How I Faced My Terror of Crows
I’m gripped by ornithophobia in a city that loves corvids. So I went looking for a murder.
Category: The Tyee
As Vancouver Shrinks, the Suburbs Swell
New StatCan data show the city’s population contracted for the first time in 45 years. Not so for Surrey.
BC Omicron Cases Have Yet to Peak, Warn Independent Analysts
Modelling group downgrades hospitalization forecasts, but says risks remain.
World Class or Liveable? Vancouver’s Split Imagination
Daniel Francis on his new book ‘Becoming Vancouver,’ who was ‘erased’ by earlier city histories, and today’s divide. A Tyee Q&A.
The Test Trap for Long COVID Patients
‘Long-haulers’ who lack medical proof they contracted COVID worry they’ll be denied long-term supports and even jobs.
Two Survivors and All They’ve Shared
ARTIFACT: A powerful CBC radio documentary grows from a long arc of amazing generosity.
The Feuding Scientists Behind Insulin
Canada’s most consequential health discovery was born amid monstrous egos and toxic rivalries.
Getting to Zero Waste by 2040
Recycling is not enough to curb emissions. Here’s how BC could create jobs and cut CO2.
Coastal GasLink Attempts to Block Reporters from Wet’suwet’en Territory
Months after the arrests of two journalists, the firm’s security doesn’t seem to understand injunction terms and press freedoms.
Why Small Shops Along Broadway Are Getting Fried
As subway-driven land values zoom, so do taxes. And land speculators feast.
It Pays to Pollute In BC
Pollution reduces property value — and property taxes. That creates an incentive to slow brownfield remediation, experts say.
A Reply to Jordan Peterson’s Pandemic Demands
The famously opinionated psychologist told Canada to open up or else. Andrew Nikiforuk’s response includes some reading advice.
This Is ‘Kenneyism’
How the unpopular premier’s recipe of intimidation, disinformation and sweeping new laws is transforming Alberta’s culture.
Last of the Asahi
Kaye Kaminishi, 100 years old, is the only surviving member of Vancouver’s legendary Japanese Canadian baseball team.
‘Most Livable City?’ A 30-Year Gap in Life Expectancy Exists Within Vancouver
A study shows how inequalities of life and death play out at the neighbourhood level.