The Vancouver School board voted five to four to see police officers return to public schools.

“I understand that police do not belong in schools,” said board vice-chair Preeti Faridkot. But neither do crime, drugs or gangs, she added.

Just over half of Indigenous respondents and 60 per cent of Black respondents had negative views of the program, citing fears and anxieties about police, as well as past experiences of harassment and violence from police in and outside of schools.

By Katie Hyslop who is a reporter for The Tyee.

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

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/Vancouver-School-Board-Votes-Cops-Back-Schools/

Coastal GasLink has become a flashpoint for environmental concerns and Indigenous rights in B.C. Given the high-profile police actions, dozens of arrests and nationwide protests, will we see more of the same for three additional authorized pipelines?

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 Nov. 30th, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/BC-Future-Pipeline-Development/

“We lost 100 per cent of our crop. The berries just cooked.”

Tens of thousands of British Columbians were scarred by last year’s heat dome, then wildfires to follow, then the BC floods. Ben Parfitt and Marc Lee explore: just how much is B.C. paying for climate inaction?

Marc Lee is a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Ben Parfitt is a resource policy analyst with the CCPA’s B.C. office.

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

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/30/Staggering-Price-Climate-Inaction/

Transfer cash, not unlike the COVID-19 Canada Emergency Response Benefit program, to prevent people from losing their housing, says Tim Richter, Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness CEO.

By Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.

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

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/30/How-To-Slow-Wave-Homelessness-Canadian-Cities/

Less than two months after Danielle Smith was elected Alberta premier, she has hired the former MLA who stepped aside to allow her to run in a byelection and gain a seat in the legislature, The Tyee has confirmed.

Charles Rusnell writes. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.

Published Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/29/Danielle-Smith-Hires-MLA-Quit-Safe-Seat/

“The BC Teachers’ Federation’s efforts to cancel province-wide Foundation Skills Assessments have me wondering if the federation is abandoning its tradition of social justice.”

Charles Ungerleider writes. Charles is professor emeritus of education at UBC. During his tenure provincial assessments supported by First Nations were first introduced.

Published Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/11/29/First-Nations-Right-Back-Student-Assessments/

Author Eve Lazarus worked with families of missing and murdered people in B.C. to bring to light forgotten stories. “I’m convinced that many of these cases can still be solved.”

Jen St. Denis reviews. Jen is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.

Published Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/11/29/Forgotten-Stories-BC-Missing-Murdered/

The number of applications dropped — but the time it took to respond to them increased.

Andrew MacLeod writes. Andrew is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief.

Published Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/29/FOI-Fee-Has-Not-Sped-Up-Responses/

“We were an hour away from the hospital when they phoned to say they were canceling.” The nine-year-old has been waiting for an aortic valve replacement to relieve a blockage in his heart since May — his eleventh surgery since being born with holes in his heart.

Moira Wyton reports. Moira is The Tyee's health reporter.

Published Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/29/Jackson-Needs-Heart-Surgery-He-Waits/

China's problems in 2022 look like a polycrisis, with the biggest challenge the Communist Party of China has seen since Tiananmen Square in 1989.

Crawford Kilian writes. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor.

Published Monday, November 28, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/28/China-Serious-Trouble/