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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, sea star wasting disease has affected more than 20 species in waters from Mexico to Alaska, including the sunflower sea star found off the coast of B.C.

It’s the largest epidemic to sweep through a non-commercial marine species.

How Can Canada Better Support Working Parents? | The Tyee Catch up to other countries with flexible hours and parental leave, a think tank says.

New research is calling for the federal government to implement policies that already exist in the U.K. and New Zealand, including a national sick leave policy and the right for all working parents to request flexible work arrangements. #canpoli

Is Your Building Quake-Proof? You Should Be Able to Know | The Tyee Vancouver found older, private structures are most vulnerable. Why not rate their risks publicly?

If a 7.2 magnitude earthquake were to hit Vancouver tomorrow, an assessment report by the city predicts:

• over 6,000 buildings would be damaged;
• about 300,000 residents displaced for three months or more;
• more than 1,350 lives lost, and;
• an estimated $17 billion in direct damages.

A Brilliant Community Farm Rises from Brambles | The Tyee Sechelt imports almost all its food. This Indigenous-led effort wants to show a better approach can take root.

If you walked through this site just a few years ago, the land would have told a very different story.

In This AI Age, How Best to Handle Patient Health Data? | The Tyee An ethical debate pits privacy against medical advances. Here are five key recommendations.

On one side, there are urgent calls to safeguard patient information from exploitation.

On the other, there is pressure to leverage patient data for innovation, improved population health and system efficiency.

There is truth that lies in this tension, writes physician Udoka Okpalauwaekwe.

Columbia University Conquered: Don’t Let It Happen Here | The Tyee Trump’s defeat of New York’s great institution is a warning for higher ed across North America.

No U.S. university or college, private or public, is likely to escape Columbia’s fate, where the Trump administration has deemed diversity, equity and inclusion efforts unlawful and demands an overhaul of rules for student discipline, protest and antisemitism.

@crof.bsky.social writes. #uspoli

Alberta’s Perverse New Barriers to COVID Vaccines | The Tyee The virus hits the old and poor hardest. The province is erecting hurdles for granting them protection.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who revived her ailing political career by peddling conspiratorial COVID theories, has designed a program that is not only punitive but discriminatory, bureaucratic and Soviet in nature, writes Andrew Nikiforuk.

#abcovid #abpoli

As Gazans Starve, Families in Canada Struggle to Get Loved Ones Out | The Tyee ‘We are watching ethnic cleansing live on television. Powers that could make a difference are not acting.’

A year and a half after a Gaza airstrike injured a three-year-old boy, his aunt continues to try to get him to Canada.

Nariman Ajjur says her nephew is now showing “clear signs of malnutrition” as well as the psychological effects of living in a war zone.

It’s the Summer of Slop, Where Nothing Is Real | The Tyee Sick of striving for greatness, we’re settling for simulations.

@melwoods.me: The Lafufu represents accepting mediocrity because we’re all too tired (or poor) to get the real thing. The Lafufu is the queen of slop.

Why Travelling While Trans Is Riskier This Year | The Tyee This season in summer travel raises questions about who gets to move freely about the world. And who doesn’t.

“All of our abilities to move and all of our ways of nonconformity, however we show up in the world, are under scrutiny.” 🏳️‍⚧️

Where Christianity Meets, and Diverges, in Nisga’a Culture | The Tyee In the Nass Valley, youth struggle to understand how the church has retained its role in cultural traditions.

“There’s a longstanding, if uneasy, truce between Christian and Nisga’a traditions, rooted in colonialism and cultural preservation.”

Resisting Hustle Culture Has Ancient Roots | The Tyee Ming Dynasty scholars embraced quiet quitting and inspired others to prioritize leisure as the antidote to toxic workplaces.

“The revolution of ‘xiaopin’ is a reminder that presence, too, is a language — one that hums beneath the buzz of progress, waiting to be heard.”

Sports Culture Needs to Change | The Tyee The Hockey Canada trial and verdict revealed cracks in elite athletics that we can no longer afford to ignore.

What often gets forgotten is how the hyper-masculine culture of sports creates significant barriers to seeking help.

Experts Laura Misener and Treena Orchard write. 🏒🇨🇦

LNG Project Comes with Financial Risks for First Nations: Report | The Tyee Drawbacks for the Prince Rupert initiative outweigh benefits for environment and investor, says Yellowhead Institute.

A long-delayed #LBG pipeline and export terminal in northern B.C. is now officially back on track and promoted as a new opportunity for Indigenous economic development.

But a new report warns the risks — to land, community and even investors — are far greater than the promised benefits.

Post-Collapse, a Closer Look at the Red Chris Mine Expansion | The Tyee The company’s plans are on BC’s fast-track list. Experts say the proposed ‘block caving’ method brings new risks.

As the Red Chris mine embarks on a new, riskier form of mining, it might not be the last time owners or workers are caught unprepared. @zoeyunker.bsky.social explains.

Danielle Smith Just Got Sandbagged on Separating | The Tyee Why the premier hates that Elections Alberta approved the ‘Alberta Forever Canada’ citizen initiative petition.

In a news release yesterday, Gordon McClure said his office has approved the petition for the “Alberta Forever Canada” citizen initiative launched by former PC deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk, who has long been a vocal critic of the Smith government’s separatist machinations. #abpoli

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Please Advise! Are Justin and Katy a Thing? | The Tyee A thing worth making the national news, that is? Dr. Steve wades in.

It’s not like there’s anything else going on. And you have to appreciate the rigour of this coverage. 🎆🇨🇦 @steveburgess53.bsky.social advises.

Migrant Workers Say Program Changes Would Hurt, Not Help | The Tyee Proposed new rules would allow employers to deduct up to 30 per cent of wages to pay for housing.

In internal documents provided to The Tyee, Employment and Social Development Canada proposed changing how migrant workers in the agriculture and fishing sectors are paid, housed and brought into the country. @isaacphannay.bsky.social reports. #canlab

What Determines if Kai-Ji Adam Lo Will Be Found Fit to Stand Trial? | The Tyee The Tyee sat down with lawyer Jonathan Blair for an explainer on how the Criminal Code tackles mental illness.

The Tyee interviewed Jonathan Blair, lawyer with the Community Legal Assistance Society’s community law program, about what it means to be mentally fit or unfit to stand trial, and, if someone is found fit to stand trial, what it would mean if they were then found not criminally responsible.

Canada Finally Reckons with Netanyahu’s War on Gaza | The Tyee As genocide charges mount, Carney joins a global gambit to recognize Palestine.

PM Carney seemed to be tagging along rather than trail-blazing when he announced Wednesday that Canada will recognize the state of Palestine in September if reforms are made, writes Michael Harris. #canpoli

Thinking of Joining in Protest? Three Books to Inspire | The Tyee A legal expert on civil disobedience recommends some useful and enlightening reads.

Given the political ferment of the moment, here are three books that provide interesting and helpful insights into the world of civil disobedience and protests. 📚

It’s Time Canada Recognized Palestine | The Tyee By charting a foreign policy independent of the US, we can affirm our values and sovereignty.

For Canada to assert its sovereignty in the face of U.S. President Trump’s threats of potentially devastating tariffs and annexation, it must chart an independent foreign policy.

The boldest way to do this: address the humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip. @stevenzzhou.bsky.social writes.

Lytton Faces a New Fire. How a Past One Offers Some Defence | The Tyee As experts learn more about preventive burns, a large scar left by a 2015 blaze is aiding the current battle.

On Monday, the Cantilever Bar fire broke out 10 kilometres south of the village. One major factor slowing the blaze’s spread: the area’s recent history with wildfires.

It demonstrates a principle providing hope for residents in the province’s fire-struck Interior, reports @tyolsen.bsky.social.

PACE Is Closing After 31 Years of Supporting Sex Workers | The Tyee The result will be a dangerous lack of supports and resources for highly marginalized people, community members warn.

The announcement is being met with rage and grief, as it affects what supports are available for street-based sex workers, who are some of the most marginalized people in society, say women with lived and living sex-work experience.

BC Faces a Crisis in Long-Term Senior Care, Says Advocate | The Tyee The province is short 2,000 long-term care beds. Without action, the number will be 16,000 in ten years, a new report warns.

B.C. needs to invest $17 billion to make sure seniors in the province are properly cared for over the next decade, according to a new report.

It’s an extraordinary cost, but not taking action will add up to an even greater impact. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #bcpoli

Holy Moly, 'Holy Motors' | The Tyee Catch this moving, mournful, joyful film as it rips through Vancity and feel so alive!

Looking forward to seeing this film again.

Holy Moly, 'Holy Motors' via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/ArtsAndCultu...

Why Time Sometimes Speeds Up in Northwest BC | The Tyee Those living in Kitimat or Terrace get to live through a time warp a few times a year.

Can’t believe I’ve been here almost 20 years and only just learned about “islanded” time. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/07...

The One Bird Danielle Smith Is Most Like | The Tyee Behold the freewheeling magpie, a tireless scavenger that never stops squawking.

The bird is a black and white relative of the crow that excels at opportunistic feeding.

It will eat anything out of anybody’s trash can.

It will even follow coyotes to carrion and then barge in.

To understand Alberta’s chaos-making premier, consider the magpie, writes Andrew Nikiforuk. 🐦