“We have to lose our humanity in order to try to save other people. People were suffering and you can’t hold their hand. I can’t be there in their last moments.” As told to Claudia Culley, Jasna Rowse and Colleen Canonayon, who interviewed Anonymous for the Climate Disaster Project as part of a journalism course at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Published June 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/16/I-Worked-ER-BC-Worst-Heat-Wave/

A new children’s book, authored by former NDP MLA Katrina Chen and teacher-librarian Elaine Su, aims to open conversations about abuse, Jeevan Sangha writes. Jeevan Sangha is a freelance culture writer and senior editor at Shado Magazine. She was the 2024 Tyee Hummingbird Fellow. Published June 13, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/13/Children-Book-Responds-Family-Violence/

Tired of mindless swiping, meaningless conversations and perplexing labels, Phoebe Fuller decided to quit the apps and give the real world a try. Phoebe Fuller is a journalist and writer based in Vancouver. She likes writing about LGBTQ2S+ stories, labour issues and all things screens. Published June 13, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/13/Ditch-Dating-Apps-Find-Real-Life-Romance/

Carol Anne Hilton offers a bold critique of Indian Act economics in her new book, “The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power.” By New Society Publishers. Published June 13, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/06/13/Rise-Indigenous-Economic-Power/

Armed Forces, RCMP and local police were all out in force in 2002, creating the largest domestic security mobilization during peacetime that Canada had seen at the time, writes David Niddrie. David Niddrie is a life-long photographer, taking photos since age four — with the negatives to prove it. Published June 13, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/13/Face-Protest-Then-Now/

“About 500 severely normal Albertans, many as pissed as summer hornets, filled the hall to the brim.” Andrew Nikiforuk on a boisterous “coal town hall” with Premier Danielle Smith. Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more. Published June 13, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/13/Stink-BS-Premier-Smith-Coal-Town-Hall/

The brilliance of science journalist Laura Spinney’s writing is that she uses the story of Proto-Indo-European, and its daughter languages, as a vehicle to uncover the turbulent history of the late Stone Age and the Bronze Age that succeeded it, Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee. Published June 13, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/13/Origins-Language-Shaped-Our-World/

“The Dark Lady” tells the story of Emilia Bassano, a multiracial and trilingual woman born to a family of court musicians, England’s first female published poet and, as some theorize, the “Dark Lady” of Shakespeare’s sonnets. By Bard on the Beach. Published June 13, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/06/13/Bard-Beach-Dark-Lady/

Life at sea offers steady employment and, for workers from many countries, above-average wages. But it also brings the risk of exploitation and abuse. Seafarers are far from home, dependent on the shipping company and often unaware of their few legal protections, writes Isaac Phan Nay. Isaac Phan Nay is The Tyee’s labour reporter. Published June 13, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/06/13/Who-Looking-Out-Seafarers/

“By voting to strike, teachers are sending an unmistakable message: we are united, we are determined and we will no longer hold up a crumbling public education system,” an Alberta Teachers’ Association press release reads. David Climenhaga writes. David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published June 12, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/06/12/Alberta-School-Teachers-Strike-UCP-Hardball/