British Columbia

Suffering Should Never Be Weaponized

12/02/26

Author:

Ken Matheson

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The Tyee

Feb. 12, 2026

‘Scapegoating vulnerable groups does not make communities safer,’ says a municipal councillor in the wake of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy.

There are moments when words are inadequate.

What happened in Tumbler Ridge is a tragedy. Lives were lost. Families were shattered. A small community is now carrying a soul-crushing grief that will live long after the headlines fade. That is where our attention should begin, and where it should remain.

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British Columbia

Canada

Social

Greens End Deal to Back NDP, Citing Policy Failures

10/02/26

Author:

Andrew MacLeod

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The Tyee

Green Leader Emily Lowan: ‘It’s become clear that the BC NDP is ceding their values to corporate interests.’ Photo via BC Greens.

Feb. 9, 2026

‘They haven’t fought for unions or stood up to the one per cent.’

The BC Green Party is ending its formal support for the NDP in the legislature, citing the government’s failure to make enough progress on key issues.

“It’s become clear that the BC NDP is ceding their values to corporate interests,” Green Leader Emily Lowan said in a statement Monday morning. “This government isn’t willing to support workers — they haven’t fought for unions or stood up to the one per cent — we will.”

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British Columbians want gas out of buildings, cleaner alternatives: poll

10/02/26

Author:

Rhiannon Fox Melissa Lem Emiko Newman Sunil Singal Alexandra Woodsworth

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National Observer

Polling clearly demonstrates that the higher your knowledge about the causes of climate change, the more likely you are to support climate policies. Photo: Pikrepo.com

Feb. 10, 2026

The final months of 2025 were not kind to those concerned about the fate of our planet.

Rollbacks of hard-won climate policies and plans swept across the country like the seasonal flu. Vancouver city council passed an aggressively anti-climate budget despite hundreds of people showing up to speak to council in opposition.

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Climate disruption: 19 C in February: Heat records fall across B.C., raising questions about winter's future

06/02/26

Author:

Andrew Kurjata, Amber Wang

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CBC News

Prince George Iceman spokesperson Sylvia Masich makes her feelings known about unseasonably warm weather that has melted the ice on the city's outdoor ice oval on Wednesday. (Jason Peters/CBC)

Feb. 4, 2026

Repeated ridges of high pressure have prevented winter from setting in

Repeated ridges of high pressure have been driving temperatures in B.C. up into the double digits, with daily heat records falling in at least a dozen cities from Vancouver to Cranbrook to Dawson Creek.

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Inside the Far-Right Push to Influence Canadian Political Parties

06/02/26

Author:

Jen St. Denis

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The Tyee

Last August, Alex Vriend, left, Daniel Tyrie, centre, and Othman Mekhloufi, right, participated in a Spaces call to discuss how to influence mainstream Conservative parties to adopt anti-immigration policies. Photo illustration by The Tyee. Vriend and Tyrie photos are video stills from a CBC report and YouTube. Mekhloufi photo submitted.

Feb. 6, 2026

Editor’s note: This story includes descriptions of racist and antisemitic language.]

Over the course of a two-hour-long conference call in August, two leaders of Canadian groups that experts have described as white nationalist and eager audience members bantered about deporting 10 million people, decried the existence of mixed-race marriages and children and said they would “be happy to march millions of Punjabis into the Pacific Ocean.”

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British Columbia

Canada

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Who's Behind the Hard-Right in Canada? A Reference Guide to Canada's Disinformation Network

02/02/26

Author:

The Democracy Defender

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The Democracy Defender

Who's Behind the Hard-Right in Canada? A Reference Guide to Canada's Disinformation Network

Jan. 14, 2026

From "Freedom" to Dominion: Mapping Canada's Nationalist Turn

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Mark vs Marc [VIDEO]

31/01/26

Author:

Dogwood BC

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You Tube

Jan. 28, 2026

Trump's ghoulish Board of Peace includes billionaire Ksi Lisims LNG investor Marc Rowan. comment "Carney" to send a letter to your MP, demanding they block Canadian taxpayer subsidies to Rowan and his gang of Wall Street MAGA creeps.

Marc Rowan's firm Apollo Global Management (which he co-founded with Jeffrey Epstein's sugar daddy, Leon Black) is one of several U.S. private equity firms buying up key nodes of the Canadian economy and deepening American control of our resources.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

There's An APP For That: Alberta Separatism And U.S. Annexation

31/01/26

Author:

Elizabeth Melimopoulos

Link:

Aljazeera

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney [Patrick Doyle/Reuters]

Jan. 30, 2026

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‘Very Little Value’: Judge Frustrated by Health Canada at DULF Trial

28/01/26

Author:

Michelle Gamage

Link:

The Tyee

Jan. 28, 2026

Justice Catherine Murray said witness Eric Costen appeared to be ‘guessing’ in his responses on the stand.

Health Canada’s witness in the Drug User Liberation Front’s judicial review trial frustrated the judge and highlighted how opaque and frustrating Canadian drug policy can be.

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