British Columbia

05/02/25
Author: 
Amanda Follett Hosgood
An FOI request made by The Tyee uncovered more than 100 pages of emails discussing a response to our media request about BC’s secretive plan to tighten protest response. Government emails obtained via FOI. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood.

Feb. 4, 2025

The Tyee’s questions to government sparked dozens of internal emails, now revealed via FOI.

01/02/25
Author: 
Kai Nagata
Eby and Trump

Jan. 30, 2025

Clean energy offers peace, prosperity and political sanity. Oil companies plan to steal it.

British Columbia faces an urgent choice: renewable power or LNG? Our government claims we can have both.

But the absurd reality is that British Columbians are paying billions to build new electrical infrastructure — namely the Site C dam and North Coast Transmission Line — for the benefit of foreign oil and gas companies.

29/01/25
Author: 
Ben Parfitt
Richard Kabzems and Sandra Burton stand outside their home a short distance from a gas well pad where they fear fracking operations could trigger damaging and potentially deadly earthquakes. Photo by The Tyee.

Jan. 28, 2025

Residents of northeastern BC have been left unprotected in the LNG drilling boom.

29/01/25
Author: 
Michael Clague, Libby Davies, Terry Hunter, Donald MacPherson, Jean Swanson and Savannah Walling
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plan to halt new social housing will condemn more people to live on the streets. Photo for The Tyee by Jen St. Denis.

Jan. 29, 2025

A plan to halt housing solutions will hurt people, businesses and the city.

27/01/25
Author: 
Isaac Phan Nay
Sixty per cent of drivers’ time on ride-hailing apps is unpaid, by one estimate. Photo via Shutterstock.

Jan. 27, 2025

Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside is set to review the effectiveness of changes made last fall.

24/01/25
Author: 
Kai Nagata
Donald Trump’s billionaire backers plan LNG boom in Canada

Jan. 22, 2025

B.C. terminals key to the U.S. gas industry’s battle against renewable energy

Wall Street investment firms are betting on LNG projects in Canada as part of the “Unleashing American Energy” strategy, unveiled this week by President Donald Trump.

“We will drill, baby drill,” Trump declared to a standing ovation at his inauguration ceremony, signaling the MAGA movement’s plan to flood world markets with North American oil and gas.

21/01/25
Author: 
Jen St. Denis
BC Conservative campaign spokesperson Anthony Koch posted a photo Monday from the Canadian Embassy in Washington with Liz Truss, who lasted 49 days as the British prime minister. Party president Aisha Estey posted from Washington with the comment ‘Make Canada Great Again.’ Photos via X.

Jan. 21, 2025

Canadian right-wing figures were in Washington as the threat of a brutal trade war hangs over the country.

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