The attempt on Donald Trump had to be an exquisite dilemma for the online conspiracy gang, a sort of Sophie’s Choice for Republican basement trolls. So many connections to make, so many wild stories to spin, so many false flags to wave. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published July 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/16/Please-Advise-Trump-Conspiracies/

Last week, The Telegraph published a headline that claimed decriminalization made Vancouver “the fentanyl capital of the world.” The piece featured shocking photography, lacked context and had questionable reporting. Tyee senior editor Jackie Wong writes. Published July 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/16/What-Telegraph-Got-Wrong-Downtown-Eastside/

Sex work scholar Frances Shaver on what she has learned about sex work in Canada, the work that still needs to be done and how she earned the Order of Canada. A Q&A with Tyee Hummingbird fellow Jeevan Sangha. Published July 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/07/16/Sex-Work-Scholar-Order-Canada/

“This wasn’t the first time I saw my views assumed by way of my Jewishness.” Spencer Izen on the high stakes for civil discourse. Spencer Izen is the opinion editor of the Ubyssey and a social science researcher with the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association, and was named Co-Champion of Free Expression for 2023. Published July 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/16/Notes-Jewish-Opinion-Editor-University-Newspaper/

How did America become so polarized, and can it skirt the kind of political violence that undid Germany’s Weimar Republic in the 1930s? Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Published July 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/16/America-Age-Discord/

No one should be “happy” a 20-year-old suspect has been shot dead. Especially a Conservative politician who supposedly believes in the rule of law and sanctity of human life. Paul Willcocks, Tyee senior editor, writes. Published July 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/15/What-Wrong-With-Canada-Conservatives/

While there are clear differences between the electoral situations in France and Canada, there are certainly lessons Canadian progressives can glean from the results in France. 🇫🇷🇨🇦 Jeremy Appel writes. Jeremy is an independent Edmonton-based journalist and author of Kenneyism: Jason Kenney’s Pursuit of Power (Dundurn, 2024). Published July 15, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/07/15/France-Shows-How-Defeat-Poilievre-Conservatives/

An ode to the wacky worlds of West Edmonton Mall: Kate Black grew up roaming Canada’s temple of consumerism. In “Big Mall,” she explores “shopping for meaning.” Christopher Cheung reviews. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published July 15, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/07/15/Ode-West-Edmonton-Mall/

Bringing salmon home to Kus-kus-sum: Project Watershed is restoring a critical habitat and helping to return the land of a former sawmill back to the K’ómoks First Nation. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Pippa Norman reports. Pippa is a journalist based in Vancouver, whose work has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award and a Canadian Association of Journalists award. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published July 15, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/07/15/Bringing-Salmon-Home-Kus-kus-sum/

Cory Doctorow invented the perfect word for our time of collapsing complexity. Everywhere you turn, it seems, civilization is facing a massive and cumulative failure of excessive complexity. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Tyee contributing editor Andrew is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Published July 15, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/07/15/Enshittification-Everything/