“It doesn’t matter if the CBC is good or bad, it’s both. It is ours, and it is us.” Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes for the Weekender. Published April 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/04/11/Rural-Canada-CBC-Brought-World/

Todd Caldecott made this sign about Aaron Gunn, the Conservative candidate in his riding under fire for comments on residential schools. The signs were ripped down. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen is a reporter with The Tyee. Published April 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/11/Aaron-Gunn-Residential-School-Views/

“I’ll be blunt: after 80 long years, we need to bring back conscription — and fast. But I’m not in love with the idea.” Crawford Kilian, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published April 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/04/11/My-Case-Conscription-Canada/

Mark Carney’s Liberals have promised to invest in skilled trades, but so far, it’s crickets on struggling university programs. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published April 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/11/Parties-Pledge-Little-Universities/

“We will axe the tax for everyone, for everywhere, for everything.” With Canada’s consumer carbon price in the dustbin, the country’s biggest oil and gas companies asked prospective governments to scrap their industrial carbon price too. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was happy to oblige. Zoë Yunker reports. Zoë is a Victoria-based journalist writing about environmental politics. Published April 11, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/11/Poilievre-Energy-Policies-Could-Cost-Canada-Money/

If elected, Poilievre’s government will “put an end to the imposition of woke ideology in the federal civil service and federal funds for university research.” The phrase is almost identical to wording used by the Trump administration. Authors: Catharine A. Winstanley is a professor in the University of British Columbia department of psychology. Liisa A. Galea is a professor in the University of Toronto Institute of Medical Science. Published April 10, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/04/10/Attacking-Science-Poilievre-Trump-Playbook/

“We have received freedom here but cannot fully feel it. In my last dispatch, I’ll explain what that tension is like for some Ukrainians. And why I am writing this from Italy, where I’ve come to ponder whether my future lies in Canada after all.” Yuriy Umansky writes. Yuriy, a former journalist in Ukraine with a focus on politics, economics and social life, now lives in B.C. Published April 10, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/04/10/Yuriy-Notebook-Am-I-Free-Imagine-Future/

“During this election I see one party advocating for the defunding of Canada’s public broadcaster. Perhaps you need to have grown up with Fox News in your household to understand the urgency of this issue.” Will Shelling writes. Will is a Vancouver-based government relations consultant who specializes in Indigenous relations and reconciliation, climate change and culture. Published April 10, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/04/10/Why-We-Need-CBC/

Reporters rarely want to be the story. But the Conservative party’s tight grasp on the media’s ability to ask basic questions has been increasingly gaining the spotlight during the current federal election. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda is a northern B.C. reporter with The Tyee. Published April 10, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/04/10/Three-Things-Reporters-Would-Ask-Poilievre/

In the wake of South Korea’s historic admission, author Jenny Heijun Wills on South Korea’s adoption “fraud,” trauma-bonding with other victims, fixing the unfixable and more. Harrison Mooney interviews. Harrison Mooney is an associate editor at The Tyee. Published April 9, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/04/09/Jenny-Heijun-Wills-South-Korea-International-Adoption/