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Joan Phillip’s Voice Will Continue to Reverberate in the NDP
The outpouring of grief in response to news Friday of the death of Vancouver-Strathcona MLA Amshen (Joan Phillip), was striking for how many mourners, including members of the BC NDP caucus, posted pictures of themselves with Phillip, a revered leader both in the NDP and BC’s Indigenous rights movement.
Can Eby Manage Growing NDP Divisions on LNG and Pipelines?
Canada’s drive to build the economy through expanded oil and gas production, regardless of the impact on carbon emissions, is laying bare new fault lines in Premier David Eby’s cabinet just as LNG Canada heads to a $33-billion Phase 2 expansion decision that would double its B.C. production. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners What’s Up Docs? Female filmmakers find big ideas in even the smallest subjects in documentaries at VIFF Centre this month.
Meet the Chief Standing in the Way of Smith’s Pipeline Dreams
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has probably never heard her name, but K̓áwáziɫ Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council on B.C.’s Central Coast, has emerged as one of the strongest voices opposing any change to Canada’s North Coast tanker ban. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners CONTEST: Win Tickets to See Isaiah Collier Live The acclaimed saxophonist will give a July jazz festival performance at the Vancouver Playhouse.
No, Your Property Is Not at Risk After the Cowichan Decision
Anxiety about the threat to fee simple private property posed by Aboriginal rights is so deep in British Columbia that Green MLA Rob Botterell, Saanich North and the Islands, was able to draw more than 100 people to a mid-afternoon public meeting Saturday, a sunny long-weekend Saturday in the middle of Stanley Cup playoffs.
Eby Avoids Disaster on DRIPA, for Now
Listen to this article Even as he acknowledged defeat in his long battle to amend or suspend elements of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA, Premier David Eby insisted Tuesday he had the votes to impose his will. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Hear Rachel Gilmore and More: A Tyee Event on Battling Online Lies We’re calling it Reality Check LIVE. Get your ticket for May 21 in Vancouver.
Have We Chosen to Forget the 2021 Heat Dome and Lytton Disaster?
The heat wave that hammered British Columbia during the summer of 2021 began with what may have been the five worst days in the province’s history, starting with the silent death of 619 Metro Vancouver residents and ending with the complete destruction of Lytton, one of our most historic communities. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners The Tyee Is Recruiting Our Next Editor-in-Chief Founding editor David Beers is passing the baton to a new leader. Is it you?
Have We Chosen to Forget the 2021 Heat Dome and Lytton Disaster?
4 hours ago Calgary, Canada - March 26, 2026 Thick, heavy snow fell rapidly over an outdoor patio in the Tuscany neighborhood during a blizzard-like storm on the morning of March 26, 2026. The round table and ornate black wrought-iron chairs were already blanketed in deep snow as fresh flakes poured down continuously, accumulating quickly. The handheld footage captures the intense whiteout conditions, with the background completely obscured by the heavy snowfall.
How the Musqueam Agreement Amped Up the Property Rights Political War
When Premier David Eby announced March 2 that B.C. was about to “spring forward” into permanent daylight time, he felt so upbeat about the news that he danced along to Daft Punk’s “One More Time” with assembled school kids to celebrate. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners The Tyee Is Recruiting Our Next Editor-in-Chief Founding editor David Beers is passing the baton to a new leader. Is it you? Justice as Trauma Summit: Radical Hope Hope isn’t just a feeling; it’s a force.
Concord Stalls Plan to Fill Its Hole in Vancouver’s Heart
[Editor’s note: A version of this piece was first published on Geoff Meggs’ Substack Lotusland and is republished here with permission.] Forty years after Expo 86 and 20 years after its massive land development on the north shore of False Creek was supposed to be finished, Concord Pacific now is forecasting that it may still be many years before construction begins.
BC Business Leaders Fall Silent on Relations with First Nations
[Editor’s note: This piece was first published on Geoff Meggs’ Substack Lotusland and is republished here with permission.] No humiliation is more traumatic for B.C.’s corporate elite than being mocked in international business circles, yet it happened twice in December, both times because of the hot-burning crisis over Indigenous rights in this province and their impact on private property.
How David Eby Won the NDP Convention
Just 12 months after an election he seemed certain to win but almost lost, Premier David Eby has won a solid endorsement from an NDP convention that some feared would give his leadership a failing grade. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Learning to Unlearn about Tibet In a new MOA exhibition, Tibetan Canadians express their cultures, identities and a sense of homeland.
Opinion: B.C.’s child-care program, once a front-runner, now has the most expensive fees in Canada
Breadcrumb Trail Links Home Opinion Op-Ed British Columbians support the implementation of $10-a-day child care by overwhelming margins, with a recent poll showing 82 per cent agree it's important for B.C. to deliver on $10-a-day commitments, write Sharon Gregson and Geoff Meggs. Photo by DARRYL DYCK /THE CANADIAN PRESS Article content Day after day, week after week, thousands of young parents across B.C. are seeing their dreams of $10-a-day childcare vaporize.
Here’s How Harm Reduction Advocates Can Regain Lost Ground
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Canada Joins Trump’s New Ill-Fated ‘War on Drugs’
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Terry Hui’s Hole in Vancouver’s Heart
When Premier Bill Vander Zalm announced the $320-million sale of the Expo lands on Vancouver’s False Creek to Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing on a rainy day in April 1988, no one noticed 24-year-old Terry Hui in the crowd of cabinet ministers, power brokers, business moguls and real estate speculators jammed into British Columbia’s Enterprise Centre.
A Long-Delayed Vancouver Housing Megaproject Is Closer to Reality
Concord Pacific CEO Terry Hui has finally pulled the trigger to begin the multibillion-dollar redevelopment of northeast False Creek, promising to transform the rotting stretch of asphalt between the old Plaza of Nations and Science World into an “urban village” of the city’s tallest towers overlooking a sprawling new waterfront park.
British Columbia’s polarity shift
Image: BC Conservative leader John Rustad Torrential rains lashed British Columbia’s Lower Mainland on election day, October 19. The atmospheric river soaked battleground ridings, washing away both the province’s longstanding centre-right “free enterprise” party and NDP Premier David Eby’s dreams of a solid majority. When the polls closed, Eby found himself in a 46-45 dead heat with his right-wing opponent, one seat short of a majority.
BC’s Underground Economy Is Huge. And Deadly
[Editor’s note: A version of this piece first appeared on Geoff Meggs’ site Lotusland.] Before a bullet crashed through the front window of a Richmond sushi restaurant in 2020 and killed him, Jian Jun Zhu was alleged to be one of B.C.’s biggest money launderers, handling more than $80 million in one five-month period in 2015 and as much as $220 million annually.
Making Sense of Eby’s Step Back on Decriminalization
Premier David Eby’s dramatic appeal to Ottawa to amend B.C.’s decriminalization program to ban drug use in public spaces marks a turning point in the province’s eight-year-old battle with the fentanyl-driven overdose crisis. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners CONTEST: Win Two Tickets to Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ One lucky Tyee reader will snag a pair of seats to see a rare performance of the 17th-century masterpiece.
Eby's reversal on decriminalization signals a new stage in BC's toxic drug crisis
Premier David Eby’s dramatic appeal to Ottawa to amend BC’s decriminalization program to ban drug use in public spaces marks a turning point in the province’s eight-year-old battle with the fentanyl-driven overdose crisis. BC’s generation-long focus on harm reduction has hit a wall as fentanyl produces a wave of open drug use, hundreds of homeless, ill and brain-injured addicts, and a death toll higher than all other causes combined.
BC’s Anti-Gang Police Agency is Faltering. Where’s the Fix?
The surprising aspect of the brazen daylight shooting of United Nations gang member Karman Grewal at YVR’s departures terminal in May 2021 was not the impact on terrified innocent bystanders, the bullet holes in a police cruiser’s windshield, or that Grewal died. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Alexis Wright, ‘Towering’ Writer and Defender of ‘Country’ In her new book 'Praiseworthy,' climate change looms large where colonial forces have shaped the land.
Geoff Meggs - Inroads
Image: BC Conservative leader John Rustad Torrential rains lashed British Columbia’s Lower Mainland on election day, October 19. The atmospheric river soaked battleground ridings, washing away both the province’s longstanding centre-right “free enterprise” party and NDP Premier David Eby’s dreams of a solid majority. When the polls closed, Eby found himself in a 46-45 dead heat with his right-wing opponent, one seat short of a majority.
Will Housing Cost Trudeau the Next Election?
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Canada’s Newest Marine Protected Area Is Dark, Massive, And Rich With Marine Life
A hidden undersea world of bubbling volcanic vents, plunging canyons, abundant sea life, and countless undiscovered species on B.C.’s doorstep will soon gain permanent protection from destructive bottom trawling, offshore drilling, and deep sea mining. The Tang.ɢwan-ḥačxʷiqak-Tsig̱is marine protected area reaches from the edge of Canada’s Pacific continental shelf to the outer limit of our exclusive economic zone, a sprawling expanse of ocean four times the size of Vancouver Island.
Time for Vancouver to Tear Down Its Viaducts?
What could be there instead? What could be there instead? On or about Feb. 12, 2010, security personnel preparing for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games will close the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts, shutting down the last elements of what city fathers once believed would be a massive inner-city freeway system.
Slumlords quake in face of Stevenson’s legal offensive
Vancouver’s crackdown on slumlords, triggered by a motion from Vision councillor Tim Stevenson, is producing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of upgrades in some of the city’s most notorious Downtown Eastside hotels. Council learned today that the improvements cover more than 300 rooms or apartments in four buildings. After years of inaction on the Standards of Maintenance bylaw, the Vision council demanded new legal strategies to force slumlords to clean up.
Strange New Country: The Fraser River Salmon Strikes Of 1900-1901
Salmon gillnetting in the turbulent waters of the Fraser River at the turn of the last century was dangerous, back-breaking work. Skiffs were equipped with a single sail, but most maneuvering had to be accomplished by oars, an almost impossible task against any current or tide. Once towed to the grounds by a cannery tug, the fishermen were on their own for at least twelve hours, casting their 400-metre long nets out and pulling them back by hand. Their only shelter was a partial tent over the bow.
How the Great Salmon Strike Continued
The Dantai leaders called a massive rally of their members to ratify the settlement. Between 3,500 and 4,000 filled the fields behind the canneries to hear rousing speeches from Yamazaki and the bosses. Aware that several hundred of his members might sympathize with the union and hundreds more might be afraid of violence, he emphasized the authorities' promise to provide appropriate protection.
Strange New Country
Salmon gillnetting in the turbulent waters of the Fraser River at the turn of the last century was dangerous, back-breaking work. Skiffs were equipped with a single sail, but most maneuvering had to be accomplished by oars, an almost impossible task against any current or tide. Once towed to the grounds by a cannery tug, the fishermen were on their own for at least twelve hours, casting their 400-metre long nets out and pulling them back by hand. Their only shelter was a partial tent over the bow.
"the art of the impossible"
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Battle over tolls erupts as first major issue of provincial campaign
The political bombshell that B.C. Liberal leader Christy Clark hoped would sink John Horgan's campaign before it got started — a $500 annual cap on regional bridge tolls in Metro Vancouver — had barely splashed harmlessly into the Fraser River last week before the NDP leader replied with a bombshell of his own. "We're going to eliminate the tolls," Horgan vowed, serving notice that his commitment to making life more affordable for working families was dead serious.
BC’s small towns struggling with housing crunch triggered by online short-term rentals
Mayors and councillors from across BC jammed a meeting room at the Union of BC Municipalities convention today to compare notes on the unprecedented housing crisis they face as a result of the explosion of online short-term rentals. From resort communities unable to house seasonal workers to destination cities like Victoria with a zero vacancy rate, all agreed provincial action is needed to level the playing field by extending existing hotel and provincial taxes to online platform hosts.
Uber’s decision to retreat from BC market may give time for a sane ride-sharing solution
Uber’s decision to retreat, for a second time, from a launch into the BC marketplace means the door may be open, at last, to develop a sensible ride-sharing regulatory regime that balances the needs of customers with the economic viability of all the players, including the taxi industry. It’s virtually certain that Uber’s decision was not strictly “voluntary,” but resulted from the conclusion that any early decision by Victoria would be unfavourable to the global multinational. Why?
How Harry Rankin’s political career anticipated Bernie Sanders - up to a point
News that a long-awaited documentary of Vancouver city council legend Harry Rankin is moving to production arrived just as Bernie Sanders crushed Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. Can Sanders be successful? I can’t help thinking about the parallels to Rankin’s storied career, far-fetched as that may seem. Like Sanders, Rankin made no bones about his socialist beliefs.
Metro needs five-fold increase in rental construction to just to meet existing demand
Despite the success of Vancouver’s Rental 100 program, on track to deliver 1,000 new secured rental units for the third straight year, Metro Vancouver needs about five times that number annually to make a dint in the region’s brutally low vacancy rates. That’s a key finding of the draft Metro Vancouver Housing strategy, now out for consultation across the region. No wonder rents are hitting intolerable levels while vacancy rates bounce just above zero.
Is Vancouver treating civic affairs reporters fairly? The city manager has surveyed a range of cities to find out
Leave a Comment Posted on April 17, 2014 Ever since the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, when the City of Vancouver’s public relations apparatus received a major upgrade , city hall reporters have been bending the ears of councillors with complaints. In the the good old days, back in 2007, they could call any city staff person and interview them on and off the record.
The Art of the Impossible
The Art of the Impossible Dave Barrett and the NDP in Power, 1972-1975 At his first cabinet meeting Premier Dave Barrett takes off his shoes, leaps onto the leather-inlaid cabinet table and skids the length of the room. Are we here for a good time or a long time? he roars. His answer: a good time, a time of change, action, doing what was needed and right, not what was easy and conventional. He set the tone for a government that changed the face of the province.
Why Sullivan's Drug 'Progress' Isn't
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