Presenting the Alberta budget: It is a budget of broken promises, misleading numbers and fanciful thinking — all resting on the quicksand of fossil fuel revenue. Graham Thomson writes. Graham is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer. Published Friday, March 1, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/03/01/Alberta-Budget-Broken-Tax-Cut-Promise/

B.C. is enthusiastically welcoming the federal government’s first steps toward a national pharmacare plan, but BC United Leader Kevin Falcon says other provinces are right to be skeptical. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Friday, March 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/01/BC-Government-Backs-National-Pharmacare-Launch/

Despite its being the most common of learning disabilities, there is no specialized public school funding from the province for students diagnosed with dyslexia. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Friday, March 1, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/03/01/Why-Is-Vancouver-Funding-Private-Dyslexia-School/

Howe Sound? It’s called Átl’ḵa7tsem in the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh language, where Sínulhḵay, the two-headed serpent, once lay. An essential new book by the nation goes beyond settler social studies. Christopher Cheung writes. Chris reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Friday, March 1, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/03/01/Walk-Through-Squamish-Legends-Lifeways-Histories/

According to the Council of Europe, “de-risking” means “the phenomenon of financial institutions terminating or restricting business relationships with clients or categories of clients to avoid, rather than manage, risk.” But when Alberta Premier Danielle Smith uses the term, as she has been doing frequently lately, she obviously has something quite different in mind. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Feb. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/26/Danielle-Smith-Stick-Taxpayer-Fossil-Fuel-Risks/

No sooner did the federal Liberal and New Democratic parties say they’d reached a deal on a national pharmacare program, than Alberta’s United Conservative Party government insisted it wanted no part of the plan. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Feb. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/27/Singh-Trudeau-Celebrate-Pharmacare-Smith-Says-No-Way/

Just over 15 years after the creation of Alberta Health Services, which centralized health authority at the provincial level, Premier Danielle Smith is promising to shake things up in a whole new way. Stan Houston writes. Stan is a semi-retired physician who has worked internationally, in primary care and practised for 31 years as a specialist in Edmonton. Published Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/02/29/Danielle-Smith-Massive-Scary-Alberta-Health-Reorganization/

As children, some of us were more afraid of bedtime than others. Our parents would check under the beds and behind the closet doors to confirm that there were no monsters lurking around, waiting to prey on us. But as we got older, we began to realize monsters weren’t always fictional. Some of us recognized the monsters in ourselves and in others. Carol Eugene Park interviews "Dinner on Monster Island" author Tania De Rozario. Eugene Park is a Toronto-based freelance writer and podcast host. Published Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/29/Tania-De-Rozario-Interview/

BC’s Vitacore figured out how to recycle difficult plastics like the respirators it manufactures by the millions. Tyee reporter Katie Hyslop has our latest #WhatWorks piece. Published Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/02/29/Medical-Masks-Save-Lives-Harm-Nature-Maker-Stepped-Up/

Inside Griffin Art Projects’ North Vancouver gallery space, a study in convergence is underway. Intersecting Orbits is, in many ways, an illustration of how commonality and difference can happily coincide in artmaking. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is our culture editor. Published Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/02/29/Intersecting-Orbits-Exhibition/