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@thetyee.caTwo years ago, the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs called on five municipalities to address residential school denialism. @laurenwatsonjourno.bsky.social revisits those communities as candidates campaign for the 2026 civic elections.
@thetyee.caMany municipal candidate platforms cite the need to freeze or reduce property taxes, find “efficiencies” and “live within our means.” Is that a reasonable promise? @akkabah.bsky.social reports from Powell River.
@thetyee.caWhy are some prominent former progressive politicians endorsing Vancouver mayoral candidate Rebecca Bligh over Pete Fry? @kehyslop.bsky.social dives into a tear in the fabric of progressive unity. #VanPoli
@thetyee.caSenator Paula Simons on the Oct. 19 Alberta referendum: "‘We can’t let the anti-immigrant, anti-migrant rhetoric of the toxic Trump regime colonize our imaginations and trick us into thinking that Alberta has an immigration problem when it doesn’t." #ABPoli
@thetyee.caIn a special interview from her home on Vancouver Island, Tyee health reporter @michellegamage.bsky.social interviews six-time Olympian Clara Hughes about her years of transformation, healing and seeing her relationship with sport more clearly.
@thetyee.caFrom Elon Musk to Elizabeth Holmes to the Israeli military, three heavy-hitting documentaries are some of the most-anticipated movies of the season. 🎞️ @dorothywoodend.bsky.social writes.
@thetyee.caWhat sets Anne Carson apart from her contemporaries? “She approaches language, literature and human experience with uncommon boldness.”
For @theconversation.com, Laura Jansen on the Canadian poet who won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature.
@thetyee.caAt Directions Youth Services, Griffin works with unhoused or precariously housed youth one on one, supporting them as they navigate tricky situations. It’s one of many vital offerings from Family Services of Greater Vancouver. #TyeePresents #Sponsored
@thetyee.caThe Sun Wah Centre mall is a popular gathering space for Chinese-speaking seniors in Vancouver’s Chinatown. Now it’s the site of an election dustup: COPE alleges the mall manager urged elderly tenants to vote for ABC Vancouver.
@isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #VanPoli
@thetyee.caThe recent provincial election results in Quebec promise to influence Canadian policy and politics in three significant ways, none of them good.
Christopher Holcroft writes. #CanPoli
@thetyee.caDavid Climenhaga: “It’s no surprise the Most Hated Man on Earth thinks that Canada should be busted up and sold for scrap. But it does clear the air to have it right out there, don’t you think?”
@thetyee.caRepealing DRIPA could not be the destination, it would have to be the first step, Adam Olsen writes.
“Conservatives have been so distracted by culture wars and ‘purity tests’ in their race-to-the-bottom brand of politics that they have no idea what the second step is.”
@thetyee.caThe plebiscite, which will appear on the municipal election ballot, will ask Vancouverites whether they support the conversion of St. Paul’s Hospital to an involuntary care facility.
@thetyee.caEmissions from the site of a recently approved LNG expansion in Metro Vancouver are projected to exceed Canadian ambient air quality standards for nitrogen dioxide, a harmful pollutant, according to company reports.
@thetyee.caShortly after learning about social media posts the BC NDP flagged as racist, BC Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson fired Joachim Agou, the party's candidate in Victoria-Beacon Hill. Andrew MacLeod reports. #BCPoli
@thetyee.caWhat's at stake in the Vancouver civic election? In a special episode of The Tyee podcast, reporter @kehyslop.bsky.social breaks it down with host @harrisonmooney.bsky.social. 🗳️🎙️#VanPoli
@thetyee.caLorne Doerkson and the BC Conservatives made their first misstep of their campaign this week. They quietly told stakeholders that they would end B.C.'s no-fault car insurance. @pwillcocks.bsky.social writes. #BCPoli
@thetyee.caEach party running in the Vancouver municipal election has their own competing vision of how the city’s vast parks and recreation system should not only operate now, but grow into the future. @kehyslop.bsky.social reports. #VanPoli
@thetyee.caAttempts to directly connect the Tumbler Ridge tragedy, and particularly the recent arrest of James Cody Bryant, to transness is a symptom of the larger anti-trans hate movement. @melwoods.me writes.
@thetyee.ca“There are a few reasons why Washington would find Alberta ripe for the picking. Start with the fact that Alberta has always been the most American of provinces.” Andrew Nikiforuk writes. #ABPoli
