As the B.C. Conservative party heads into a major meeting this weekend, leader John Rustad insists the party is united despite a public disagreement on residential schools and five MLAs breaking with their party to vote against an NDP motion opposing proposed Trump tariffs. Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s legislative bureau chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Published on Feb. 26, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/26/BC-Conservatives-United-Despite-Dissent-Rustad/

In February, thousands of people travel to Prince Rupert for the weeklong All Native Basketball Tournament. The population of the small northern city, which has just over 12,000 full-time residents, swells by about 4,000 people. The event is one of the largest basketball tournaments, and among the biggest Indigenous cultural events, in B.C. Amanda Follett Hosgood is The Tyee’s northern B.C. reporter. Published on Feb. 26, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/26/All-Native-Basketball-Tournament/

For the past three weeks, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been treading water, trying desperately to keep her head above the tide of scandalous allegations threatening to sink her government. Graham Thomson is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years, first with the Edmonton Journal and now as a freelancer with various news outlets. Published on Feb. 26, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/02/26/CorruptCare-Scandal-Smith-Thumped-Legislature/

Alberta Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis appointed to the Edmonton Police Commission a business associate of the multimillionaire at the nexus of the so-called CorruptCare scandal. Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published on Feb. 26, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/26/UCP-Mraiche-Business-Partner-Edmonton-Police-Commission/

Make no mistake, the two “compassionate intervention centres” planned by Alberta’s United Conservative Party government will be jails. David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published on Feb. 26, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/25/UCP-drug-jails-announcement/

The Saik’uz First Nation, like a growing number of nations across the province, is taking matters into its own hands, documenting the damage its territory has sustained and launching a plan to bring it back to life. Zoë Yunker is a Victoria-based journalist writing about environmental politics. Published on Feb. 25, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/25/First-Nation-Taking-Back-Control-Devastated-Lands/

Amazon’s efforts to block an organizing drive at its Delta warehouse were so unfair that the union should be automatically certified, Unifor Local 114 told the BC Labour Relations Board last week. Isaac Phan Nay is The Tyee’s labour reporter. Published on Feb. 25, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/25/Amazon-Misdeeds-Should-Mean-Automatic-Unionization/

A wide-ranging interview on vacant buildings, working with landlords, earthquakes and what can be done about Vancouver’s aging housing stock. Christopher Cheung reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published on Feb. 25, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/25/He-Decides-Which-Buildings-Live-Die/

ABC councillor Rebecca Bligh was ousted from caucus, and the party named two candidates for the April 5 by-election: former BC United candidate Jamie Stein and Vancouver Police Sgt. Ralph Kaisers. Is Sim taking a chance here, Dr. Steve? Steve Burgess writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published on Feb. 25, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/24/please-advise-sims-swagger-slackening/

With every new revelation in what the Alberta NDP have dubbed the “CorruptCare” scandal, the chorus calling for a public inquiry, and RCMP investigation, grows louder. Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton. Published on Feb. 24, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/24/Calls-Public-Probe-Louder-Alberta-NDP/