Many barriers still exist for medical users to access safe and effective cannabis.

So thousands still go to dispensaries or other low-threshold access points. B.C.’s decision to use extensive resources to target them is alarming, write researchers.

Published Thursday, April 20, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/20/Shutting-Cannabis-Clubs-Hurts-Public/

Twenty-nine rain gardens in the North Delta area show how gravity, creativity and a little bit of upkeep can mitigate the effects of urban development by finding new places where water can be absorbed into the ground.

Marissa Tiel reports. Marissa is an award-winning photojournalist and writer based in Vancouver, B.C.

Published Thursday, April 20, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/20/Rain-Gardens-Concrete-Solution/

The new documentary by veteran journalist and Tyee contributor Christopher Guly is a fascinating series of interviews on the liberation — and price — of politicians shattering silence around their queer identities.

David Beers writes. David is the founding editor of The Tyee.

Published Thursday, April 20, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/20/Coming-Out-Politics/

B.C. had years to prepare before 2017 was deemed “one of the worst wildfire seasons” in B.C. history. And yet support was “close to failure.”

Francesca Fionda spoke with over a dozen survivors about their experiences — more specifically, the aftermath.

Francesca is an investigative reporter and regular contributor at The Tyee.

Published Thursday, April 20, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/20/Surviving-Disaster-Just-First-Hurdle/

The BC Employment Standards Coalition, which aims to resolve employer-worker disputes within 180 days, is failing to meet its goal in 80% of complaints it handles.

Meanwhile, workers living paycheque to paycheque are unable to afford the months-long wait.

Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter.

Published Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/19/Employment-Standards-Branch-Time-Targets/

“When I have housing, I want it to be safe.”

Vancouver police shutting down the camp on Hastings Street citing violence and sexual assault has not kept women and gender diverse people safe — it’s taken away the only shelter people had, say advocates.

Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is The Tyee's civic issues reporter.

Published Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/04/19/Women-Not-Safe-After-Hastings-Camp-Clearing/

The numbers regarding climate action speak for themselves, said Canada’s minister for environment and climate change Steven Guilbeault.

He’s right, but the numbers — *other* than for electricity — paint a picture of negligible or no accomplishment at all.

Ian Urquhart writes. Ian Urquhart is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Alberta.

Published Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/04/19/Ugly-Truth-Behind-Canadian-Climate-Progress/

Bikeways catering only to fit, reckless men are inaccessible and under-used by a majority of people.

Let’s take a hard look at our infrastructure, and consider the diversity of people it’s meant to serve, writes Auston Chhor.

Auston is a biologist and writing in Vancouver.

Published Wednesday, April 19, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/19/Making-Vancouver-Bikeways-Better/

To say that architecture in Vancouver is something of a fraught subject is perhaps putting it too mildly.

Dorothy Woodend reviews a new West Van Art Museum photo exhibit and considers the beauty — and limitations — of making art about palatial homes.

Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.

Published Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/04/18/Problem-Architectural-Photography/

Freedom of expression is a constitutional right. But in recent weeks, our municipal institutions have abandoned it.

Spencer Izen on a city abandoning democratic norms when the questions get tough.

Spencer Izen is a civil and digital liberties researcher with the Freedom of Information and Privacy Association and Co-Champion of Free Expression for 2023.

Published Tuesday, April 18, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/04/18/Vancouver-Freedom-of-Expression-Problem/