Tyler Olsen
@tyolsen.bsky.social
Senior Editor at The Tyee. Reporter. Chainsaw + hockey, soccer + books(?). Lives in Lillooet so probably not posting about Vancouver.
'Ain't you had enough of this stuff?'
tolsen [at] thetyee [dot] [ca]
'Ain't you had enough of this stuff?'
tolsen [at] thetyee [dot] [ca]
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· Sep 30
The Definitive History of Canada’s Residential School Shame | The Tyee
Ten years ago, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its landmark report. Everyone should read it.
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NEW (10 years ago): The two history volumes of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report are readable, chilling, and irrefutable. You can't read it all in one sitting. But they answer all the questions you may have.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
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If you're hankering after smart memo-of-understanding thoughts, @stewartprest.ca has you covered: stewartprest.substack.com/p/mou-proble...
MOU Problems
While intended to heal the rift in Canadian unity, the agreement between federal and Alberta provincial governments risks leaving the country even more divided
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November 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you're hankering after smart memo-of-understanding thoughts, @stewartprest.ca has you covered: stewartprest.substack.com/p/mou-proble...
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I’m Sheri’s brother. I want to emphasize she was last seen Wednesday morning and is driving (truck description in story). RCMP have a general search area based on her last known location, but device pings are limited and the device in question isn’t her usual phone. She could be a long way … 1/2
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I’m Sheri’s brother. I want to emphasize she was last seen Wednesday morning and is driving (truck description in story). RCMP have a general search area based on her last known location, but device pings are limited and the device in question isn’t her usual phone. She could be a long way … 1/2
Five wild animals I have seen within five yards of my kid
Deer
Snake
Mole
Salmon
Rat
Deer
Snake
Mole
Salmon
Rat
Five animals i've seen within five kilometers of my house
Cat
Dog
Bird
Cat
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Five animals i've seen within five kilometers of my house
Black bear
Coyote
Deer
Magpie
Northern flicker
Marmot
Black bear
Coyote
Deer
Magpie
Northern flicker
Marmot
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Five wild animals I have seen within five yards of my kid
Deer
Snake
Mole
Salmon
Rat
Deer
Snake
Mole
Salmon
Rat
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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Proud to announce TWO new CAJ Awards for 2025, honouring two formidable Canadian journalists
🏆Janice Johnston Award for Crime and Justice Reporting
🏆Geoffrey Stevens Award for Local Government Reporting
Entries for these and other awards open Dec 2!
Learn about our new awards: https://caj.ca/news/
🏆Janice Johnston Award for Crime and Justice Reporting
🏆Geoffrey Stevens Award for Local Government Reporting
Entries for these and other awards open Dec 2!
Learn about our new awards: https://caj.ca/news/
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Proud to announce TWO new CAJ Awards for 2025, honouring two formidable Canadian journalists
🏆Janice Johnston Award for Crime and Justice Reporting
🏆Geoffrey Stevens Award for Local Government Reporting
Entries for these and other awards open Dec 2!
Learn about our new awards: https://caj.ca/news/
🏆Janice Johnston Award for Crime and Justice Reporting
🏆Geoffrey Stevens Award for Local Government Reporting
Entries for these and other awards open Dec 2!
Learn about our new awards: https://caj.ca/news/
And a non-trust agreement that relates to First Nation land issues is also inevitably corrosive to reconciliation.
I will also say that, if your take on the agreement is that "it's ok because neither side really means what they say," it's not a great agreement.
And if that's the correct take, then in an age in which trust in politics is at worryingly low levels it's a democratically corrosive agreement.
And if that's the correct take, then in an age in which trust in politics is at worryingly low levels it's a democratically corrosive agreement.
Even if you don't think the pipeline will come to be the way BC and affected First Nations were shut out of the MOU negotiations seems likely to rankle
The deference to Alberta's interests seems pretty stark
The deference to Alberta's interests seems pretty stark
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And a non-trust agreement that relates to First Nation land issues is also inevitably corrosive to reconciliation.
The first thing this reminded me of was Trudeau going to Tofino on the first Truth and Reconciliation Day. Just spectacularly self-damaging and clueless.
David Cochrane asks about the fact that it would’ve been impossible for the coastal First Nations to travel from their communities to meet the feds on the timeline the govt offered.
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
“It’s called Zoom,” Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson responds.
Jesus CHRIST.
(Video: Scott Robertson/Twitter)
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The first thing this reminded me of was Trudeau going to Tofino on the first Truth and Reconciliation Day. Just spectacularly self-damaging and clueless.
The dumb thing about being in this industry for 20 years and seeing it transform into one where non-profits are doing the best is you end up thinking "I wish my publication would send me to Amsterdam" while also thinking "I'd have to refuse the money and suggest we reallocate it."
Today I found out that Vancouver's "No Fun City" nickname was first written in 2000 in a tabloid newspaper by a journalist who now works in our newsroom
And when I told him he said the newspaper sent him to Amsterdam for 10 days to find out why they were better
anyways i'm doing great today
And when I told him he said the newspaper sent him to Amsterdam for 10 days to find out why they were better
anyways i'm doing great today
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The dumb thing about being in this industry for 20 years and seeing it transform into one where non-profits are doing the best is you end up thinking "I wish my publication would send me to Amsterdam" while also thinking "I'd have to refuse the money and suggest we reallocate it."
National Observer goes full Everton.
(Like David Moyes, I actually like this. It's good to have rationale disagreements, and people who can disagree on tactics.)
(Like David Moyes, I actually like this. It's good to have rationale disagreements, and people who can disagree on tactics.)
Never been so mad to publish something.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
National Observer goes full Everton.
(Like David Moyes, I actually like this. It's good to have rationale disagreements, and people who can disagree on tactics.)
(Like David Moyes, I actually like this. It's good to have rationale disagreements, and people who can disagree on tactics.)
OOF
I'm very sorry to report that the great alt-country singer-songwriter Todd Snider has died at 59 of undiagnosed walking pneumonia. I stick by what I wrote about him in 2012. www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bn/2012-0... Here's Rolling Stone's coverage. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Robert Christgau: Preaching Agnosticism (with Laugh Lines)
www.robertchristgau.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
OOF
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Another story for which I used the @nationalobserver.com's Civic Searchlight tool. Very handy.
British Columbia’s finance minister may be set to delay a proposal that would slash the assessed value of pipelines, giving pipeline companies a massive tax break at the expense of rural property owners.
@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli
@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli
Pressure Mounts on BC to Halt Pipeline Property Tax Break | The Tyee
The changes, which could force major tax hikes for some rural businesses and homeowners, may be delayed.
thetyee.ca
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Another story for which I used the @nationalobserver.com's Civic Searchlight tool. Very handy.
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British Columbia’s finance minister may be set to delay a proposal that would slash the assessed value of pipelines, giving pipeline companies a massive tax break at the expense of rural property owners.
@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli
@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli
Pressure Mounts on BC to Halt Pipeline Property Tax Break | The Tyee
The changes, which could force major tax hikes for some rural businesses and homeowners, may be delayed.
thetyee.ca
November 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
British Columbia’s finance minister may be set to delay a proposal that would slash the assessed value of pipelines, giving pipeline companies a massive tax break at the expense of rural property owners.
@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli
@tyolsen.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
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My friend @brianphillips.bsky.social has, for his own reasons, dedicated 4000 words and his substantial talent to the Nuzzi-Lizza-Kennedy-(Sanford) fiasco, and I confess I read every one.
The Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr. Affair Is Messier Than We Ever Could Have Imagined
Inside the most important, and also least important, story of our time
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
My friend @brianphillips.bsky.social has, for his own reasons, dedicated 4000 words and his substantial talent to the Nuzzi-Lizza-Kennedy-(Sanford) fiasco, and I confess I read every one.
Hopefully he is laughing at the word "rebuild" because the "re" part of that word implies that there was some previous coherent structure that one must re-construct.
Rutherford has been running the Canucks for four years.
Rutherford has been running the Canucks for four years.
Just spoke with Jim Rutherford. Column coming shortly.
Confirms the team's four UFAs are available for a trade.
Even said "rebuild" himself -- though with a laugh and not as a definitional word
Confirms the team's four UFAs are available for a trade.
Even said "rebuild" himself -- though with a laugh and not as a definitional word
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hopefully he is laughing at the word "rebuild" because the "re" part of that word implies that there was some previous coherent structure that one must re-construct.
Rutherford has been running the Canucks for four years.
Rutherford has been running the Canucks for four years.
Luckily I'm sure this is the first and last time a budget cut will be found to have downstream consequences.
ABC councillors saying that it's "unfortunate" people are linking closed baby change tables as being political, or part of the budget.
But it was a deputy city manager that explicitly raised removing them from high vandalism areas as part of cutting the budget for maintenance of civic facilities.
But it was a deputy city manager that explicitly raised removing them from high vandalism areas as part of cutting the budget for maintenance of civic facilities.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Luckily I'm sure this is the first and last time a budget cut will be found to have downstream consequences.
INTERVIEW: Why wind, not solar, is the future of electricity in BC. And why megaprojects -- like Site E -- may still be possible in the future.
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The Head of BC Hydro on Wind Power, Dam Megaprojects and More | The Tyee
Glen Clark sat down for a wide-ranging interview with The Tyee.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
INTERVIEW: Why wind, not solar, is the future of electricity in BC. And why megaprojects -- like Site E -- may still be possible in the future.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Carney government does seem to be particularly prone to actions that are premised on the idea that its authority, once declared, instantly becomes 100% effective.
It's a very "I am the boss" mentality; one often susceptible to being caught surprisised by other actors' soft and not-soft power.
It's a very "I am the boss" mentality; one often susceptible to being caught surprisised by other actors' soft and not-soft power.
Leaving BC and First Nations out of talks about a pipeline is a great way to slow any hypothetical future project.
The inevitable risk of "streamlining" processes is that vital steps are skipped, leading to bad, often unsustainable decisions.
The inevitable risk of "streamlining" processes is that vital steps are skipped, leading to bad, often unsustainable decisions.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The Carney government does seem to be particularly prone to actions that are premised on the idea that its authority, once declared, instantly becomes 100% effective.
It's a very "I am the boss" mentality; one often susceptible to being caught surprisised by other actors' soft and not-soft power.
It's a very "I am the boss" mentality; one often susceptible to being caught surprisised by other actors' soft and not-soft power.
Our "We are not Enron" T-shirts have people asking a lot of questions already answered by our shirts.
November 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Our "We are not Enron" T-shirts have people asking a lot of questions already answered by our shirts.
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
sunk costs etc etc
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
sunk costs etc etc
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Morale at Manchester United is worse than we thought
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Morale at Manchester United is worse than we thought
The thing about core education issues (re: reading/math) is that every parent (and non-parent) has many different school + kid experiences and those personal experiences can out-influence ideological priors in infinite ways.
And the plethora data is seemingly up for causal interpretation???
And the plethora data is seemingly up for causal interpretation???
this article, which is deeply bizarre, strikes me as a symptom of the times in education policy
right now, education policy debate is significantly non-polarized and incoherently ideological, with broadly left- or right-wing ideas floating free from any grounding in a larger ideological project
right now, education policy debate is significantly non-polarized and incoherently ideological, with broadly left- or right-wing ideas floating free from any grounding in a larger ideological project
I don't think I've ever disagreed and agreed more strongly with a piece, seesawing from one paragraph to the next.
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
Will come back to dissect.
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The thing about core education issues (re: reading/math) is that every parent (and non-parent) has many different school + kid experiences and those personal experiences can out-influence ideological priors in infinite ways.
And the plethora data is seemingly up for causal interpretation???
And the plethora data is seemingly up for causal interpretation???
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David Eby says BC will be Canada's "economic engine," powered by clean electricity.
BC Hydro has other, less flashy plans.
Among them: a major shortfall in the energy BC would need to meet its climate targets.
My latest via @thetyee.ca
BC Hydro has other, less flashy plans.
Among them: a major shortfall in the energy BC would need to meet its climate targets.
My latest via @thetyee.ca
Will BC Electrify Its Economy? BC Hydro Doubts It | The Tyee
The Crown corporation’s new long-term plan for BC’s energy future is a missed opportunity to commit to electrification, experts say.
thetyee.ca
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
David Eby says BC will be Canada's "economic engine," powered by clean electricity.
BC Hydro has other, less flashy plans.
Among them: a major shortfall in the energy BC would need to meet its climate targets.
My latest via @thetyee.ca
BC Hydro has other, less flashy plans.
Among them: a major shortfall in the energy BC would need to meet its climate targets.
My latest via @thetyee.ca