British Columbia

03/10/24
Author: 
Cornelia Naylor
Trans Mountain's Burnaby Mountain tank farm Cornelia Naylor

Not quite clear how this agreement silences the "city" but doesn't restrict what the mayor and councillors can say.

          -- Gene McGuckin

Oct. 2, 2024

03/10/24
Author: 
David Carrigg
Crude oil tankers SFL Sabine, back left, and Tarbet Spirit are seen docked at the Trans Mountain Westridge Marine Terminal, where crude oil from the expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline is loaded onto tankers, in Burnaby on June 10, 2024 Photo by DARRYL DYCK /THE CANADIAN PRESS

Aug. 21, 2024

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion drives 900 per cent increase in tanker traffic

The number of oil tankers travelling under the Lions Gate Bridge and into Vancouver harbour has increased from around two a month to around 20 since the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion was completed, according to a local researcher.

30/09/24
Author: 
Jen St. Denis
The BC Conservatives could be challenged on social media history, says a UBC political science professor. Collage by Tyee staff.

Sept. 25, 2024

Candidates have faced criticism for ‘jokes’ about white nationalism and links to an extremist German politician’s speech.

30/09/24
Author: 
Chantelle Spicer and Celeste Hayward
A father and his son sit on the steps of their non-profit Indigenous housing in Metro Vancouver. It’s a secure oasis in a city of high rents, discriminatory barriers and uncertainty for many Indigenous families. All photos courtesy of the Aboriginal Housing Management Association.

Sept. 30, 2024

We urge decision-makers to take action beyond wearing an orange shirt.

29/09/24
Author: 
Primary Author: Compiled by Gaye Taylor
Province of B.C./flickr

Sept. 25, 2024

Right across North America, sky high insurance rates are straining affordable housing providers and the millions who depend on them for shelter, while pushing new housing developments and retrofits out of reach.

23/09/24
Author: 
John Woodside
Justin Trudeau - Art by Ata Ojani/Canada's National Observer

Sept. 23, 2024

Any hope the Liberal Party had that their signature climate policy would cease to be an albatross has been dashed, as allies of the carbon price drop like flies and opponents ramp up attacks. For Liberal strategists, there’s little room left to manoeuvre. 

18/09/24
Author: 
Primary Author: Darryl Greer
David Eby

Website editor: Eby quote below: “And so we will continue to ensure… that the big polluters are paying their fair share.”

Sept. 17, 2024

Full Story: The Canadian Press

A re-elected NDP government would scrap British Columbia’s long-standing carbon tax and shift the burden to “big polluters” if the federal government dropped its requirement for the law, Premier David Eby said Thursday.

17/09/24
Author: 
Marc Lee
‘Free transit would be not so much a new cost to society but a reallocation of existing private spending on transportation,’ CCPA-BC senior economist Marc Lee writes. Photo via Shutterstock.

Sept. 17, 2024

A closer look at the costs and benefits of the Green Party’s recent campaign promise.

17/09/24
Author: 
Natasha Bulowski
NDP MP Charlie Angus pictured before a meeting of the federal Standing Committee on Natural Resources in October 2023. File photo by Natasha Bulowski / Canada's National Observer

Sept. 17, 2024

Canadian MPs are back in the capital and kicked off day one by digging into the climate and financial impacts of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX).

Over five committee meetings in coming weeks, federal ministers, experts and interest groups will testify about TMX’s impact on Canada’s climate targets, how the cost to taxpayers soared, and government plans to sell TMX.

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