Dear Elon, we’re out.
The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.
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The risk of a child dying from COVID is 6 to 9 times higher than the risk of a child dying from influenza, and kids can face long-term serious medical conditions even after initially only experience “mild” COVID symptoms.
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Cholera didn’t stop ravaging the working poor of Europe until engineers improved water treatment and wastewater disposal, robbing it of its breeding ground.
The point is, we can’t expect a pandemic to just end in the very environment it thrived.
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“As a journalist, my job is not to sugar coat reality, cheer lead for the status quo or defend the powerful.”
This week, a Tyee article went viral, accused of hyperbole and fear mongering. Today, Andrew Nikiforuk addresses the critics. #COVID19thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/07/…
.@djclimenhaga: If Alberta Premier Danielle Smith intends to defy an all-party, all-province, national consensus on how to respond to Donald Trump’s tariff threats, she should call a provincial election and get a mandate to do so.
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“I’m going to be blunt. As a resident of Alberta and someone trained to recognize threats to democracy, I have an obligation to be.
“The UCP is an authoritarian force in Alberta. Full stop.
“I don’t come by this argument lightly.”
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“I’m going to be blunt. As a resident of Alberta and someone trained to recognize threats to democracy, I have an obligation to be.
“The UCP is an authoritarian force in Alberta. Full stop.
“I don’t come by this argument lightly.”
@DrJaredWesley writes.thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/0…
“I’m going to be blunt. As a resident of Alberta and someone trained to recognize threats to democracy, I have an obligation to be.
“The UCP is an authoritarian force in Alberta. Full stop.
“I don’t come by this argument lightly.”
@DrJaredWesley writes.
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🧵: The Tyee rejects the claim our reporting was "misleading and factually inaccurate," a false allegation that has resulted in online abuse and threats based on the Vancouver Police Department's defamatory attack. (1/4)
For the first time in British Columbia’s history, there will be more women sitting in the legislature than there are men.
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Experts have warned for years that disinformation campaigns directed by foreign actors could dangerously pollute democracies and polarize debate with low-cost internet campaigns.
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“I’m going to be blunt. The UCP is an authoritarian force in Alberta. Full stop. I don’t come by this argument lightly.”
#ICYMI from May:
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Despite the rising number of COVID cases, overwhelmed hospitals and the tremendous long-term toll on individuals, prevention efforts have been abandoned.
Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
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The Tyee welcomes comments and criticism of our work.
But it's unacceptable when a publicly funded organization makes false claims that lead to attacks and abuse of a reporter. (4/4)
Doctors in Surrey have released an open letter endorsing the NDP’s direction on health care and expressing worry about what a BC Conservative government would do. #BCElxn2024#bcpolithetyee.ca/News/2024/10/11/S…
#NEW: In his law society hearing Wednesday, Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro appeared to seriously breach the personal privacy of a witness.
It was unnoticed by members of the tribunal and Shandro’s lawyer.
Tyee reporter Charles Rusnell caught it.
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“I’m going to be blunt. As a resident of Alberta and someone trained to recognize threats to democracy, I have an obligation to be.
“The UCP is an authoritarian force in Alberta. Full stop.
“I don’t come by this argument lightly.”
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In the week when Postmedia endorsed Andrew Scheer because “he is a man for whom what you see is what you get,” the Conservatives were further exposed for dirty tricks and a mounting number of campaign falsehoods. #elxn2019#cdnpolithetyee.ca/Opinion/2019/10/1…
“There’s basically nothing in this deal for Alberta except ruined mountains, contaminated water, and a massive clean-up bill.”
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Hate was on display by candidates of the Conservative Party of BC.
Leader John Rustad did nothing.
@vancolour’s final #LogicCheck says, however he spins it, Rustad abdicated his basic responsibilities as leader.
#BCElxn2024thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/…
"It is well past time for some answers from the Conservative leader that amount to more than populist epigrams slavishly repeated by the bobble-head brigade he has made of his caucus."
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“It’s almost as though they’re trying to test how little information they can release to the public and maintain trust.”
Our reporter @amandajfollett set out to investigate outbreak numbers. What she found was a labyrinth in B.C.'s #FOI system.
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The COVID pandemic will not disappear until engineers address the niche the virus favours, says MIT nuclear engineer Charles Forsberg: dirty air in crowded indoor spaces, a product of modern buildings designed to save energy.
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“Canada appears to be doubling down on the colonial relationship, instead of making things right.
“Meanwhile, the blueprints for change exist and have been carefully charted for decades.”
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It's also important to note that the VPD altered its press release after the story was published to include an image showing hate crime statistics that were not part of the original release.
Failing to acknowledge that change is deceptive at best.
In October 2023, a right-wing government swept to power in New Zealand on a wave of populist anger similar to Canada’s.
The results so far? Government debt forecast to rise. The deficit got worse. Unemployment is increasing. Craig Renney writes.
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Danielle Smith said during the Rachel Notley years, Alberta lost 183,000 jobs.
But economist Trevor Tombe confirmed that in fact jobs grew by 42,400 during Notley's time as premier.
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Andrew Nikiforuk: Thirty years ago, if a premier was shown to have spoken with a criminally charged extremist, and she told him she was discussing his case with officials, that politician would be hounded from office.
But not in Alberta today.
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Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has maintained schools are not a meaningful site of transmission.
Despite the release of her own study last year showing 80% of kids and youth in the province have contracted COVID at least once. 🦠 #BCCovidthetyee.ca/News/2023/08/29/B…
“It is time to take our province back,” proclaims Danielle Smith’s campaign website. Since the UCP has been in power for three years, it's a fair question to ask exactly who Alberta will be repossessed from.
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Mike Roman was indicted in Georgia along Trump for allegedly conspiring to steal the U.S. election. Why should Canadians care?
His resume includes preaching to Conservative party insiders and working with former PM Harper. #USPolithetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/09/…
Goodbye to Harry Leslie Smith, war veteran and prescient crusader against mean, stingy politics. Smith died yesterday at 95.
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Yesterday, 215 pairs of shoes were placed on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery as a memorial to the latest, shocking reminder of the cruelty wrought by colonial institutions.
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Getting #COVID19 can result in blood clots, kidney failure, brain damage and more.
The current fashionable dogma of a COVID infection as inevitable and even beneficial is an outright form of malpractice. Andrew Nikiforuk explains.
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We interrupt this public mood of denial: Although many Canadians act as though the pandemic has ended, #COVID19 continues to evolve at an amazing pace with devastating consequences.
Andrew Nikiforuk on why masks and air filters remain vital. 🦠
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The report is accurate.
The VPD has been asked to identify factual inaccuracies and responded without a single example.
Our reporter also contacted the department in advance of publication with questions and the VPD failed to respond.
.@djclimenhaga: Just me? Or are other Albertans unnerved by how after Premier Smith mused about how hard it is for the UCP to get its paws on our Canada Pension Plan funds, her energy minister ruminated about how the oil industry needs our help?
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Banned from starting their strike by Alberta’s UCP government, Edmonton Public School workers didn’t show up at work on Thursday anyway.
Instead they joined a huge rally by public sector union members on the steps of the Alberta legislature. #ablabthetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/10/2…
.@paulwillcocks: I’ve been a newspaper publisher, editor, reporter and am co-ordinating The Tyee election coverage with a great team.
I have never wanted my media outlet to become the story.
But that’s what happened, due to the Conservatives’ tactics.
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When asked for comment on his past interactions with far-right influencer Lauren Southern, Conservative Party of BC executive director Angelo Isidorou responded on X — and attacked The Tyee.
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What sort of politician undermines a booming industry anyways? Looks like while the rest of the world gets busy (and possibly rich) building renewable energy, Alberta will sit this one out, Lisa Young writes.
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“There was a time when I believed that here, in my home of British Columbia, I could live my truth without fear. The past two weeks have shattered that belief.
“The weight of this realization wears on me, and I pen this lament with profound sorrow.”
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No Premier @jkenney, @Tommy_Slick doesn’t report for us (unfortunately). But if asking tough and fair questions “sounds like you’re reporting for The Tyee,” we’re honoured. Here are some of the people who DO report for The Tyee:
For Kenney’s full answer to @Tommy_Slick’s question on an Alberta transition, it’s here. The weird questioning a reporter’s Calgary-ness is a small part of a broader, more typical Kenney answer in defence of oil sector. piped.video/h5nXwA909XE?t=1669 (h/t @maxfawcett)
Andrew Scheer’s climate policy has 60 pages, 16 of which are filled with big photos of Scheer — looking at corn, looking at carrots, holding a crab, throwing a rock into a lake — and no plan to address the climate crisis, writes Paul Willcocks. #cdnpolithetyee.ca/Opinion/2019/06/2…
Before the BC Greens’ leader Sonia Furstenau would talk with the BC Conservatives’ leader John Rustad about how their parties might work together, he must first address the disturbing past comments made by some candidates on his slate.
#BCElxn2024#bcpolithetyee.ca/News/2024/10/24/F…
Protect Our Province BC has argued for some time now that there is functionally no public health in B.C.
As if to highlight the point, the province just dropped the requirement for health-care workers to wear masks around sick patients.
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The COVID pandemic will not disappear until engineers address the niche the virus favours, says MIT nuclear engineer Charles Forsberg: dirty air in crowded indoor spaces, a product of modern buildings designed to save energy.
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Job 1 for 2025: Protecting Canada from U.S. oligarchs.
They’ve long targeted our sovereignty. The next federal election has them salivating. Christopher Holcroft writes. #canpoli#uspolithetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/12/…
“Our public health officials gambled with the future and chose a fantasy world instead.
“Now COVID has become a runaway train with unknown biological consequences.”
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”Kenney’s decision to abandon Albertans, Florida-style, to the unpredictable evolution of a novel virus defies not only basic science but every conservative tenet of what good governance means.”
Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
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A young surgeon is suing Alberta Health Services, alleging executives strung him along for two years when they had no intention of hiring him for the job he was offered and was specially trained for at the University of Alberta.
@charlesrusnell reports.
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The Tyee did expand on and clarify certain claims that got misconstrued on social media, or were initially unclear.
For example: We clarified evolving variants can damage “vital organs in the body” as opposed to “any organ,” to be more precise.
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“We have seven health-care authorities with 64 vice-presidents with the average salary of $400,000 per year. The red tape is phenomenal. If we eliminated 64 of those VPs tomorrow the quality of care wouldn’t decrease. It might actually get better.”
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The COVID pandemic will not disappear until engineers address the niche the virus favours, says MIT nuclear engineer Charles Forsberg: dirty air in crowded indoor spaces, a product of modern buildings designed to save energy.
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Eleven Indigenous academics stand in solidarity with Jody Wilson-Raybould after her resignation from cabinet — while calling out Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Liberal insiders.
Read their full statement here. #cdnpoli#snclavalinthetyee.ca/Opinion/2019/02/1…
More than 30 per cent of federal inmates are Indigenous, the highest level in decades. Yet Indigenous people make up five per cent of the Canadian population.
It’s impossible to ignore O’Toole’s implicit racism.
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People like Amber Heard and Evan Rachel Wood are wealthy, white, well-supported. If they’re subjected to almost nuclear-level attacks on their personal lives, professions, families and friends, what would less powerful women have to contend with?
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David Suzuki: Indigenous people’s perspectives are seen as an obstacle to extraction.
And yet, they are the only group with a track record of living in balance with the environment for thousands of years.
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Yes, the polling looks bad. But there are few things less relevant than a mid-summer poll with no election in sight. 🇨🇦 #CanPolithetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/08/…
Alberta owns a new record.
The province is home to an abandoned gas well that leaks methane, an explosive #GreenhouseGas, into the atmosphere at the highest rate ever recorded in North America.
Andrew Nikiforuk reports.
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About one million infections occur every week and this translates like clockwork into more than 1,000 deaths per week from COVID-19 in Canada.
Ultimately these infections will result in more cases of long COVID in both younger and older populations.
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A renowned Edmonton cancer surgeon is alleging his surgical wait-list has soared after his operating hours were slashed in retaliation for a whistleblower complaint he filed against an Alberta Health Services executive.
@charlesrusnell reports.
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Andrew Nikiforuk: Media has focused on Danielle Smith’s character — how she soft-pedalled Putin, praised anti-vaxxers, championed odd medicines.
It failed to grasp right-wing populists are popular not despite, but because of, the bullshit they spew.
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“We’re not protesting. We’re just living on our territory.”
Members of a Gitxsan wilp installed a gate in May to prevent B.C. from logging their #OldGrowth. It’s working.
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Poilievre’s “demonizing opponents, intimidating journalists, disrespecting institutions, politicizing the rights of the vulnerable and undermining truth are warning signs for democratic erosion,” writes Christopher Holcroft.
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It’s more or less over. Trump won.
The worst campaign, run by the worst candidate, backed by all the worst people.
Only in America.
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A top U.S. epidemiologist has pierced the silence about COVID’s deeply destructive long tail.
“If we learn one thing from this pandemic, we must recognize ‘pandemics disable people.’”
His testimony deserves a broad audience, writes Andrew Nikiforuk. 🦠 thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/02/…
The man who verbally attacked and intimidated Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday told The Tyee he’s proud of his behaviour and unconcerned by public condemnation.
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.@djclimenhaga: In a refreshing sign of intelligent life on the Great Plains of Alberta, voters in the Lethbridge-West by-election sent New Democrat Rob Miyashiro to the provincial legislature in Edmonton Wednesday.
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Nurses call for defunding of police services, reallocation of funds into trauma-informed and culturally safe crisis de-escalation supports, alongside social, health and housing systems that improve community health.
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Tyler Nielsen has had no traffic tickets in his five years living in B.C.
But after a video he took reopened a probe into police conduct, he’s been pulled over six times in 18 months — with no resulting tickets or charges.
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“I have never in my life seen a tree that big on a truck.”
The photograph got 15,000 shares and some called it fake. It’s real — and for many, it became a symbol of the ongoing battle over #OldGrowth logging in B.C. @A_MacLeod_Tyee reports. #BCPolithetyee.ca/News/2021/05/26/G…
Canada currently acknowledges eight genocides around the world, but not its own.
The “Every Child Matters Act” would change that.
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“In August, Rustad declared his ‘lines in the sand’: hate and racism.
“When those lines were crossed, Rustad failed to act. That’s a lapse in leadership, not an empowerment of voters.” #bcpoli#BCElxn2024thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/10/…
Danielle Smith wants to skim off investment income from the famously mismanaged Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund to prop up oilpatch investment ideas so bad they can’t get financial support from conventional lenders.
@djclimenhaga writes.
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In 1922, Dr. Peter Bryce left his role as chief medical health officer to write an exposé on the extinction of Indigenous people. Most Canadians didn’t know, understand, or care. Andrew Nikiforuk writes.
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David Suzuki: Indigenous people’s perspectives are seen as an obstacle to extraction.
And yet, they are the only group with a track record of living in balance with the environment for thousands of years.
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“Education is not about politics,” John Rustad said in 2002. Now, if elected, he’s proposing to review B.C. school books to ensure they’re “neutral.”
By whose standards? @HarrisonMooney writes. #BCElxn2024thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/09/…
Red dresses hang along a road near the Unist'ot'en healing centre, where residents await RCMP enforcement of an injunction to evict them from the area.
The red dresses have become a symbol of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
📷 by @amandajfollett.
#EXCLUSIVE: The RCMP spent $11 million on patrolling a resource road on #Wetsuweten territory to protect a pipeline project — despite no significant police actions in the area, according to documents obtained by The Tyee.
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As Alberta freezes renewable energy amid Canada’s worst-ever wildfire season, the world is taking notice of climate change, whether Premier Smith and office manager Rob Anderson like it or not. @djclimenhaga writes. 🇨🇦🛢
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“Nobody ’earns’ a billion dollars. Such sums are only redistributed from the collective effort of many into the hands of the few.” @michalrozworski writes, from October 2019.
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“Look at this top quality ‘journalism’ from the folks over at the totally not left-wing rag Tyee. What would we do without them?”
When a Tyee reporter made a straightforward request for comment, the BC Conservatives responded with an attack on X. #bcpolithetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/09/0…
Poilievre’s “demonizing opponents, intimidating journalists, disrespecting institutions, politicizing the rights of the vulnerable and undermining truth are warning signs for democratic erosion,” writes Christopher Holcroft.
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“‘Records management’ was code for deleting emails.”
Efforts to hide daily operations, ordered by the premier’s office, far exceed previous Alberta governments, former and current senior UCP political staffers told The Tyee.
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Between 2011 and 2020 in Vancouver, a Black person was five times likelier than a white person to be arrested.
An Indigenous person was 11 times likelier to be arrested.
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