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The Right-Wing Albertans Behind BC Election Ads
Between July and September, the page “West Coast Proud” spent more than $47,000 on Facebook and Instagram ads, many attacking the incumbent BC NDP and promoting the BC Conservatives. It resumed paying ...
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A Close Look at the Parties’ Education Pledges
On the ideology-free note, the Conservatives affirmed their long-standing promise to remove SOGI 123, an optional, government-approved set of age-appropriate education resources and lesson plans that ...
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Gains and Pain: The Stakes for Workers This BC Election
BC Conservatives: The party’s platform taps into widespread frustration at the unaffordable cost of living in B.C., economic mismanagement and a health-care system it said is “failing British ...
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We Spoke with the Man Behind the NDP’s Involuntary Care Proposal
Premier David Eby named Dr. Daniel Vigo BC’s first chief scientific adviser for psychiatry, toxic drugs and concurrent disorders in June. The government’s involuntary care strategy is ...
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‘Frustrating’: NDP Signs Keep Disappearing from Northern Riding
Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on X @amandajfollett. A supporter in Bulkley Valley-Stikine took a black marker to ...
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Rustad Wants Nuclear Power for BC. We Don’t Need It
This page requires Javascript. Your browser either doesn't support JavaScript or you have it turned off. Please enable JavaScript before you proceed. An artist’s ...
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Where the Parties Stand on Suicide Prevention in Schools
If you need support, the Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC hotline is 1-800-784-2433. The Hope for Wellness Helpline is open to all Indigenous people Canada-wide: 1-855-242 ...
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A Dangerous Bug Threatens Transplants. And Tells a Larger Story
Stan Houston and Lynora Saxinger 11 Oct 2024The Tyee Stan Houston is a physician and professor emeritus of medicine and public health at the University of Alberta. Lynora Saxinger is a physician ...
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John Rustad Has Shown He’s Not a Serious Person
Rustad said he’d seen a person die from toxic drugs on his way to Tuesday’s debate. That turned out to be wholly untrue. Images from debate broadcast. What has happened to John Rustad?
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When Public Pools Close, Who Loses Out?
Ximena González is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Her work has appeared in the Globe and Mail and Jacobin. For four decades, Calgary resident Betty Leinweber has been swimming ...
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Surrey Doctors Say Despite Problems, the NDP Is on the Right Track
A group of 23 primary care providers pointed to developments like the new Surrey hospital as steps forward for care. Image via Infrastructure BC. Doctors in Surrey have released an open letter ...
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These 12 Races Are Likely to Be Nail-Biters
Six Chinese Canadian artists were commissioned to interpret history from the Chung Collection at UBC. Even the best of political forecasters will be challenged by the number of unfamiliar ...