Despite landowner advocates’ opposition to recent rent caps that keep rates below inflation — bottom line: owning a multi-family rental building in B.C. remains profitable. Andrew MacLeod reports. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief. Published Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/12/Lucrative-Business-Owning-Rental-Buildings/

Welcome to TikTok 🎶: What started as a cringe platform for dance videos is now a forum for scientific health questions. Can journalism play a role in the space rife with disinformation? It’s proving harder than it looks. Sarah Krichel reports. Sarah is The Tyee's social media manager. Published Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/10/11/TikTok-Awkward-Dance-Canadian-Journalism/

Much forest has been lost the past 100 years. Not lost like your car keys. But taken, almost all of them by humans, and mostly at an industrial scale that imperils our existence. Ian Gill’s Q&A with the “Canopy of Titans” authors is in The Tyee. Ian Gill is a journalist, author, conservationist and bookseller. 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 Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/10/11/Meet-Authors-Canopy-Titans/

What You Need to Know about COVID-19 This Fall: It’s been almost four years since the first cases emerged. As we enter fall and winter, let’s review the state of things and how you can stay healthy. 🦠👇🏽 Sameer Elsayed reports. Sameer is a professor of medicine, pathology and laboratory medicine, and epidemiology and biostatistics at Western University. Published Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/10/11/What-You-Need-Know-COVID-19-Fall/

No roommate? No apartment. B.C.’s Residential Tenancy Act terminates leases if any co-tenant gives notice of moving out. That leaves the remaining tenant vulnerable to major rent hikes or even getting booted. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/11/Losing-Roommate-Means-Losing-Apartment/

Get ready to be able to call, text or send videos to a 911 dispatcher when you need help, and have them know your exact location — including what floor of an apartment you’re on. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/26/Changes-Coming-911-Calls-BC/

Since 1985, the BC and Yukon Book Prizes have celebrated authors publishing in the province and territory.

Now they want to share those very celebrated authors’ books with Tyee readers. Enter to win here! By BC Yukon and Book Prizes. 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 Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/09/26/Contest-BC-Yukon-Book-Prizes/

Many counter-protests outnumbered last week’s “1 Million March 4 Children.”

Still, an antisemitic slur was hurled, a Nazi flag displayed, LGBTQ2S+ issues equated to pedophilia.

Katie Hyslop and Jen St. Denis report what they saw on the scene. Katie is The Tyee's youth and education reporter. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/26/Homophobia-Racism-Parents-Rights-Rallies/

Orlando Figes’s new book tells us Russia has spent a thousand years swinging between trying to equal the West and rejecting it. Under Vladimir Putin, Russia is repeating itself yet again. Crawford Kilian on history versus story. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/26/We-Think-We-Know-Russia/

How did we get here? Decades of water mismanagement. How to invest in our watersheds — which protect against climate disasters? Urgent action, writes Terry Teegee, Regional Chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations. Terry Teegee is the elected Regional Chief of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations. Published Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/25/First-Nations-Bear-Brunt-BC-Drought/