The 40th anniversary of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival kicks off summer this June 20 to July 1, with 187 performances happening across the city, from downtown to Granville Island and on the North Shore. By Coastal Jazz. 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 20, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/05/20/Contest-Granville-Island-Jazz/

The day it opens, LNG Canada will become B.C.’s largest point-source emitter of #GHG, while increased gas production across the entire supply chain will also add to B.C.‘s emission totals. This and other LNG projects guarantee B.C. will fail to meet its legislated emission targets. Marc Lee writes. Marc is a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the author of ‘Painting Itself into a Corner: LNG and the Climate-Affordability Trade-Off in B.C.’ Published May 20, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/05/20/Here-Come-BC-First-LNG-Shipments/

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta says it was unaware, until informed by The Tyee, that Dr. Roger Hodkinson continued to publicly make statements that were “inconsistent with accepted public health medicine guidelines.” Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published May 19, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/05/19/Sanctioned-Misinformation-Doctor-Keeps-Spreading-It/

Question for beer drinkers: Have you ever wondered how far that beer travelled to get into your pint glass? Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published May 19, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2025/05/19/Pouring-Circular-Economy-Pint-Glass/

Thanks to Friday’s cabinet shuffle, more than half of the entire United Conservative Party caucus in the Alberta legislature is now a member of Premier Danielle Smith’s cabinet. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published May 19, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/05/19/Smith-Giant-Cabinet-Sign-Desperation/

B.C. has launched a special committee on electoral reform. Twenty years ago, the BC Citizens’ Assembly made a bold recommendation. Antony Hodgson explains. Antony is president of Fair Voting BC, a non-partisan, non-profit organization advocating for improvements to elections and democratic processes. Published May 19, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/05/19/Fresh-Opportunity-Get-Elections-Right/

“In Your Nature” is organized into an unholy trinity of sections populated with shape-shifting werewolves, moons and stars. Cheryl Rossi writes. Cheryl is an award-winning journalist and a communications professional who cares about people and loves stories. Published May 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/16/One-Brave-Fight-Trans-Life/

“In ‘advanced’ nations, clean water is considered essential, but we tolerate foul air, despite a century of evidence that it harms.” Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes for the Weekender. Published May 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/16/Inconvenient-Truth-Air-Borne-Disease-Carl-Zimmer/

“Art is necessary, almost as much as breathing. Money is too, I suppose. I just wish the two weren’t as conjoined as they are.” Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes. Published May 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/16/When-Money-Shadows-Art/

“The great thing about these buildings: some of them have been there for over 100 years. They’re still there. We can do something about it.” Harrison Mooney, Tyee associate editor, writes. Published May 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/05/16/Vancouver-Chinatown-Gets-Fresh-Burst-Colour/