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Alberta’s Beef Industry Faces Trump Grilling

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2025/01/03

Despite a few squawks about the potential impact of Trump’s promised 25% tariff on All Things Canadian, Alberta’s cattle industry has been upbeat. Perhaps that’s because many in the beef industry share the MAGA world view. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Jan. 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/01/03/Alberta-Beef-Industry-Trump-Grilling/

Trump’s ‘Civil War’ Includes Smashing News Media

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2025/01/03

Mayhem is brewing in the south. Watch out, Canadians. Michael Harris writes. Michael, a Tyee contributing editor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published Jan. 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/03/Trump-Civil-War-News-Media/

A Reality Check on Our ‘Energy Transition’

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2025/01/02

Despite talk of “decarbonization,” global coal production reached a record high in 2023. Despite promises of a green revolution, oil, gas and coal still account for 82% of the global energy mix. Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Published Jan. 2, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/02/Reality-Check-Energy-Transition/

How Mary Vaux Made Canada’s First Serious Glacier Study

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2025/01/01

In 1887, Mary Vaux visited the Illecillewaet Glacier in B.C.’s Selkirk Mountains for the first time. A few years later, she returned and was surprised to see how much it had retreated. She would make Canada’s first serious glacier study. An excerpt from David Geselbracht’s "Climate Hope." David is an environmental journalist and lawyer living in the East Kootenays, B.C. Published Jan. 2, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/01/01/Mary-Vaux-Canada-First-Glacier-Study/

How to Get ‘Team Canada’ Back on Track

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2025/01/01

For generations, a series of unwritten rules have fostered co-operation among political actors; these pluralist values are now being replaced by competition, gamesmanship and open disrespect, writes Jared Wesley. Jared is a professor of political science at the University of Alberta. Published Jan. 2, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/01/How-Get-Team-Canada-Back-Track/

COVID-19 Turns Five Today. The Next Pandemic Is Lurking

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2024/12/31

“If H5N1 does become the next pandemic, it will be on our doorstep within the next few years, if not the next few months.” Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published Dec. 31, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/12/31/COVID-19-Turns-Five-Next-Pandemic-Lurking/

Last of the Official Steve Burgess Guide to 2024

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2024/12/31

Congrats for hanging in there. Steve Burgess's final part to his painful review of 2024. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Dec. 31, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/12/31/Steve-Burgess-Guide-2024-R-Z/

‘Kindness, Love and Beauty.’ Learning from Joe Average

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2024/12/31

Time has blunted our awareness of the impact of AIDS. It’s too easy to forget. When the first cases of AIDS emerged in 1981, homosexuality had been legal in Canada for just 12 years. Charles Campbell on why we must recall the spirit of Joe Average. Charles has worked as a writer and editor with the Georgia Straight, the Vancouver Sun and The Tyee. Published Dec. 31, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/31/Kindness-Love-Beauty-Joe-Average/

Job 1 for 2025: Protecting Canada from US Oligarchs

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2024/12/30

“How our country should respond to a revived threat to our sovereignty is now the ballot question.” Christopher Holcroft writes. Christopher is a writer and principal of Empower Consulting. Published Dec. 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/12/30/Protecting-Canada-US-Oligarchs/

Musician Dominic Miller Will Infuse Your Heart

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2024/12/30

Dominic Miller, the celebrated guitarist known for his three-decade collaboration with Sting, is set to grace stages across Western Canada for the first time. Get a discount code for being a Tyee reader. By Sheep Co. Entertainment. 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 Dec. 30, 2024

Still More Official Steve Burgess Guide to 2024: I to Q

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2024/12/30

Is reliving 2024 healing? Maybe. Part three of Steve Burgess's official guide to the year. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Dec. 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/12/30/Steve-Burgess-Guide-2024-I-Q/

Outlawed and Thirsty: Inside Vancouver’s Craft Beer...

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2024/12/27

Outlawed and thirsty: A new book chronicles the generational search for the perfect pint and the story of a city in flux. Inside Vancouver’s craft beer booms with Christopher Cheung. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/27/Outlawed-Thirsty-Vancouver-Craft-Beer-Booms/

Sample the Magic of Poetry Merged with Sound and Video

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2024/12/27

The Tyee caught up with Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Vancouver’s new poet laureate, and Fiona Tinwei Lam, predecessor, in the last days before the holiday break to talk poetry, the city and why it’s crucial to make space for communities to connect through art. Jackie Wong interviews. Jackie is a senior editor at The Tyee. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/27/Sample-Magic-Poetry-Merged-Sound-Video/

Why 2024 Was the Year of Brain Rot

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2024/12/27

The Oxford English Dictionary declared “brain rot” to be the word of 2024. It’s both the symptom and solution to a need to escape from the darkness of the real world. Xtra Magazine senior editor Mel Woods writes. Mel is an award-winning Vancouver-based writer, editor and content creator. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/27/Why-2024-Year-Brain-Rot/

Seven Stellar Films to Close the Year

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2024/12/27

To be frank, 2024 was a bit much! Will 2025 offer more of the same, or something substantially different? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. But at least we had movies. Doroty Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/27/Seven-Stellar-Films-2024/

More Official Steve Burgess Guide to 2024: F to H

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2024/12/27

We’re almost through 2024. Why should you be forced to sit through it again? Because you secretly crave punishment. Part 2 of our Tyee review of the year. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/12/27/Steve-Burgess-Guide-2024-F-H/

Our Favourite Tyee Stories of 2024

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2024/12/27

As 2024 runs out the clock, Tyee staff writers take stock of the work they authored this year that meant the most to them. These are stories born of skilled investigation, that offered a path forward, that reminded us what it means to be human. By Tyee Staff. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/27/Our-Favourite-Tyee-Stories-2024/

The Winter I Left Home, and Learned How to Live Again

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2024/12/26

“Things couldn’t go on like they were, and so, I decided to change my home.” Lareina Abbott on setting off for Spain. ✈️🇪🇸 Lareina pens Métis-themed speculative fiction and memoir with a tie to the spiritual and natural world, and to ancestry. Published Dec. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/26/Winter-I-Left-Home-Learned-Live-Again/

The Official Steve Burgess Guide to 2024: A to E

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2024/12/26

Did you really think you were going to escape this vile and fetid year without being dragged, kicking and screaming, through a charming retrospective? We present: the Official Steve Burgess Guide to 2024. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Dec. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/12/26/Steve-Burgess-Guide-2024-A-E/

The Miracle at Guildford Mall

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2024/12/25

“What you did, it changed my life.” A chance encounter while working as a security guard brought author Michael McLean back in touch with the man whose unexpected Christmas gift left a permanent impression on him. Michael is a storyteller who finds inspiration in the unpredictable journey of life. Published Dec. 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/25/Miracle-Guildford-Mall/

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