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Tackling the Crisis in Intimate Partner Violence in...

The Tyee: Audio Edition ·

2025/03/05

“The news can seem bleak these days. But I see so much hope in three Alberta organizations doing invaluable work in addressing and responding to intimate partner violence.” Alexandra Ages writes. Alexandra resides on Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton, Alberta. Published March 6, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/03/05/Tackling-Crisis-Intimate-Partner-Violence-Alberta/

What You Need to Know about the BC Budget

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2025/03/05

British Columbia’s 2025 provincial budget arrived just over four months after the October election, but in the interim the world has changed. Marc Lee explains. Marc is a senior economist at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ B.C. office, where this story was originally published. Published March 5, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/03/05/What-You-Need-Know-BC-Budget/

Here’s How to Buy Canadian and Fight Trump Tariffs

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2025/03/05

While the “buy local” movement has deeper roots, often resurfacing during periods of economic tensions, the current surge stems from a desire to support homegrown brands and manufacturers they see as reflecting their values, reports Melise Panetta. Melise is a lecturer in marketing in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. Published March 5, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/05/Buy-Canadian-Fight-Trump-Tariffs/

Canada Needs a New Civil Defence Corps

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2025/03/05

Following the reactivation of its Psychological Defence Agency, every Swedish household now receives a booklet titled “If Crisis or War Comes,” outlining what to do in an emergency. Canada should be doing the same, writes Peter MacLeod. Peter MacLeod is principal of MASS LBP and the author, with Richard Johnson, of Democracy’s Second Act, out this fall from the University of Toronto’s Aevo Press. Published March 5, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/03/05/Canada-Needs-New-Civil-Defence-Corps/

Record Deficit, Spending Maintained in BC’s Tariff...

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2025/03/04

On a day when the U.S. levied punishing tariffs on Canada, B.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey presented a budget that maintains spending on key services while running a large deficit. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published March 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/04/Record-Deficit-Spending-Maintained-BC-Tariff-Budget/

‘Alice Spoke Truth to Power’: Remembering BC’s...

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2025/03/04

Alice Maitland never made a big deal about being B.C.’s longest-serving mayor. The former mayor is remembered for her compassion and strength — characteristics that made her successful at a time when few women entered politics. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published March 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/04/Remembering-BC-Longest-Serving-Mayor/

Ballet BC Brings World-Class Talent to Vancouver

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2025/03/04

Ballet BC returns to Vancouver March 6 to 8. The triple bill features a world premiere from an acclaimed Spanish choreographer, the large-scale “PASSING” from a Swedish choreographer and a world premiere from a rising Montreal-based star. By Ballet BC. 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

Please Advise! Has Rustad Lost Control Already

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2025/03/04

Did the BC Conservative leader ever have it? asks Dr. Steve. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published March 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/03/04/Please-Advise-Has-Rustad-Lost-Control-Already/

Nate Pike Reposts ‘The Breakdown’ After New Ruling

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2025/03/04

An Edmonton judge on Monday terminated a controversial interim injunction against a popular Alberta political web series and podcast that prompted its host to remove all his social media content for two weeks. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published March 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/04/Nate-Pike-Reposts-Breakdown-New-Ruling/

For Shorter Wait Times, Hire More Medical Imagers,...

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2025/03/04

A January report from the Health Sciences Association highlights how staffing shortages for medical imagers and radiation therapists are having compounding impacts across the industry — such as requiring cancer patients to travel to Washington for treatment. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published March 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/04/Shorter-Wait-Times-More-Medical-Imagers/

Joly on Trump, Tariffs, Ukraine and a More Dangerous...

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2025/03/03

As Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly sat down for a Q&A with the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on Friday, the world was watching an extraordinarily tense meeting between Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump. By reporter Jen St. Denis. Published March 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/03/Joly-Trump-Tariffs-Ukraine/

The BC Conservative AGM Was Rowdy. But Rustad Flexed...

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2025/03/03

Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad emerged from the party’s annual general meeting Saturday in a strengthened position thanks to a process some party members described as rigged. Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s legislative bureau chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Published on March 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/03/03/BC-Conservative-AGM-Rowdy/

CONTEST: Win a Pair of Tickets to ‘The Early Moderns’

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2025/03/03

Made up of some of North America’s leading historically informed performers and directed by violinists Robert Mealy and Julie Andrijeski, Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble explores the rich chamber music repertoire from the early modern period to the High Baroque. Their upcoming performance is a chance to hear inventive and avant-garde music from the era’s lesser-known composers. Published on March 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/03/03/Contest-Early-Moderns/

Terry Hui’s Hole in Vancouver’s Heart

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2025/03/03

A major waterfront park has never been built. The neighbourhoods nearby, like Chinatown and the Downtown Eastside, are spiralling down, cut off from major investments that sparked the neighbourhood revivals a few blocks west. No one wants to explain why the land remains empty in 2025, nearly 40 years after Expo 86 shut down. Geoff Meggs is a former journalist and Vancouver city councillor. He was chief of staff to Premier John Horgan and has written several books on B.C. politics. Published March 3,

‘The Math of Television Has Changed’

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2025/03/01

The famed TV critic on our digital-era TV habits, binge-watching, writing without a clear plan and whether or not Breaking Bad — one of the most critically acclaimed series of all time — was outdone by what many believed was an ill-conceived spinoff. Harrison Mooney is an associate editor at The Tyee. He is an award-winning author and journalist from Abbotsford, B.C., who recently won the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for his memoir, Invisible Boy. Published on Feb. 28,

In ‘Cold Glitter,’ Glam Rock Lives On

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2025/03/01

Exhaustively researched and written with a deep love for the genre’s idiosyncrasies and its practitioners’ kinks, musical or otherwise, Robert Dayton’s Cold Glitter is a musical mystery tour for anyone interested in neglected, forgotten and often just plain bizarre corners of Canadian culture.Shawn Conner is a Vancouver-based freelance journalist and the author of Superheroes Smash the Box Office: A Cinema History from the Serials to 21st Century Blockbusters. Published on Feb. 28,

Ballet BC Brings World-Class Talent to Vancouver

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2025/03/01

Ballet BC returns to Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre with ZENITH on March 6 to 8. The triple bill features three exciting works: a world premiere from acclaimed Spanish choreographer Fernando Hernando Magadan, the large-scale PASSING from Swedish choreographer and longtime Ballet BC collaborator Johan Inger, and a world premiere from a rising star, Montreal-based Andrea Peña. Published on Feb. 28, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/02/28/Ballet-BC-Brings-World-Class-Talent-Vancouver/

When the Chips Are Down, Count on Art

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2025/03/01

In my darkest moments, art is where I turn when I need a reminder that there are things other than the daily news cycle. With its surges of concentrated outrage and corresponding dips of despair, it’s like the world’s most unfun roller-coaster. Dorothy Woodend is the culture editor for The Tyee. Published on Feb. 28, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/02/28/When-Chips-Down-Count-Art/

Alberta Introduces the ‘Muddlin’ Through’ Budget

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2025/02/28

Finance Minister Nate Horner rose in the Alberta legislature Thursday afternoon and delivered a budget speech that reflects the rock and the hard place the United Conservative Party government has found itself between. David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published on Feb. 28, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/28/Alberta-Budget-2025-Deficit-Tariffs/

Which Side Is John Rustad On

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2025/02/28

The B.C. Conservatives have a Trump problem that goes far beyond the five dissident MLAs who refused to condemn his tariffs and support a united Canadian response. It starts with leader John Rustad, who genuinely seems to believe that appeasement will work with Donald Trump, despite all the evidence to the contrary. Paul Willcocks is a senior editor at The Tyee. Published on Feb. 28, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/28/Which-Side-John-Rustad/

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