The BC Fed is calling for improved guarantees, but Labour Minister Harry Bains is cautious.

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

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/02/Labour-Paid-Sick-Leave-15-Days-Province-Hesitant/

Despite escalating threats and firings, Alberta Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides failed to force a mass relocation of Athabasca U staff to the small town or abandon its virtual strategy

Written by Charles Rusnell an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/12/02/Battle-Athabasca-Alberta-Government/

After a year-and-a-half of grief and frustration, there was relief as family and supporters of Jared Lowndes announced B.C.’s police watchdog will recommend charges against three officers involved in the Wet’suwet’en man’s death.

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

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/02/Police-Watchdog-Recommends-Charges-Shooting-Death-Jared-Lowndes/

Students in Metro Vancouver are signing union cards. Organizers at SFU and UBC say many student workers face rising bills, uncertain working conditions and little to no transparency pay.

Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.

Published on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/12/02/Battle-Athabasca-Alberta-Government/

The Medical Services Commission is seeking an injunction alleging Telus Health’s billing practices contravene the Medicare Protection Act, said Health Minister Adrian Dix.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/02/Telus-Health-Clinics-Breaking-BC-Law-Alleges-Medicare-Watchdog/

Written by Andrew MacLeod The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at [email protected].

That’s right Montreal, Edmonton, Toronto — Vancouver does snow, too. How we deal with it is another question.

Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.

Published on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/12/01/Please-Advise-Great-Blizzard/

“Heck if ‘Lord of the Rings’ wasn’t balm for our exhausted souls.” Whether it’s a tired Christmas surviving toddlers, or a holiday away from parents, comfort watches can get us through a season of mixed feelings. What are yours?

Published on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/01/Tell-Us-Comfort-Watching/

Competition Bureau Canada is investigating the Canadian Gas Association for alleged greenwashing after it claimed its product was clean, environmentally friendly and affordable. The org that lodged the complaint hopes the feds will levy a $10 million fine.

Michelle Gamage is a Vancouver-based journalist with an environmental focus who regularly reports on climate for The Tyee.

Published on Thurs, Dec. 1, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/01/Fossil-Gas-Green-Greenwashing/

The Tuesday tremor registered a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale, shaking up large portions of Alberta and B.C. Why it may’ve been due to #OilAndGas activity in the region. By Andrew Nikiforuk.

Tyee contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist whose books and articles focus on epidemics, the energy industry, nature and more.

Published Thurs, Dec. 1, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/01/Alberta-Record-Quake-Check-Drilling/

Toxic drug poisonings killed 179 people in B.C. in October. The crisis’s fatal toll continues steadily at near-record levels.

Almost six people per day died in October — a four per cent increase from the 172 people who died in September.

The vast majority of people dying have been men aged 30 to 50. First Nations men and women are up to ten times as likely to die of toxic drug poisonings as their non-Indigenous peers.

By Moira Wyton who is The Tyee’s health reporter. Follow her @moirawyton on Twitter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

Link to the story, published on Nov. 30th, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/Toxic-Drug-Crisis-Leads-Near-Record-October-Deaths/