The bubble reminds us that life is transient and demise is certain. Who knew a bubble could be so deep? @DorothyWoodend ponders “aBIOTIC,” on view at the New Media Gallery through April 23.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/17/New-Media-Gallery-Reminder-Alive/

Advocates applaud a key legislative change, but call for faster action to protect biodiversity.

Zoë Yunker is a Victoria-based journalist writing about energy and environmental politics. Follow her on Twitter @zoeyunker.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/17/BC-Forest-Health-Industry-Needs/

While the proposed increases for the Saanich Inlet aggregate quarry — a source of construction materials — are too small to automatically trigger an environmental assessment, one is being considered anyway.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/17/Controversial-Island-Quarry-Expansion-Environmental-Assessment/

As a federal decision on a massive container-port expansion looms, opposition mounts.

Zak Vescera is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/16/Union-Fears-Robots-Will-Kill-Jobs-Port-Expansion/

In 1997, then-Hong Kong health director Dr. Margaret Chan ordered the destruction of all poultry in the region. It put a stop to the outbreak cold. Twenty-five years later, the virus has spread again through birds — and B.C. is a focus.

Crawford Kilian is a contributing editor of The Tyee.

Published on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/16/H5N1-Bird-Flu-Home-Roost/

Premier Danielle Smith only just became the leader of the United Conservative Party on Oct. 6. Will Albertans vote based on her record or Jason Kenney’s? This is a common and vicious cycle for Alberta conservatives.

Duane Bratt is a political science professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, and a co-editor of Blue Storm: The Rise and Fall of Jason Kenney.

Published on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/02/16/Looking-Ahead-Notley-Smith-Showdown/

The identity of East Vancouver has come a long way. There was once a chasm between the city’s two halves, drawing divides from political and racial to the prestige of real estate. But now, a cross marks ‘cool,’ and everyone wants a piece of it.

Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter @bychrischeung.

Published on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/16/Ken-Lum-East-Van-Cross/

ARTIFACT: ‘Born from my own feelings of fear being a Black woman,’ the Afro-surreal dreamscapes of Crystal Noir.

By David Beers who is the founding editor of The Tyee.

Link to the story, published on Feb 15, 2023:

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/02/15/Guilty-As-Skin-Exhibit/

The province’s public watchdog handled 64 death investigations in 2022, raising questions about IIO resources and police use of force.

By Amanda Follett Hosgood who is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. She lives in Wet’suwet’en territory. Find her on Twitter @amandajfollett.

Link to the story, published on Feb 15, 2023:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/15/Rising-Police-Involved-Deaths/

The province needs more tradespeople. But we must improve how they’re educated.

By Nick Smith who is a veteran public school teacher who lives on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia. You can find him on Twitter @mr_nixmith.

Link to the story, published on Feb 15, 2023:

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/02/15/Solution-To-Overhaul-BC-Trades-Training/