Teams of doctors say they’re exhausted and emotional after spending the week volunteering their time at two pop-up overdose prevention sites near Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Nov. 21, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/21/Emotional-Challenging-Week-Unsanctioned-Overdose-Prevention-Site/

In “The Carbon Tax Question,” Thomas Pedersen, former Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions exec director, takes aim at cynical politicians offering simplistic slogans aimed at killing carbon pricing. Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee's legislative bureau chief, reports. Published Nov. 21, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/21/Case-For-Carbon-Tax/

So Trump’s election and Poilievre’s likely coronation have you thinking there’s no point pushing back. Think again, writes Alvin Finkel. Take the long view, and we see common people have a history of overthrowing oppressors — even when it looked hopeless. Athabasca University emeritus professor Alvin Finkel writes. Published Nov. 21, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/21/Oppressors-Gonna-Oppress-Get-Tossed/

Stephen Harper, former PM and author of the Firewall Letter urging Alberta to pull out of CPP, has been handed the keys to AIMCo, home to public sector union workers’ pension savings. Graham Thomson writes. Graham 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. Published Nov. 21, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/21/Harper-Now-Runs-Alberta-Pension-Fund/

The 2024 living wage for Metro Vancouver has risen to $27.05 per hour, a 5.3% increase from last year. The significant increase highlights the region’s deepening affordability crisis. How government ought to respond. Authors: Iglika Ivanova is a senior economist at the CCPA-BC and lead author of the Living Wage BC: 2024 Update. Anastasia French is the provincial manager of Living Wage BC. Published Nov. 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/20/Metro-Vancouver-Housing-Cost-Living-Wage/

Alberta’s struggling elk farmers are trying a gruesome new way to make money. Instead of just sending the elk off to be butchered and sold as high-end meat, they’d like to offer people to pay for the chance to shoot the animals. Lorne Fitch writes. Lorne is a retired Alberta government fish and wildlife biologist and a past adjunct professor with the University of Calgary. Published Nov. 20, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/11/20/Shooting-Fish-Elk-Barrel/

The proponents of the 900-kilometre Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line have applied to the provincial Environmental Assessment Office in an effort to avoid a new environmental review, according to sources who spoke with The Tyee. Nick Gottlieb reports. Nick is a writer and a graduate student at Simon Fraser University, as well as the author of Sacred Headwaters. Published Nov. 20, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/20/Pipeline-Fighting-Avoid-Environmental-Review/

The re-election of Donald Trump is a harbinger that the Enlightenment may now be on its last legs. Mitchell Anderson explains. Mitchell is a Vancouver-based freelance writer. His blog on philosophy and AI is here. Published Nov. 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/11/19/Are-We-Cancelling-Enlightenment/

The airwaves have been full of messages from strange, illogical lands ruled by fearsome yet fraudulent potentates. There are also a lot of ads for the movie “Wicked.” Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Nov. 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/11/19/Please-Advise-Alberta-Ontario-Ads/

B.C. Premier Eby’s new cabinet reflects the message from voters who slashed the NDP majority. One of the biggest changes? Adrian Dix is out of Health and in Energy and Climate. Andrew MacLeod, Tyee legislative bureau chief, reports. Published Nov. 19, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/11/19/Eby-Announces-New-Team-Run-BC/