Kristen de Jager

Search Edmonton's full book ban list: 221 titles including Handmaid's Tale & Game of Thrones The IJF is making the full list searchable by author and title

Babe, wake up. Alberta just dropped the sickest summer reads book list ever:
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That New Train Smell: What the Mark V Means for Vancouver Transit | The Tyee As new train cars roll into the station, advocates are excited about what they signal for the state of transit in the region.

A surprisingly hopeful story about transit in the Metro Van region by @kristendejager.bsky.social, featuring @andrewbutworse.bsky.social and @movementyvr.bsky.social

You can also learn how the original SkyTrain cars were carpeted 🤮 thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

That New Train Smell: What the Mark V Means for Vancouver Transit | The Tyee As new train cars roll into the station, advocates are excited about what they signal for the state of transit in the region.

Sometimes journalism means getting to ride the new Mark V from Waterfront to King George and back.

Read about the new cars and what transit advocates are saying about them in my latest @thetyee.ca piece:
thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

We Finally Know What’s Killing So Many Starfish | The Tyee Sea star wasting disease has devastated marine ecosystems for over a decade. Now scientists have named the cause.

We finally know what’s killing starfish, by @kristendejager.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

We Finally Know What’s Killing So Many Starfish | The Tyee Sea star wasting disease has devastated marine ecosystems for over a decade. Now scientists have named the cause.

Oh my goodness! Here I am drinking in the latest scientific news on what the heck killed 6 billion sun stars in the big-name journals, when it turns out my incredible co-worker @kristendejager.bsky.social dropped a big feature on it for @thetyee.ca over the weekend thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

We Finally Know What’s Killing So Many Starfish | The Tyee Sea star wasting disease has devastated marine ecosystems for over a decade. Now scientists have named the cause.

Killing billions of starfish, SSWD has affected more than 20 species in waters from Mexico to Alaska, including the sunflower sea star found off the coast of British Columbia.

Now researchers know the cause.

Read about it in my latest for @thetyee.ca : thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

How Vancouver Is Rebooting Road Safety | The Tyee Councillors are pushing for a new approach after the city failed to get to zero deaths and injuries. A Tyee explainer.

How Vancouver is rebooting road safety, by @kristendejager.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...

Want a Carbon Fix? It’s Closer than You Think | The Tyee While Canada bets big on engineered tech, experts say nature still offers our best climate solutions.

The Tyee looks at three critical and vastly different means to store carbon in the West, examining how these ecosystems capture carbon, the restoration work they require and why Canada should take them seriously as solutions.

@kristendejager.bsky.social reports.

Kitsilano Pool Is Nearing Its End. What Comes Next? | The Tyee The city is trying to figure out a new pool’s size, shape, location and funding. Ideas are rippling.

This summer might be the last chance for Vancouverites to soak in the old Kitsilano Pool before renovations ramp up. 🏊🏼‍♀️

The Fight Over Seabed Mining Comes to Vancouver | The Tyee Protesters rallied against a Canadian company that aims to lead in deep-sea minerals extraction.

A U.S. executive order to promote deep-sea mining and a Canadian company’s application to take advantage of the Trump government’s interest in the practice prompted a protest in downtown Vancouver on Friday.

@kristendejager.bsky.social reports.

A New Canadian Group Launches to Defend Palestinian Journalists | The Tyee At least 186 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, Israel, Lebanon and the West Bank in the last 20 months.

A New Canadian Group Launches to Defend Palestinian Journalists, by @kristendejager.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/06...

A New Canadian Group Launches to Defend Palestinian Journalists | The Tyee At least 186 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, Israel, Lebanon and the West Bank in the last 20 months.

“This should have been done a long time ago.”

On June 25, the Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine announced its formation in a dual press conference held in Vancouver and Toronto. @kristendejager.bsky.social reports.

#cdnpoli #topoli #vanpoli #CdnMedia

How Wildfires Are Speeding the Shrinking of BC’s Glaciers | The Tyee Researchers with a new study on smoke and the ‘ice albedo effect’ are startled by the quick pace of melting.

Wildfires are making glaciers retreat faster, but not how you might think.

Instead of the heat from the flames melting the glacier, the smoke is darkening the snow and ice. This causes the glacier surface to absorb more energy from the sun and melt faster.

@kristendejager.bsky.social reports. 🗻🔥

The Need to Re-Peat. Restoring Alberta’s Vital Muskeg | The Tyee Researcher Murdoch McKinnon on the beauty and benefits of covering old oil and gas sites with peatland. A Tyee interview.

“Ecosystems are very complex, and if you disturb even just one component of an ecosystem, you do oftentimes see cascading effects within that ecosystem.” 🌱