If the polls hold, Pierre Poilievre will be our prime minister and Donald Trump will be ruling the United States, which — according to the Orange One’s own words — will no longer be a democracy. Michael Harris writes. Michael is a Tyee contributor, is a highly awarded journalist and documentary maker. Published April 5, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/05/Democracy-Under-Siege-Globally/

Donnie Rosa is stepping into the top job at the province’s biggest supportive-housing provider, taking the reins from an interim CEO who took charge of Atira after a major government spending scandal. Rosa sits down with civic issues reporter Jen St. Denis for a frank conversation. Published April 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/04/Donnie-Rosa-New-CEO-Atira/

It seems fitting that the opening of Velvet Terrorism: Pussy Riot’s Russia was loud, chaotic and a little overwhelming. Punk rock en plus. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published April 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/04/Pussy-Riot-Velvet-Terrorism/

“Save the Buffalo, Shoot the Dene”: Under the guise of conservation, Canada set out to create national parks in the 1800s. To do so, it forcibly removed the ancestral stewards of the land. Ximena González explains the creation of Wood Buffalo National Park. Ximena is a freelance writer and editor based in Calgary. Published April 4, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/04/04/Remembering-Our-Relations-Book/

More than three years after announcing plans to defer logging of old-growth forests, the British Columbia government continues talking with many individual Indigenous nations about whether or not to move ahead with the deferrals proposed on their territories. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published April 4, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/04/Finalizing-Logging-Deferrals-Save-BC-Old-Growth/

Imagine a new school is being built, but it’s amateur builders who get charged with creating blueprints — and the education minister insists it is safe because the ministry “consulted” engineers who in reality had no say. Sounds absurd. And yet, the drafting of Alberta’s new kindergarten to Grade 6 social studies curriculum is following a similar trajectory. The recently released draft was created through an opaque process that effectively shut out Alberta’s foremost educational experts. Maren Aukerman writes. Maren is a Werklund research professor of education at the University of Calgary. Published April 3, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/04/03/Alberta-Education-New-Social-Studies-Curriculum-Design-Fail/

Reporting on the so-called child “welfare” system means working with vulnerable people who carry traumatic stories. While good investigative journalism can provoke positive policy change, standard reporting practices aren’t going to cut it. Extra care is needed. Tracy Sherlock reports. Tracy is a freelance journalist and journalism instructor based in Vancouver. Published April 3, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/03/Sensitive-Powerful-Act-Reporting-Child-Welfare/

On Feb. 20 John Pomeroy, the Alberta-based director of Global Water Futures at the University of Saskatchewan, journeyed to British Columbia’s Okanagan Basin, a place of vineyards, orchards, pleasant cities and recreational playgrounds, to deliver a message. Andrew Nikiforuk writes. Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor and award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/03/Okanagan-Hotter-Drier-Future/

“Telework” is a life-changer, particularly for people with health risks. Workers mixing work at home and the office “has more than tripled since January 2022,” says Stats Can. How the pandemic shifted job expectations in a tight market. Brishti Basu reports. Brishti reports on labour for The Tyee.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/04/02/Telework-Can-Be-Life-Changer/

How do you get over a terrible loss? Canadian playwright Keith Barker’s acclaimed play explores resilience in a narrative filled with loss, love and a mystical fox. 🦊 By Firehall Arts Centre. 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 April 2, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/04/02/Fox-Helps-Family-Grieve-Firehall-Arts-Centre/