Cory Doctorow spoke to The Tyee at length about platform decay, printer ink, the enshittification of cyberspace and how to stop Big Tech and techno-fascists from downloading their digital dystopia into the physical world. Tyee associate editor Harrison Mooney writes. Published May 26, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/26/Internet-Sucks-Cory-Doctorow/

Prince Rupert’s port is testing self-driving trucks, The Tyee has learned. But unions fear job losses and safety threats. Isaac Phan Nay reports. Isaac reports on labour for The Tyee. Published May 26, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/26/BC-Port-Plans-Self-Driving-Trucks/

“I’ve been typing this way for about two years,” I say. “I’ve been typing this way for about tears,” the computer writes. Gabrielle Drolet writes. Gabrielle is a journalist, essayist and cartoonist based in Montreal. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/23/Writer-Face-Off-Voice-Text/

“‘Muybridge’ is a wondrous book that dives into the birth of cinema, animation and movement itself.” Tyee culture editor Dorothy Woodend writes. Don’t miss Dorothy in conversation with celebrated graphic novelist Guy Delisle at the Vancouver Public Library May 27. They’ll discuss the lasting impacts of the work of photographer Eadweard Muybridge, whose work transformed animation, cinema and how we see the world. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/23/Stop-Motion-Photography-Changed-World/

“A novel for the ages, ‘The Book of Records’ is both timely and timeless in the way only one writer could achieve.” Penguin Random House Canada writes. 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 put on either by us or by our select partners. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/05/23/Madeleine-Thien-Returns-Book-Records/

“My entire youth, my entire life actually, is defined by what records I was listening to at that time.” Harrison Mooney interviews author Pete Crighton. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/23/Pete-Crighton-Memoir-Triumph-Queer-Joy/

Even when professional interpreters like me are available, we are sometimes turned away, and bilingual staff — often nurses or unit clerks — are pulled in to interpret instead. But when we cut corners like this, critical nuances are missed. Young Joe writes. Young is a certified medical interpreter and a language access advocate in Vancouver. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/05/23/Bilingual-Health-Care-Staff-Not-Interpreters/

We take a closer look at what experts say about ostriches, antibodies and controlling an avian flu outbreak. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is a reporter with The Tyee. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/23/Do-Ostriches-Have-Die/

“Our Chiefs are frustrated, upset and feel betrayed. At one swipe of the pen, the premier can cut all of this off to the fall, and that’s what we’re calling for — to kill the bill.” Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/23/BC-Faces-Mounting-Pressure-Bill-15/

Art Spiegelman and Joe Sacco’s blended masterpiece of nightmare colour and imagery placed their comic book avatars in the ruins and carnage of Gaza. And then something strange happened — or rather didn’t happen. Tom Sandborn writes. Tom lives and writes on unceded Indigenous territories in Vancouver. Published May 23, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/22/Comics-Power-Moral-Horror-Spiegelman-Sacco-Gaza/