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Activists are urging BC billionaire Jim Pattison — Canada's fifth-richest person — not to sell a warehouse his company owns in Virginia to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for use as a detention centre.
BC billionaire urged not to sell US building to ICE for use as detention centre
Activists are urging BC billionaire Jim Pattison — Canada's fifth-richest person — not to sell a warehouse his company owns in Virginia to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for use as a det...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Activists are urging BC billionaire Jim Pattison — Canada's fifth-richest person — not to sell a warehouse his company owns in Virginia to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for use as a detention centre.
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Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, including Gabriola, are home to some of the critically endangered Garry Oak ecosystems.
Native plant seeds from critically endangered Garry Oak ecosystems to be preserved
Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, including Gabriola, are home to some of the critically endangered Garry Oak ecosystems.
cheknews.ca
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, including Gabriola, are home to some of the critically endangered Garry Oak ecosystems.
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It’s not just McBride.
I’m not sure the public realizes how deeply the 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸 military integrated.
So if CAF are carrying out Trump’s orders on exchange - what happens if there’s a conflict between the two country’s interests?
My latest in The Economist: www.economist.com/the-americas...
I’m not sure the public realizes how deeply the 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸 military integrated.
So if CAF are carrying out Trump’s orders on exchange - what happens if there’s a conflict between the two country’s interests?
My latest in The Economist: www.economist.com/the-americas...
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 PM
It’s not just McBride.
I’m not sure the public realizes how deeply the 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸 military integrated.
So if CAF are carrying out Trump’s orders on exchange - what happens if there’s a conflict between the two country’s interests?
My latest in The Economist: www.economist.com/the-americas...
I’m not sure the public realizes how deeply the 🇨🇦 + 🇺🇸 military integrated.
So if CAF are carrying out Trump’s orders on exchange - what happens if there’s a conflict between the two country’s interests?
My latest in The Economist: www.economist.com/the-americas...
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Alberta’s book ban treats reading as a danger rather than a discipline. In an age of endless screens, the government is censoring the one medium that asks children to slow down, think, and engage with difficult ideas—importing US culture-war panic while mistaking imagination for harm.
The culture war comes for Alberta’s books
Book bans must be challenged both at school board meetings and in public debate. School libraries exist for students, not to enforce fear or ideology. By censoring imagination and critical thinking, A...
canadiandimension.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Alberta’s book ban treats reading as a danger rather than a discipline. In an age of endless screens, the government is censoring the one medium that asks children to slow down, think, and engage with difficult ideas—importing US culture-war panic while mistaking imagination for harm.
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We had lingering questions about what's against the law in Canada when it comes to creating and sharing non-consensual, sexualized images.
@kehyslop.bsky.social's explainer: thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
@kehyslop.bsky.social's explainer: thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
Are Grok’s Fake Nudes Breaking Canadian Laws? A Tyee Explainer | The Tyee
It depends on the province you’re in, say tech and privacy law experts.
thetyee.ca
January 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM
We had lingering questions about what's against the law in Canada when it comes to creating and sharing non-consensual, sexualized images.
@kehyslop.bsky.social's explainer: thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
@kehyslop.bsky.social's explainer: thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
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cleaning up my desktop and found this little gem
January 13, 2026 at 5:36 AM
cleaning up my desktop and found this little gem
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One generous Tyee reader has donated $300,000 to the Kingsway Community Station, which supports street-based sex workers along the Kingsway corridor.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports.
‘The Best Christmas Present We Could Have Asked For’ | The Tyee
After reading The Tyee, a donor stepped in to aid the Kingsway Community Station.
thetyee.ca
January 19, 2026 at 1:12 PM
One generous Tyee reader has donated $300,000 to the Kingsway Community Station, which supports street-based sex workers along the Kingsway corridor.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports.
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A local resident writes that the issue with frequent crashes on the Malahat does not lie with the road, but rather with driving culture.
Opinion: The Malahat doesn’t need fixing— our driving does
A local resident writes that the issue with frequent crashes on the Malahat does not lie with the road, but rather with driving culture.
cheknews.ca
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
A local resident writes that the issue with frequent crashes on the Malahat does not lie with the road, but rather with driving culture.
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really into these polish folk nouveau patterns
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
really into these polish folk nouveau patterns
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The issues with the construction of the Santagiulia Ice Arena could have major consequences for the Olympic women's hockey tournament. www.theicegarden.com/whats-going-...
What's Going On With The Hockey Arena At The Olympics?
The issues with the construction of the Santagiulia Ice Arena could have major consequences for the Olympic women's hockey tournament.
www.theicegarden.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The issues with the construction of the Santagiulia Ice Arena could have major consequences for the Olympic women's hockey tournament. www.theicegarden.com/whats-going-...
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A rare conviction shows how inadequately Canada enforces worker safety #canlab
A rare conviction shows how inadequately Canada enforces worker safety
Employers rarely face convictions in court for egregious breaches of worker safety.
rabble.ca
January 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
A rare conviction shows how inadequately Canada enforces worker safety #canlab
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Edmonton police quietly replaced their surveillance plane in 2023 with an unusually expensive model marketed as a luxury aircraft, an access to information request reveals.
Edmonton police have replaced their secret surveillance plane with a multimillion dollar “luxury flying SUV”
EPS has replaced their former surveillance aircraft with a multimillion dollar new plane that the manufacturer describes as a "luxury flying SUV."
www.theprogressreport.ca
January 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Edmonton police quietly replaced their surveillance plane in 2023 with an unusually expensive model marketed as a luxury aircraft, an access to information request reveals.
Should Mineral Deposits Be Considered Legal Persons? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
Should Mineral Deposits Be Considered Legal Persons? | The Tyee
A geologist mused that minerals have the 'right to be mined.' It opened a gold mine of questions.
thetyee.ca
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Should Mineral Deposits Be Considered Legal Persons? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
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Lattice-topped blackcurrant tarts sat alongside damson cream pies and damson'n'greengage pudding. To refresh the palate there was pale honey cider, spiced nettle ale, cellar-cooled motherwort tea, fizzy pear cordial, and raspberry cup.
January 4, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Lattice-topped blackcurrant tarts sat alongside damson cream pies and damson'n'greengage pudding. To refresh the palate there was pale honey cider, spiced nettle ale, cellar-cooled motherwort tea, fizzy pear cordial, and raspberry cup.
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88% of Canadians surveyed in 2021 wanted a wealth tax.
“The wealthy would continue to get wealthier... just at a slower pace and in the meantime raise tens of billions of dollars a year to fund things we desperately need," @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #inequality www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/n...
“The wealthy would continue to get wealthier... just at a slower pace and in the meantime raise tens of billions of dollars a year to fund things we desperately need," @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #inequality www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/n...
CEO pay hit a record high in 2024
Canada's top 100 CEOs set new record for average earnings in 2024 while Canadians fell further behind inflation.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
88% of Canadians surveyed in 2021 wanted a wealth tax.
“The wealthy would continue to get wealthier... just at a slower pace and in the meantime raise tens of billions of dollars a year to fund things we desperately need," @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #inequality www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/n...
“The wealthy would continue to get wealthier... just at a slower pace and in the meantime raise tens of billions of dollars a year to fund things we desperately need," @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #inequality www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/n...
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It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.
Canadian government officials, what are you still doing on X in 2026?
The platform's own chatbot started posting sexualized material of children and other people who couldn't consent. With no moral bottom in sight, it's well past time our officials found other ways to c...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.
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“I guess one of the big takeaways from this year is that things aren’t going to settle down.”
Premier David Eby sits down with The Tyee in his wood-panelled legislature office to talk tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises.
Andrew MacLeod interviews.
#bcpoli
Premier David Eby sits down with The Tyee in his wood-panelled legislature office to talk tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises.
Andrew MacLeod interviews.
#bcpoli
David Eby on an ‘Eventful’ and Troubled Year | The Tyee
The BC premier talks tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises.
thetyee.ca
December 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“I guess one of the big takeaways from this year is that things aren’t going to settle down.”
Premier David Eby sits down with The Tyee in his wood-panelled legislature office to talk tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises.
Andrew MacLeod interviews.
#bcpoli
Premier David Eby sits down with The Tyee in his wood-panelled legislature office to talk tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises.
Andrew MacLeod interviews.
#bcpoli
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Camellia
April 30th 2024
April 30th 2024
December 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Camellia
April 30th 2024
April 30th 2024
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‘Once in a lifetime’: Crowds gather in Vancouver to look at bird never before seen in Canada
‘Once in a lifetime’: Crowds gather in Vancouver to look at bird never before seen in Canada
Birders are flocking to Vancouver’s Sunset Beach Park this weekend to take in an incredibly rare sight—the first time on record a particular species of bird has ever been seen in Canada.
bit.ly
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
‘Once in a lifetime’: Crowds gather in Vancouver to look at bird never before seen in Canada
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Noam Chomsky can no longer offer apologies to Jeffrey Epstein's victims. But that does not relieve us of the responsibility to do so, part of which is acknowledging that someone who had such a huge impact on so many of us made such profoundly disturbing moral choices.
Chomsky, Epstein, and the responsibility of intellectuals
Burning down houses and raping their female inhabitants is the kind of imperialist standard operating procedure that Chomsky spent his life condemning in East Timor, in Iraq, in El Salvador. But when ...
canadiandimension.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Noam Chomsky can no longer offer apologies to Jeffrey Epstein's victims. But that does not relieve us of the responsibility to do so, part of which is acknowledging that someone who had such a huge impact on so many of us made such profoundly disturbing moral choices.
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‘For the second time in less than a month, a barge operated by the same Seattle-based shipping company encountered serious trouble on B.C.’s north coast.’ thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Seattle Firm Has Second Barge Hit Trouble on BC Coast | The Tyee
A photo showing a barge with a tree implanted in its front is real, The Tyee can confirm.
thetyee.ca
December 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
‘For the second time in less than a month, a barge operated by the same Seattle-based shipping company encountered serious trouble on B.C.’s north coast.’ thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
