower-Voting-Age/

Four Lessons for Canada’s NDP from the NYC Mayoral Race

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2025/07/28

As the New Democrats consider how to rebuild, the victory of Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and tenant organizer, offers lessons about how a progressive party can reconnect if it’s willing to meet people where they are. David Gulliver writes. David is a senior consultant with Enterprise Canada. Published July 27, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/28/Lessons-Canada-NDP-NYC-Mayoral-Race/

The Military Vet Who Could End Poilievre’s Political...

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2025/07/28

Bonnie Critchley — a rookie politician running as an Independent against Pierre Poilievre, a gay woman running in rural Alberta, and her candidacy raising a vile ruckus online — is an unlikely giant killer. Michael Harris writes. Michael, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published July 28, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/07/28/Military-Vet-Could-End-Poilievre-Career/

The Triumph of Stupidity

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2025/07/26

Stupidity, warned Carlo Cipolla, wields more power than any organized gang or industrial military complex and seems to be a constant force in history. In other words, the non-stupid should never underestimate the role of stupidity in world events, writes Andrew Nikiforuk, Tyee contributing editor, for the Weekender. Published July 25, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/07/25/Triumph-of-Stupidity/

The Power and the Glory

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2025/07/26

“As Donald Trump’s administration tries to instil Christian theocracy, it is critical to look to Brazil, not only as a cautionary tale, but for methods of combatting the forces of control and power that would use religion as a cudgel to reach their objectives.” Dorothy Woodend writes for the Weekender. Published July 25, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/07/25/Power-and-Glory/

What Highlining Taught Me About Life

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2025/07/26

“Gerald would encourage you to try, but not force it. He’s as gentle as he is daring.” David Beers interviews Inder Nirwan, a filmmaker whose passion project is making short documentaries about interesting people in Vancouver. Published July 25, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/07/25/What-Highlining-Taught-Me/

What Kind of America Survives After Trump

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2025/07/25

Since the second election of Donald Trump, Canadians and Americans have begun to realize the old United States is gone. What hasn’t sunk in is that it’s never coming back. What will replace it remains to be decided, and that decision will affect us as well. Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published July 25, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/25/What-Kind-America-Survives-After-Trump/

Vulnerable People Need Homes, Not Vacant Parking Stalls

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2025/07/25

The rules are the rules because they’re the rules. That seems to be the argument Port Coquitlam city council was making when they decided last week to delay the approval of a supportive-housing development in their city. But that kind of circular logic is a big reason why housing remains out of reach for too many people. Jill Atkey writes. Jill is CEO of the BC Non-Profit Housing Association, has been involved in the creation of initiatives to address the affordability crisis and sits on numerous

BC Wants Value-Added Mills. We Discovered a Big Obstacle

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2025/07/25

In an industry dominated by high-tech sawmills that churn out tens of millions of two-by-fours and two-by-sixes a year, a small mill in the village of Valemount is both the exception to the rule and a symbol of what might be. Ben Parfitt reports. Ben is a reporter at The Tyee covering forestry and resource-related issues. Published July 25, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/25/BC-Value-Added-Mills-Big-Obstacle/

Former Foster Kids Share Their Visions for the Future

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2025/07/24

In the spirit of amplifying the perspectives of those with lived experience, we spoke to several people, adults now, who grew up in the system or whose families were at risk of entering the system, to find out their hopes for the future of caring for children. Tracy Sherlock reports. Tracy is a freelance journalist and journalism instructor based in Vancouver. Published July 24, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/24/Former-Foster-Kids-Visions-Future/

Ottawa’s Foreign Worker Cap Is Already Being Felt

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2025/07/24

As the federal government issues fewer permits for foreign workers, migrant workers whose work permits are expiring say they feel abandoned, and some rural B.C. business owners say they’re looking at a staffing crisis. Isaac Phan Nay reports. Isaac reports on labour for The Tyee. Published July 24, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/24/Foreign-Worker-Cap-Already-Felt/

Drug User Advocacy Groups Challenge...

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2025/07/24

There is no evidence that decriminalization increased drug use. But there was an increase in homelessness that made more people visible while they used drugs, said Lindsay Frame, lawyer for a coalition of 13 drug user advocacy groups. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published July 24, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/24/Drug-User-Advocacy-Groups-Challenge-Recriminalization/

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