Why John Rustad’s reckless Indigenous policy would be disastrous: Green MLA Adam Olsen says the Conservative leader’s approach is wrong, costly and economically destructive. Adam Olsen writes. Published July 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/25/Rustad-Reckless-Indigenous-Policy-Disastrous/

The Township of Langley will investigate how an extreme-right group was able to book a community hall jointly managed by the township and a local Lions Club. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published July 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/25/Diagolon-Terror-Tour-Canada/

From symptoms to watch out for to maximum allowable indoor temps, Michelle Gamage reports what you need to know to protect the kids during the summer heat. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published July 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/25/Keeping-Kids-Safe-Summer-Heat/

#WhatWorks: Washington state’s biggest provider of natural gas is telling customers to get off gas. At least, that’s the implicit message in this pilot project launched by Puget Sound Energy, which seeks to electrify 10,000 Washington households. Peter Fairley reports. Peter is an award-winning journalist based in Victoria and San Francisco, whose writing has appeared in Scientific American, New Scientist, Hakai Magazine, the New York Times, the Atlantic, Nature and elsewhere. Published July 25, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/07/25/Washington-Puget-Sound-Energy-Electrification-Pivot/

There’s another shoe that needs to drop before the United Conservative Party’s embarrassing skybox scandal goes quiet and Alberta can go back to sleep as Premier Danielle Smith and her political advisors doubtless profoundly wish we would. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published July 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/24/Questions-Piling-Up-UCP-Insiders/

Alberta’s anti-science, pro-business premier: Danielle Smith’s attack on a federal bill curbing false claims from big #OilAndGas is revealing. But not surprising, writes Tim Rauf. Tim is an Alberta-based science writer. Published July 24, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/24/Alberta-Anti-Science-Pro-Business-Premier/

Could really go for a flying cow sailing across a movie screen right about now. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published July 24, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/07/24/My-Kingdom-Helen-Hunt/

With more than a month of vacation still to go, The Tyee has compiled some suggestions for incorporating skill building into summer with free resources and activities they’ll enjoy. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published July 24, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/24/Free-Summer-Education-Activities/

Though development has transformed this once agricultural and industrial part of Burnaby’s south, it’s not long before heritage planner Lisa Codd finds the evidence of a rugged path where a much older rapid transit system once ran: the interurban. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published July 24, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/07/24/Metro-Vancouver-Lost-Electric-Railway/

Both the BC Liberal government, elected in 2001, and the NDP government, elected in 2017, reshaped the tax system — but with very different effects on inequality and fairness. Alex Hemingway writes. Alex is a senior economist and public finance analyst at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ B.C. office. Published July 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/23/BC-Liberals-Enriched-One-Per-Cent-NDP-Fairer/