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A local resident writes that the issue with frequent crashes on the Malahat does not lie with the road, but rather with driving culture.
Opinion: The Malahat doesn’t need fixing— our driving does
A local resident writes that the issue with frequent crashes on the Malahat does not lie with the road, but rather with driving culture.
cheknews.ca
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
A local resident writes that the issue with frequent crashes on the Malahat does not lie with the road, but rather with driving culture.
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really into these polish folk nouveau patterns
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
really into these polish folk nouveau patterns
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The issues with the construction of the Santagiulia Ice Arena could have major consequences for the Olympic women's hockey tournament. www.theicegarden.com/whats-going-...
What's Going On With The Hockey Arena At The Olympics?
The issues with the construction of the Santagiulia Ice Arena could have major consequences for the Olympic women's hockey tournament.
www.theicegarden.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The issues with the construction of the Santagiulia Ice Arena could have major consequences for the Olympic women's hockey tournament. www.theicegarden.com/whats-going-...
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A rare conviction shows how inadequately Canada enforces worker safety #canlab
A rare conviction shows how inadequately Canada enforces worker safety
Employers rarely face convictions in court for egregious breaches of worker safety.
rabble.ca
January 7, 2026 at 2:20 AM
A rare conviction shows how inadequately Canada enforces worker safety #canlab
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Edmonton police quietly replaced their surveillance plane in 2023 with an unusually expensive model marketed as a luxury aircraft, an access to information request reveals.
Edmonton police have replaced their secret surveillance plane with a multimillion dollar “luxury flying SUV”
EPS has replaced their former surveillance aircraft with a multimillion dollar new plane that the manufacturer describes as a "luxury flying SUV."
www.theprogressreport.ca
January 3, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Edmonton police quietly replaced their surveillance plane in 2023 with an unusually expensive model marketed as a luxury aircraft, an access to information request reveals.
Should Mineral Deposits Be Considered Legal Persons? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
Should Mineral Deposits Be Considered Legal Persons? | The Tyee
A geologist mused that minerals have the 'right to be mined.' It opened a gold mine of questions.
thetyee.ca
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Should Mineral Deposits Be Considered Legal Persons? via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
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Lattice-topped blackcurrant tarts sat alongside damson cream pies and damson'n'greengage pudding. To refresh the palate there was pale honey cider, spiced nettle ale, cellar-cooled motherwort tea, fizzy pear cordial, and raspberry cup.
January 4, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Lattice-topped blackcurrant tarts sat alongside damson cream pies and damson'n'greengage pudding. To refresh the palate there was pale honey cider, spiced nettle ale, cellar-cooled motherwort tea, fizzy pear cordial, and raspberry cup.
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88% of Canadians surveyed in 2021 wanted a wealth tax.
“The wealthy would continue to get wealthier... just at a slower pace and in the meantime raise tens of billions of dollars a year to fund things we desperately need," @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #inequality www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/n...
“The wealthy would continue to get wealthier... just at a slower pace and in the meantime raise tens of billions of dollars a year to fund things we desperately need," @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #inequality www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/n...
CEO pay hit a record high in 2024
Canada's top 100 CEOs set new record for average earnings in 2024 while Canadians fell further behind inflation.
www.nationalobserver.com
January 2, 2026 at 5:25 PM
88% of Canadians surveyed in 2021 wanted a wealth tax.
“The wealthy would continue to get wealthier... just at a slower pace and in the meantime raise tens of billions of dollars a year to fund things we desperately need," @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #inequality www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/n...
“The wealthy would continue to get wealthier... just at a slower pace and in the meantime raise tens of billions of dollars a year to fund things we desperately need," @davidmaccdn.bsky.social #inequality www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/02/n...
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It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.
Canadian government officials, what are you still doing on X in 2026?
The platform's own chatbot started posting sexualized material of children and other people who couldn't consent. With no moral bottom in sight, it's well past time our officials found other ways to c...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
It's well past time for Canadian government officials to get off of X, @jameswsthomson.com writes. This latest — disgusting — incident is just one more reason.
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“I guess one of the big takeaways from this year is that things aren’t going to settle down.”
Premier David Eby sits down with The Tyee in his wood-panelled legislature office to talk tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises.
Andrew MacLeod interviews.
#bcpoli
Premier David Eby sits down with The Tyee in his wood-panelled legislature office to talk tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises.
Andrew MacLeod interviews.
#bcpoli
David Eby on an ‘Eventful’ and Troubled Year | The Tyee
The BC premier talks tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises.
thetyee.ca
December 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“I guess one of the big takeaways from this year is that things aren’t going to settle down.”
Premier David Eby sits down with The Tyee in his wood-panelled legislature office to talk tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises.
Andrew MacLeod interviews.
#bcpoli
Premier David Eby sits down with The Tyee in his wood-panelled legislature office to talk tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises.
Andrew MacLeod interviews.
#bcpoli
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Camellia
April 30th 2024
April 30th 2024
December 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Camellia
April 30th 2024
April 30th 2024
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‘Once in a lifetime’: Crowds gather in Vancouver to look at bird never before seen in Canada
‘Once in a lifetime’: Crowds gather in Vancouver to look at bird never before seen in Canada
Birders are flocking to Vancouver’s Sunset Beach Park this weekend to take in an incredibly rare sight—the first time on record a particular species of bird has ever been seen in Canada.
bit.ly
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
‘Once in a lifetime’: Crowds gather in Vancouver to look at bird never before seen in Canada
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Noam Chomsky can no longer offer apologies to Jeffrey Epstein's victims. But that does not relieve us of the responsibility to do so, part of which is acknowledging that someone who had such a huge impact on so many of us made such profoundly disturbing moral choices.
Chomsky, Epstein, and the responsibility of intellectuals
Burning down houses and raping their female inhabitants is the kind of imperialist standard operating procedure that Chomsky spent his life condemning in East Timor, in Iraq, in El Salvador. But when ...
canadiandimension.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Noam Chomsky can no longer offer apologies to Jeffrey Epstein's victims. But that does not relieve us of the responsibility to do so, part of which is acknowledging that someone who had such a huge impact on so many of us made such profoundly disturbing moral choices.
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‘For the second time in less than a month, a barge operated by the same Seattle-based shipping company encountered serious trouble on B.C.’s north coast.’ thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Seattle Firm Has Second Barge Hit Trouble on BC Coast | The Tyee
A photo showing a barge with a tree implanted in its front is real, The Tyee can confirm.
thetyee.ca
December 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
‘For the second time in less than a month, a barge operated by the same Seattle-based shipping company encountered serious trouble on B.C.’s north coast.’ thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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"The only and most likely possibility is that we will be invaded by the US government in pursuit of nothing more than the global maintenance of its hegemony at the expense of our resources, our sweat, and our blood, both ours and that of our children."
In Venezuela, we have not been invaded
Venezuelans both inside and outside the country deserve the opportunity to solve our problems according to our own criteria and our own capabilities, writes Giuliano Salvatore. That is sovereignty. Th...
canadiandimension.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"The only and most likely possibility is that we will be invaded by the US government in pursuit of nothing more than the global maintenance of its hegemony at the expense of our resources, our sweat, and our blood, both ours and that of our children."
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A Year of Government Interference in Collective Bargaining
More often than not, governments across Canada sided with corporations instead of workers.
pressprogress.ca/a-year-of-go...
More often than not, governments across Canada sided with corporations instead of workers.
pressprogress.ca/a-year-of-go...
A Year of Government Interference in Collective Bargaining
More often than not, governments across Canada sided with corporations instead of workers.
pressprogress.ca
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A Year of Government Interference in Collective Bargaining
More often than not, governments across Canada sided with corporations instead of workers.
pressprogress.ca/a-year-of-go...
More often than not, governments across Canada sided with corporations instead of workers.
pressprogress.ca/a-year-of-go...
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2025 was a difficult year, but social movements scored real victories.
From tenant strikes and Indigenous-led forest defence to union wins, climate campaigns, and Palestine solidarity, @scottneigh.bsky.social runs down 15 achievements that show the power of collective action.
From tenant strikes and Indigenous-led forest defence to union wins, climate campaigns, and Palestine solidarity, @scottneigh.bsky.social runs down 15 achievements that show the power of collective action.
15 movement victories in 2025 you may not have heard about ⋆ The Breach
From recognition of a Palestinian state, to tenant strikes, to a Youth Climate Corps, here are some of the political achievements of the past year
breachmedia.ca
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
2025 was a difficult year, but social movements scored real victories.
From tenant strikes and Indigenous-led forest defence to union wins, climate campaigns, and Palestine solidarity, @scottneigh.bsky.social runs down 15 achievements that show the power of collective action.
From tenant strikes and Indigenous-led forest defence to union wins, climate campaigns, and Palestine solidarity, @scottneigh.bsky.social runs down 15 achievements that show the power of collective action.
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B.C. Premier David Eby defended his right to criticize court decisions despite organizations that represent lawyers calling his recent comments unfair and irresponsible.
Eby Is Under Fire for Undermining the Rule of Law | The Tyee
Lawyers say the premier’s criticism of rulings on Indigenous rights reflects ‘a troubling trend.’
thetyee.ca
December 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
B.C. Premier David Eby defended his right to criticize court decisions despite organizations that represent lawyers calling his recent comments unfair and irresponsible.
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Experts are relieved that the methane regulations have landed, but a carve-out worked into the recent MOU between Ottawa and Alberta could undermine them, they warn.
Ottawa toughens methane regulations — but Alberta gets five extra years
The federal government's new and long-awaited methane regulation are here and climate experts are both relieved for the progress and concerned Alberta will be let off the hook, again.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Experts are relieved that the methane regulations have landed, but a carve-out worked into the recent MOU between Ottawa and Alberta could undermine them, they warn.
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august luther strawberries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1914
December 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
august luther strawberries, painted by amanda almira newton, 1914
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Parliament’s Elf On The Shelf turns out to be Pierre Poilievre in a little scarf
Parliament's Elf On The Shelf turns out to be Pierre Poilievre in a little scarf
OTTAWA - Shockwaves spread throughout the House this week when staffers realized that the vaguely threatening elf watching their every move was actually the leader of the Opposition in a festive winte...
thebeaverton.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Parliament’s Elf On The Shelf turns out to be Pierre Poilievre in a little scarf