Given the political ferment of the moment, here are three books that provide interesting and helpful insights into the world of civil disobedience and protests. Leo McGrady writes. Leo is a longtime Vancouver lawyer, author and law teacher. Published July 30, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/07/30/Thinking-Joining-Protest-Three-Books/

The announcement is being met with rage and grief, as it affects what supports are available for street-based sex workers, who are some of the most marginalized people in society, say women with lived and living sex-work experience. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published July 30, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/30/PACE-Closing-After-31-Years/

B.C. needs to invest $17 billion to make sure seniors in the province are properly cared for over the next decade, according to a new report. It’s an extraordinary cost, but not taking action will add up to an even greater impact. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published July 29, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/29/BC-Crisis-Long-Term-Senior-Care/

Governments should not bail out speculative development models but invest in non-market housing, preserve affordability and ensure public subsidies serve long-term public outcomes, write noted B.C. experts in this open letter. Published July 29, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/29/Memo-Carney-Robertson-Fixing-Housing/

Working from offices may contribute to a sense of workplace culture and unity for employees. But there’s evidence that flexible work can help a company’s performance and inclusivity, while hard rules on either in-office or at-home work can negatively affect employee health, reports Isaac Phan Nay. Isaac reports on labour for The Tyee. Published July 29, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/29/Employers-Back-Office-Mandates-May-Backfire/

The bird is a black and white relative of the crow that excels at opportunistic feeding. It will eat anything out of anybody’s trash can. It will even follow coyotes to carrion and then barge in. To understand Alberta’s chaos-making premier, consider the magpie, writes Andrew Nikiforuk, Tyee contributing editor. Published July 29, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/29/One-Bird-Danielle-Smith-Most-Like/

In northwest B.C., time warp can include symptoms of confusion, being chronically early and unnecessarily calling the local repair shop. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published July 29, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/29/Time-Speeds-Up-Northwest-BC/

WorkSafeBC is more interested in saving money so it can minimize costs for employers than it is in helping them recover, claimed injured workers in B.C. who spoke with The Tyee. Andrew MacLeod, legislative bureau chief, reports. Published July 28, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/28/BC-Injured-Workers-Bureaucracy/

Waiting for hours alongside so many neighbours so their mom could vote at the polling station on election day flipped a switch in these B.C. twin brothers. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published July 28, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/28/BC-Twins-Want-Lower-Voting-Age/

As the New Democrats consider how to rebuild, the victory of Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist and tenant organizer, offers lessons about how a progressive party can reconnect if it’s willing to meet people where they are. David Gulliver writes. David is a senior consultant with Enterprise Canada. Published July 27, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/28/Lessons-Canada-NDP-NYC-Mayoral-Race/