The Alberta government’s use of an uncommon legal tactic may have delayed a strike by Edmonton education support workers, but it’s done little to cool labour tensions. Jacob Boon, The Tyee's newsletter editor, reports. Published Nov. 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/28/Alberta-Public-Sector-Workers-Battle/

How harvesting small trees could create a future for BC forestry: Thinning in planted forests can be beneficial for ecosystems and industry. So why isn’t the province doing it yet? Zoë Yunker reports. Zoë is a Victoria-based journalist writing about environmental politics. Published Nov. 28, 2024.

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Christmas is all about strategies for coping with depression. It is, I dare say, the real reason for the season: a string of lights to neutralize the darkness. Harrison Mooney writes. Harrison is an associate editor at The Tyee. Published Nov. 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/11/28/Is-It-Christmas-Yet/

Was Premier Smith’s Sovereignty Act moment Tuesday notice she intends to unilaterally declare Alberta independence soon — evidence she thinks she’s found a magic constitutional formula to overturn federal laws she doesn’t like? David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Nov. 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/11/27/Danielle-Smith-Sovereignty-Act-Ottawa-Emissions-Cap/

The teenager who tested positive for H5N1 remains in critical condition, but their care team is “hopeful that they will recover,” B.C.’s provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Nov. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/27/BC-Closes-Bird-Flu-Investigation/

In “From a Square to a Circle: Haida Basketry,” 95-year-old Delores Churchill intertwines stories about Haida culture, history and social order with lessons about the ancient tradition and techniques of Haida weaving. By Amanda Follett Hosgood. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published Nov. 28, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/11/27/Haida-Elder-Basket-Maker-First-Book/

How the Australian owner of a $46-billion mining empire flexed her muscles in an Alberta community this week. Andrew Nikiforuk, Tyee contributing editor, writes. Published Nov. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/27/Australian-Coal-Baron-Subverts-Alberta-Democracy/

Have you ever been faced with an impossible choice? Everyone deserves the opportunity to make free, healthy and positive choices — but the people that WISH Drop-In Centre Society exists to serve are often denied that fundamental right. By WISH Drop-In Centre Society. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Nov. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/11/26/Essential-Support-Street-Based-Sex-Workers/

A University of British Columbia PhD student has invented a new way to connect patients in rural and remote communities with ultrasounds without patients having to leave their communities. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Nov. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/26/UBC-Student-Awarded-Remote-Ultrasound/

Premier Eby surely relied on the most up-to-date methods. Dr. Steve wasn’t there but imagines the interviews went like this. “I hate foreigners,” Spencer Chandra Herbert might have said. Chandra Herbert is now in charge of Tourism. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Nov. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/11/26/Please-Advise-Political-Cabinet-Making/