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I like bats. Their ears are adorable. They’re the only mammals that can truly fly. As a mother, I love the idea that female bats take turns looking after one another’s babies. And then there are the multiple services that bats provide: they eat mosquitoes and agricultural and forest pests and pollinate crops.

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In many rural communities across Punjab, small amounts of opium are viewed much like a couple of drinks after a long day’s work. Doda — dried poppy husk — is commonly used by farmers and farmworkers to ease pain, endure long hours of physical labour and treat everyday ailments. It is also widely used among men in the trucking and transportation industries, where, though illegal, its use is considered socially acceptable.

If cynicism is the enemy of romance, then 2026 has been a long, dry year for those in the market for a meet cute. The fun, flingy sparks of a no-strings-attached situationship have been hard to find, much less anything more serious. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Vancouver Fringe Festival Turns Up the Music The free Fringe Patio on Granville Island will feature all-ages live music co-presented with Coastal Jazz over the Labour Day Weekend.

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To gain entrance to the Richmond Art Gallery’s new exhibition Ongoing / Pacific Crossings, one must make one’s way through a host of white dress shirts, each coated thickly in layers of paint. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners Vancouver Fringe Festival Turns Up the Music The free Fringe Patio on Granville Island will feature all-ages live music co-presented with Coastal Jazz over the Labour Day Weekend.

[Editor’s note: This feature is part of a six-month series from Magic Canoe’s . Four writers were selected to each cover Salmon, New Economies, Environment or Indigenous Leadership. This is the second story for the Indigenous Leadership Desk. (You can read the first installment here.) Major support for the Contributing Writers Series is made possible by a gift from Priscilla Bernard Wieden, in loving memory of Dan Wieden.] I remember the first time I saw her.

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Vancouver organizations are banding together to help protect residents of the city’s poorest neighbourhood, which is at highest risk during extreme heat events. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners What’s On at The Cultch This 2026-27 Season East Vancouver is the place to catch innovative theatre, circus, dance and music by local, national and international artists.

WHY DODECA-HOMES WORKS Who works: Mike Anderson and Jada Britton are founder and marketer for Dodeca-Homes, a business owned by the Skeetchestn Indian Band. They employ about eight people. What works: Dodeca-Homes specializes in making traditional Indigenous modular homes using resources on Skeetchestn traditional territory.