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Tyler Harper

@tylerharper.bsky.social

Award-winning Canadian editor-reporter for the Nelson Star. I believe in journalism.

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That's so funny because I did the exact goddamn thing.

08.08.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Canada, heat increases domestic violence | The Narwhal Excessive heat stresses both the body and mind. That leads to a rise in aggression β€” which harms women, girls and vulnerable communities the most

Across Canada, extreme heat causes physical and mental stresses that lead to a documented rise in violence. That includes intimate partner violence, @rebeccaga0.bsky.social reports, which threatens women, girls and vulnerable communities the most.
thenarwhal.ca/heat-domesti...

07.08.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

One simple thing you can do to support journalism in these days of AI summaries and social media walled gardens: click on the link. Go to the site. Yes it really is that easy.

07.08.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Hey Simon, there’s a typo in the headline.

07.08.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This really feels like a defining post of our time

06.08.2025 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4975    πŸ” 870    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 191

Journalism is hard, maybe even the worst, but today a source gave me a hug because of a story I wrote, so that was nice.

06.08.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Saskatchewan made!

06.08.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Washington Post: β€œIs fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: β€œHere are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

06.08.2025 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 26038    πŸ” 6626    πŸ’¬ 179    πŸ“Œ 177

These are so good!

05.08.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Photo drop from @never.grow.up.graff.jam's long-weekend #graffiti festival. Great art, great people, great times!

#streetphotography #street_photography #ig_street #documentary #onassignment #graffitiart #vancouver #dtes #vanspc_member #van_spc

05.08.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The fact that CBC was too cowardly to film this is indicative of a much bigger problem in media.

When layoffs come, they tend to target journalists who are "problems" for management, who question authority.

This is what you lose when you only keep the journalists who are deferential to authority:

05.08.2025 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 608    πŸ” 185    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 7
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B.C. cannabis industry 'cautiously optimistic' about ministry change Policy and licensing for non-medical cannabis has been moved from the public safety ministry over to agriculture

Last month, B.C.β€˜s agriculture ministry took over cannabis policy from the public safety ministry (excluding enforcement). It’s a small change that the struggling cannabis industry hopes is a positive one.

05.08.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OK 1-0 isn’t the best.

02.08.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Credit to @jonore.bsky.social, who has been reporting on video games for many years now at CBC and is deserves a lot more recognition for his work.

31.07.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cosmo, a good boy, left a paw print on B.C.'s guide and service dog laws Ten years ago, Cosmo was cited in B.C.'s legislature during debate about service animal rules

10 years ago, B.C. was reviewing laws that regulate guide and service dogs when during a debate one MLA spoke about Cosmo, who she described as "one of the best-trained guide dogs" she had ever seen.

Here's how Cosmo and his owner Sunny Nemmes helped changed the law for the better.

31.07.2025 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Cosmo, a good boy, left a paw print on B.C.'s guide and service dog laws Ten years ago, Cosmo was cited in B.C.'s legislature during debate about service animal rules

For the dog people: I wrote about a good boy who helped change a B.C. law.

31.07.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Terrific work, Eva. This was infuriating to read.

30.07.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

FOR WINTER was the best film I saw at Banff last year and I’m crushed to learn it’s been censored, for reasons that seem blatantly discriminatory on their face. Thanks to @evaholland.bsky.social for sticking her neck out to take this story on.

30.07.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Trudeau was Left Shark all along.

29.07.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Probably not as tough a time as I had sitting through the first movie.

29.07.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'No plans' to renew safer supply funding after federal support quietly runs out | CBC News Dozens of safer supply pilot programs quietly lost federal funding earlier this year and Ottawa says there are no plans to re-up its financial support.

Extremely frustrating to see this inaction by the Liberals.

29.07.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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a baby in a white shirt and pink pants is sitting on the floor . Alt: a baby in a white shirt and pink pants is sitting on the floor .
28.07.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This. Watching how journalism was depicted in Superman this weekend drove me bonkers. Hire me as a consult, Hollywood.

28.07.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Terrific piece. Loved your lede.

28.07.2025 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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With Hall of Fame induction, Ichiro makes himself heard loud and clear Across his 28 seasons of professional baseball, Ichiro grew to become a superstar β€” first in Japan and then in North America β€” and then an icon.

Spoke to former Orix BlueWave player Kelvin Torve and former Seattle Times columnist Larry Stone about Ichiro ahead of his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame. www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/...

26.07.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just glanced at the voting results for Baseball's Hall of Fame and reminded that one (1) person did not vote for Ichiro Suzuki to go to Cooperstown in his first year of eligibility.

If you don't think Ichiro should be an auto pick for the Hall of Fame, then you shouldn't be covering baseball

26.07.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Journalists in Gaza are now struggling to access food as the war continues and aid remains blocked.

In a joint statement, the BBC, Reuters, AFP, and the Associated Press said their staff on the ground are β€œincreasingly unable to feed themselves and their families.”

25.07.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.Β  Purpose and

Predictable, but no less shocking or reprehensible: Trump just signed an executive order urging states to forcibly institutionalize homeless people, defund Housing First, criminalize encampments, and cut aid to cities that don't comply.

24.07.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 957    πŸ” 556    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 183

The job is bleak and awful then I do one interview with someone who I immediately connect with and am inspired by and it changes everything, at least for today and until their story is finished.

What a career I chose.

24.07.2025 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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two men are standing next to each other in front of a blue car . Alt: two men are standing next to each other in front of a blue car .

We can do it together.

24.07.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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