At a time when drought, fire and flood threaten countless lives, how should our relationship with water change? 💧

Explorer Erica Gies on the trouble with dikes, loss of place to wildfire and asking what water wants. Deborah Campbell reports. Deborah is an award-winning author, associate professor of writing and the Lansdowne Chair in Fine Arts at the University of Victoria. Published Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/25/Why-We-Need-Slow-Water-Movement/

Over 130 films, BTS for films like “Barbie,” “Oppenheimer” and “Dune” and immersive live shows combining performance and cinema. All at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival. Learn more and plan your festival here. 🎞 By VIFF. 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 Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/09/25/VIFF-Back-Stellar-Cinema/

“It’s a delightful thing when the layers of a city are peeled back to reveal a ghost sign from the days when they were just painted onto buildings. But they’re usually daylighted by development for a brief moment, only to be covered up again or destroyed.” Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/25/Tracking-Ghost-Sign-Kingsway/

Have we learned anything from this pandemic? “The only thing I know for certain is there’s going to be another.” 🦠

A disease modeller, a surgeon turned politician and a medical director on how to best navigate this new COVID era. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Monday, Sept. 25, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/25/Health-Experts-BC-COVID-Strategy/

Hundreds of B.C. city officials gathered this week to learn what relief to soaring rents, inflation and construction costs might be coming from the province. Christopher Cheung curated the highlights of Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon’s most telling answers. Christopher is The Tyee's urban issues reporter. Published Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/22/So-Far-Behind-Need-It-All/

“I want the joy that I take in my kids’ joy to be pure and uninflected. But maybe being a parent always means living with the possibility of loss.”

Mandy Len Catron on the dissonant truths of parenting in climate crisis. Catron is the author of How to Fall in Love with Anyone. Published Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/09/22/Amidst-Climate-Grief-Searching-Joy/

The man who would take “Canadian” as part of his name spent a decade in Canada and “moved mountains.”

How Darshan Singh Canadian helped South Asians re-win the right to vote, unionize Punjabi sawmill workers and confronted racism in labour. 🏔 Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/22/Indo-Canadian-BC-Labour-Icon/

The three-storey building at 414 E. 10th Ave. in Mount Pleasant is no longer properly secured after a fire in July that left 70 people homeless.

But neighbourhood residents say squatters are entering the building and are at risk. “Somebody could get killed.” Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter. Published Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/22/Squatters-Risk-Vancouver-Apartment-Building-Gutted-Fire/

“Who uses drugs in a wading pool?”

On Monday, B.C. amended its decriminalization policy to prohibit small possession of illicit drugs within 15 metres of a playground, spray pool, wading pool or skate park.

One advocate says this feeds into stigma. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/21/Municipalities-BC-Drug-Decriminalization-Pilot/

The Shiga toxin producing E. coli O157 is classed as a bioterrorism agent in the U.S. for good reason. But when the toxin bomb went off in Calgary, government practically failed to respond. Andrew Nikiforuk on the fragility of our high-tech food system. 🥬⚠️ Andrew is a Tyee contributing editor and an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/09/21/Rise-Toxic-Menace-E-Coli-O157/