with cover A Prince George resident says he felt “violated” after two RCMP officers allegedly threatened to confiscate his cellphone and charge him with obstruction if he refused to delete the video he took following Dale Culver’s death. Amanda Follett Hosgood and Jen St. Denis reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. June 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/18/Obstruction-Trial-Bystander-Testifies/

Director Jivesh Parasram takes “Measure for Measure” — an age-old Shakespeare story that isn’t usually a barrel of laughs — and transforms it into a darkly absurd mashup of “Footloose” and Shakespeare. By Bard on the Beach. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. 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 June 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/06/18/Measure-for-Measure-Bard-on-the-Beach/

On my Salt Spring home, 50 years of Gulf Islands legal protection is under attack. A coup against a B.C. conservation dream: Ronald Wright writes. Ronald’s books include A Short History of Progress and Time Among the Maya. Published June 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/18/Coup-Against-BC-Conservation-Dream/

With the provincial election still four months away, third-party advertisers are — for now — free to keep their identities secret while spending unlimited amounts to influence the outcome. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published June 18, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/18/Open-Season-Secretly-Funded-Political-Attack-Ads/

Steve Burgess has a list of possible secrets revealed to foreign spies. Sneak peek: Poutine not a real Canadian recipe but the result of a Québécois gas explosion. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published June 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/17/Please-Advise-Canadian-Secrets-Spies/

Lost in Canada’s health-care Wonderland: How Mark Leiren-Young almost lost his leg, thanks to B.C.’s disappearance of walk-in clinics. Mark Leiren-Young is an author, playwright and filmmaker. Published June 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/06/17/Lost-Canada-Health-Care-Wonderland/

With disinformation and “rage farming” rampant on the internet and news media decimated by cuts, Tyee readers have helped us raise nearly $120,000 for in-depth election coverage. Help us get there by midnight tonight. By Tyee editor-in-chief David Beers. Published June 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2024/06/17/Tyee-Drive-Election-Reporting-Down-Wire/

In 2010, Taiwan artist Yao Jui-Chung instructed his students to photograph schools, convention centres and other facilities left to decay — and use their art to affect governmental policies. Now open at the Museum of Vancouver, “Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan.” By Museum of Vancouver. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. 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 June 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/06/17/Mirage-Exhibit-Museum-of-Vancouver/

Influencers with the extremist racist group Diagolon spend hours making livestreams, trying to spread their message of hatred against immigrants and minorities through the online world on sites like Rumble and X. Now, they’re coming to Vancouver. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published June 17, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/06/17/Diagolon-Terror-Tour-Coming-Vancouver/

David Climenhaga: Alberta’s energy war room stumbled from failure to embarrassment. Now, Premier Danielle Smith says the war room is being folded into government because “the province should lead the fight to message for the oil and gas industry.” David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published June 14, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/06/14/Anti-Greenwashing-Law-Killed-Alberta-Energy-War-Room-Oil-Gas/