#PlaceDetective🔍: It’s witnessed unions deliberating, Grateful Dead performances, even raves. To Vancouver’s labour movement, the Maritime Labour Centre and its trove of treasures represent a disappearing part of their history. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Monday, June 19, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/19/Case-Nearly-Lost-Mural-Lionizes-Workers/

TOMORROW: Tune in for an online discussion with survivors and reporters on healing and rebuilding after devastation. Free to attend! By SFU Public Square. 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, June 19, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/06/19/Meet-BC-Climate-Risks-Event/

Immigrants are a “large proportion of the workforce, but really at the bottom.” From rising tuition to unpaid practicums, it’s difficult for immigrants and refugees to succeed in the sector, say workers and advocates. Five policies to help. Emma Arkell reports. Emma is a multimedia journalist based in Vancouver. Published Monday, June 19, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/19/How-To-Improve-Opportunities-Child-Care/

For Palexelsiya Lorelei Williams, finding safe spaces for Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit means the world. She spoke to us about her dance group Butterflies in Spirit that celebrates identity, culture and community, and remembers #MMIWG2S. Poornima Francis interviews. Poornima is a journalist and filmmaker completing an internship with The Tyee. Published Friday, June 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/16/Butterflies-Spirit-Names/

Const. Rachel Cox and Const. Andrea Hanley were put in charge of a spin-off investigation into broader assault allegations at Immaculata Elementary School in Burns Lake a decade ago. But they’ve been removed from the list of RCMP witnesses. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is The Tyee's northern B.C. reporter. Published Friday, June 17, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/16/RCMP-Removes-Investigators-Tribunal-Witness-List/

Analogue dams mimic beaver-built dams and help create wetlands, which help resiliency against wildfires and improve fish habitats by slowing streams. Despite being human-made, beavers are key to their success. Liz McDonald and Curtis Seufert report. Liz is a journalist based in the Thompson-Nicola region of B.C. Curtis is a Vancouver-based journalist covering arts, culture, municipal affairs and environment issues. Published Friday, June 16, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/16/BC-Restore-Wetlands-Beavers/

One by one over the weeks, The Tyee published 11 stories of survivors who escaped disaster. We wove in how people, communities and province can be better prepared in an era of rising climate-related catastrophes. Now gathered here in one article. Francesca Fionda writes. Francesca is an investigative reporter and regular contributor with The Tyee. Published Friday, June 16, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/16/Surviving-In-Their-Own-Words/

“Ethan could still be with us if the people in power acknowledged what is going on in cities.” Surrey high school students wrote letters about the murder of Ethan Bespflug that “could have [been] prevented.” Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Thursday, June 15, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/06/15/Student-Letters-Ethan-Bespflug/

“I was getting ready to die.” Women return to abusive situations, enter homelessness and some report contemplating suicide following their time in transitional housing. We spoke to eight former residents about what needs to change. Emily Fagan reports. Emily Fagan is a freelance journalist and associate producer at CBC News. Published Thursday, June 15, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/15/Women-Nowhere-Transitional-Housing/

Forests have come back significantly over the last century, owing in large part to the exodus of rural residents to cities. We can keep the momentum by returning land to Indigenous communities, notes Fred Pearce in “A Trillion Trees.” James Boothroyd reviews. James Boothroyd is a communications consultant, and project director of EcoAnalytics Research. Published Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/06/14/Restore-World-Forests-Trillion-Trees-Nature-Indigenous-Canada/