Indigenous Peoples’ transition to taking back the power to make legal decisions over their children is a move full of hope, but fraught with concerns. Tracy Sherlock reports.

Tracy is a freelance journalist and journalism instructor based in Vancouver. Published Jan. 17, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/01/17/We-Need-Take-Care-Own-Children/

British Columbia will face a shrunken economy and lost jobs if incoming U.S. president Donald Trump follows through on his threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods on his first day in office, Premier David Eby has warned. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Jan. 17, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/01/16/Eby-Trump-Economic-War-Tariffs-BC/

B.C. plans to amend legislation to place the North Coast Transmission Line under the authority of the BC Energy Regulator, allowing the project to avoid an environmental assessment, Premier Eby announced Tuesday. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published Jan. 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/01/16/BC-Simplifies-Power-Project-Approval/

On Tuesday, the B.C. Office of the Ombudsperson announced it was investigating reports of students being excluded from public schools for their “disruptive or unsafe behaviour” or because schools lack the resources to support their learning. Katie Hyslop reports. Katie reports on youth and education for The Tyee. Published Jan. 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/01/16/BC-Ombudsperson-Investigating-Exclusion-Kids-School/

Statistics released earlier this week by U.S. moving company U-Haul show that Alberta and B.C. remained the top provincial destinations in Canada last year for people using rented trucks and trailers to relocate their lives. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published Jan. 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/01/16/Where-DIY-Movers-Relocating-Canada/

“We will have the biggest crackdown on crime in Canadian history,” Poilievre told Jordan Peterson. This revived a common line of attack Poilievre has against the PM: that he’s “created a crime wave with reckless catch-and-release policies.” Olamide Olaniyan reports. Olamide is an associate editor at The Tyee. Published Jan. 16, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/01/16/Checked-Justin-Trudeau-Crime-Wave/

A group of B.C. nurses have lost another round in their long battle against job losses for not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Isaac Phan Nay reports. Isaac is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Jan. 15, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/01/15/Nurses-Who-Refused-COVID-Vaccine-Lose-Fight-Union/

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has pledged to impose immediate across-the-board 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, even higher tariffs on China and tariffs on other countries as well. He says they will start with executive orders on Monday, his inauguration day. Jim Stanford writes. Jim is economist and director of the Centre for Future Work in Vancouver, and author of the recent report “Who’s Subsidizing Whom? Myth and Reality about the Canada-U.S. Trade Balance.” Published Jan. 15, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/15/Trump-Wrong-US-Does-Not-Subsidize-Canada/

Let’s take a closer look at Stephen Harper’s ties to Pierre Poilievre and what his comments can tell us about the current political moment. Jen St. Denis writes. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Jan. 15, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/01/15/Stephen-Harper-Poilievre-Trump-Far-Left-Liberals/

“Your average Nazi or Proud Boy didn’t even see colour until woke liberals invented identity politics. But under Poilievre, no more of that.” Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Jan. 14, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/01/14/Please-Advise-Political-Leaders/