“Evictions to nowhere”: Just as temperatures dropped below zero in Vancouver last week, city bylaw enforcement and police officers decamped dozens of people in Oppenheimer Park. “As medical students, we are deeply concerned by this harmful use of resources.“ Sandra Smiley, Preet Gandhi and Kathryn Haegedorn write. Published Friday, Jan. 19, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/19/Evictions-To-Nowhere-Must-Stop/

“I want more than swagger. I want public washrooms and meaningful action on health issues that impact everyone across this city.” An annual checkup on ABC’s health promises, from our health reporter Michelle Gamage. Published Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/18/Checkup-ABC-Health-Promises/

Sub-zero fashion in Vancouver 101. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/18/How-Dress-Deep-Freeze-Winter-Vancouver/

#TooManyCooks: Zoning, densification, permitting — this is the work of municipalities. But if you ask today’s provincial and federal governments, they’ll say local development is happening too slowly. So they’re stepping in. Christopher Cheung writes. Christopher is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/18/Brace-Yourself-Housing-Reforms/

Alberta issued an emergency alert Saturday asking Albertans to reduce their electricity use to minimize rotating outages.

Albertans responded to the call. Well done!

But the bozos are blaming the alert on Trudeau and Notley. Really? Susan Jane Wright writes. Susan was a lawyer and an executive in the energy sector before she became a writer. Published Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/17/Alberta-Electricity-Crunch-Useful-Warning/

DULF, the Vancouver compassion club providing tested drugs, was denied its day in court. But global rallies showed up to support. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/17/Rally-Supports-Vancouver-Compassion-Club/

#NEW: RCMP considered shooting a security camera and sending a police dog to remove people from a structure as they moved to make arrests in #Wetsuweten in November 2021, according to testimony in a B.C. Supreme Court hearing. Amanda Follett Hosgood updates. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/01/17/RCMP-Actions-Wetsuweten-Territory/

The imposing brick building at Dunsmuir and Richards has been many things: a hotel, a refuge for low-income men, a gathering place for the down-and-out, a student hostel.

But for the past decade, it has sat vacant as owner and city debate redevelopment. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/17/Downtown-Vancouver-Vacant-Hotel/

This morning Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley ended months of speculation and told her caucus she would be stepping down. 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 Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/01/16/Notley-Steps-Down-NDP-Leader/

After the PuSh Festival pulled from its program a production about an Orthodox Jewish man whose life is changed after providing care for a young woman accused of stabbing an Israeli soldier, questions remain about how to address what’s hardest to say. Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/01/16/How-To-Make-Art-In-Time-Of-War/