Last summer, when The Tyee learned about B.C.’s secretive plan to tighten its response to protests in the province, we had questions. Nearly six months later — and only after filing an FOI request — we finally received an answer. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published Feb. 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/04/BC-NDP-Protests-Police-Public-Relations/

The lawyer for former Alberta justice minister Kaycee Madu told a Law Society of Alberta sanction hearing Monday that his client had already been subjected to consequences for his ill-considered call to Edmonton’s police chief over a traffic ticket. Charles Rusnell reports. Charles is an independent investigative journalist based in Edmonton. Published Feb. 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/04/Former-Alberta-Justice-Minister-Flayed-Law-Society/

The most interesting thing about Conservative Gavin Dew’s Vancouver Sun column on Trump’s tariffs is what isn’t there, notes Tyee senior editor Paul Willcocks. Dew blasts Premier Eby, but never criticizes Trump. Published Feb. 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/04/Are-BC-Conservatives-Pro-Trump-Pro-Canada/

Do we not have enough going on? Are you aware, Canucks, there’s a de facto fascist takeover underway in Washington? Did you notice we have just been hit with a B-52-load of U.S. tariffs? Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture at The Tyee. Published Feb. 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/03/Please-Advise-Vancouver-Canucks/

The 10% tariff for Canadian energy “is partially a recognition of the advocacy undertaken by our government and industry to the U.S. administration,” said Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. No it isn’t, writes David J. Climenhaga. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Feb. 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/03/Danielle-Smith-Delusional-Response-Trump-Tariffs/

Climb off the Trump tightrope, Danielle Smith. As Team Canada waves the maple leaf, Alberta’s premier tiptoes her support. Lisa Young writes. Lisa is a professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Published Feb. 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/02/03/Climb-Off-Trump-Tightrope-Danielle-Smith/

Yale Environment E360 contributor Elizabeth Kolbert spoke to Daniel Swain, extreme events expert, about the dynamics of hydroclimate whiplash, the difficulties of fighting fires in a warming world, and what L.A. should — and shouldn’t — do as it looks to rebuild. Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert reports. Elizabeth writes for Yale Environment 360 and the New Yorker. Published Feb. 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/02/03/Whiplash-Big-Swings-Weather-Infernos/

There are high hopes for hempcrete, the building material that is carbon-negative, energy-efficient, safe and durable. Founders of the Indigenous Habitat Institute explain how they are using hemp to build more sustainable and climate-proof houses. By Lisa Sundberg and Peter Holmdahl — founding members of the Indigenous Habitat Institute — as told to Aldyn Chwelos, a writer and journalist based in Victoria. Published Feb. 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2025/02/03/High-Hopes-Hempcrete/

While Liberal leadership candidates, including Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland, are talking tough on Trump, they are quietly capitulating to Poilievre. That needs to end now, writes Christopher Holcroft. Christopher is a writer and principal of Empower Consulting. Published Feb. 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/02/03/Liberal-Leadership-Candidates-Have-It-Wrong/

“Reading Indigenous children’s literature has taught my family about struggle, solidarity and the hard work of growing up.” What do you read your kids, asks Harrison Mooney? Harrison is an associate editor at The Tyee. Published Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/01/31/Read-Indigenous-Kids-Books/