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Canada Is in a Fight for Its Life

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2025/03/12

This is a moment for courage and candour, responsibility and resolve, for rallying behind that which makes us stronger and calling out those who would make us weaker. Christopher Holcroft writes. Christopher is a writer and principal of Empower Consulting. Published March 12, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/03/12/Canada-Fight-Life/

Who Needs Bourbon When You Have Award-Winning BC Liquors

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2025/03/11

The idea to make an all-Canadian cocktail list came to Michaela Kafer in the most Canadian of ways. “On a sleigh ride.” Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published March 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/11/Who-Needs-Bourbon-Award-Winning-BC-Liquors/

Ecosystem Protection Took a Hit in BC’s 2025 Budget

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2025/03/11

Just hours after U.S. President Trump’s imposed short-lived but sweeping tariffs across the country last Tuesday, B.C. Premier Eby took the stage to announce a budget intended to weather incoming economic storms, including ramping up resource development like mining and gas extraction. Zoë Yunker reports. Zoë is a Victoria-based journalist writing about environmental politics. Published March 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/11/Ecosystem-Protection-Took-Hit-BC-Budget/

See Judy Collins Live in Concert

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2025/03/11

A force to be reckoned with for over 60 years, one of folk and popular music’s most iconic voices comes to the stage of New Westminster’s Massey Theatre on March 30. By Ciwko & Cristall. 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 either put on by us or by our select partners. Published March 11, 2025.

Rustad Unfazed by Defection of Three Dissidents

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2025/03/11

Three MLAs who have parted with the Conservative Party of BC said Monday that they will sit in the legislature as Independents for now. Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee's legislative bureau chief, reports. Published March 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/11/Rustad-Unfazed-Defection-Three-Dissidents/

Who Follows This Racist X Account with BC Roots JD...

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2025/03/10

A Christian liberal arts university in the heart of B.C.’s Bible Belt has responded to allegations that the son of its president runs an influential white supremacist X account. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is a reporter with The Tyee. Published March 10, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/10/Racist-X-Account-BC-Roots/

Please Advise! Will Canadians Invest in Mark Carney

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2025/03/10

Carney’s victory was expected. Perhaps that’s why he won. People are craving a bit of predictability. They want day to follow night, flowers to bloom in spring, American states to total 50. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published March 10, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/03/10/Please-Advise-Mark-Carney/

The Best Way to Save Caribou Can’t Just Be Killing...

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2025/03/10

The Anahim Connector would be more than an optional escape route. It would slice between the Tweedsmuir and Itcha-Ilgachuz woodland caribou herds, two populations whose numbers are already vastly diminished due to decades of logging activity. Ben Parfitt reports. Ben is a reporter at The Tyee covering forestry and resource-related issues. Published March 10, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/10/Best-Way-Save-Caribou/

Will an AI Bot Decide if You Get That Job

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2025/03/10

Employers have increasingly turned to self-recorded interviews to screen candidates. They sign on to a website, answer questions and then are screened by someone who watches the video. Or, increasingly, by an AI bot. Isaac Phan Nay reports. Isaac reports on labour for The Tyee. Published March 10, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/10/Will-AI-Bot-Decide-Job/

In Fast Times, Go Slow

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2025/03/08

As Canadians attempt to safeguard our sovereignty in the coming years, it’s useful to look to the creatures who’ve outwitted more savage beasts for millennia. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published March 7, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/03/07/In-Fast-Times-Go-Slow/

He Makes Short Videos That Restore Your Faith in People

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2025/03/08

Inder Nirwan’s video series, iNVANCiTY, offers welcome reminders of what’s going right in the world — at a moment we need them most. Jackie Wong writes. Jackie is a senior editor with The Tyee. Published March 7, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/03/07/He-Makes-Short-Videos-Restore-Faith-People/

Dispatch from the USA: We Laughed, We Cried, We Moshed

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2025/03/08

“This was what we’d come to the desert for: To be alongside people working to build a world where hope, fear and anger were not naiveté, but purpose.” Cole Nowicki writes. Cole is a Vancouver-based writer and the author of “Laser Quit Smoking Massage“ and “Right, Down + Circle.“ Published March 7, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/03/07/Dispatch-USA-We-Laughed-Cried-Moshed/

New Program Grants Permanent Residency to Home Care...

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2025/03/07

Home care workers generally come from overseas to help provide care for seniors, disabled people and youth in their homes. Workers have to meet requirements set by pilot programs and previous pilots also set the length of time people had to work in Canada before applying for PR. The Home Care Worker Immigration pilot is different. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published March 7, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/07/Permanent-Residency-Home-Care-Workers/

Is This Fascism

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2025/03/07

What’s happening in the U.S. bears “family resemblances” to fascism, says Alberto Toscano. But the term warrants exploration, advises the Italian philosopher and critical theorist, who applies a related term to what Trump and Musk represent: “Caesarism.” Olamide Olaniyan reports. Olamide is an associate editor at The Tyee. Published March 7, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/07/Is-This-Fascism/

BC Conservative Rifts Deepen on Residential School...

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2025/03/07

The rift in the Conservative Party of BC over residential school denialism has deepened with Vancouver-Quilchena MLA Dallas Brodie publicly questioning house leader Á’a:líya Warbus’s place in the party and criticizing leader John Rustad. Andrew MacLeod, Tyee legislative bureau chief, reports. Published March 7, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/07/BC-Conservative-Rifts-Residential-School-Denialism/

X Threatens Our Democracy. Canada Should Ban It

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2025/03/07

Last year, the U.S. government debated then followed through on banning TikTok. They said an app owned by someone close to an autocratic leader might be used as propaganda. From a Canadian perspective, these concerns apply to the app formerly known as Twitter, writes David J. Climenhaga. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published March 7, 2025.

Want to Improve Schools Education Assistants Have Ideas

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2025/03/06

It’s not the rotation of classrooms and number of bright young faces seen on a daily basis that makes the role of an education assistant in a public school difficult, says Kabesh, a 15-year veteran of the job and secretary treasurer for CUPE Local 1091. “It’s knowing that I can’t give every student the support that they need and deserve,” she said. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published March 6, 2025.

BC’s Budget ‘Protects Core Services,’ Says Finance...

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2025/03/06

“This is not a budget that has splashy new announcements,” Finance Minister Brenda Bailey said Tuesday. “This is about protecting core services like health care and education.” Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published March 6, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/06/BC-Budget-Protects-Core-Services/

What Finland Can Teach Us about Preparing for Disasters

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2025/03/06

Recent flashpoints in American politics have shown us how quickly and easily a seemingly routine event can turn into a crisis. Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published March 6, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/03/06/What-Finland-Can-Teach-Preparing-Disasters/

The Case of the Gurdwara, the Lumber Barons and the KKK

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2025/03/06

This is the oldest existing gurdwara in the Western Hemisphere, preceded only by a 1908 gurdwara once located in Vancouver’s Kitsilano before its demolition. Gurdwaras are religious institutions, but they also serve as sacred, cultural, social and political spaces for the community. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published March 6, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/03/06/Case-Gurdwara-Lumber-Barons-KKK/

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