MONDAY HEADLINES 23 NOVEMBER 2020
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Meet the Lead Contact Tracer Fighting COVID-19 in the Fraser Region ‘We’re working to keep up,’ says Dr. Aamir Bharmal as the big second wave hits. An insider’s survey of the spread.
By Christopher Cheung. Thursday, November 19, 2020. Victoria Shower Struggle: Police Raid Volunteer Effort for Homeless At Beacon Hill Park, hot showers were up and running until the city tore them down and police arrested an activist.
By Emily Fagan. Saturday, November 21, 2020. RCMP Confirms It Bought a Tool that ‘Unlocks’ Hidden Facebook Friends After a Tyee investigation, Facebook sent a desist notice to the maker who pulled the product.
By Bryan Carney. Monday, November 23, 2020. I Lost My Mother to COVID-19. I’m Asking You to Stay Home If you understood how much this hurts, you might stop planning your holidays.
By Emily McCarty. Saturday, November 21, 2020. The Tyee Wants Your Bubble Portraits Give us a peek inside your shrunken world by making art. We’ll share it here!
By Dorothy Woodend and By Christopher Cheung. Friday, November 20, 2020. Researchers Want a Plan to Keep ICU Patients from Ending Up Back in Hospital One in four patients who leaves intensive care is readmitted within a year. In COVID-19 times, change is needed.
By Moira Wyton. Friday, November 20, 2020. BC’s Northerners Warned to Stay Home as COVID-19 Cases Rise ‘Our family is in turmoil right now,’ says one Hazelton woman with many relatives battling COVID-19.
By Amanda Follett Hosgood. Friday, November 20, 2020. Two Years Ago, a Racist Video Rocked a Vancouver School. Here’s What’s Happened Since District points to motions, meetings and training. But some parents say they don’t see evidence of real change.
By Katie Hyslop. Friday, November 20, 2020. BC Ramps Up ‘Urgent’ COVID Restrictions Mandatory masks, bans on non-essential travel and strict limits on social gatherings all introduced to reverse the growing infection rate.
By Moira Wyton. Thursday, November 19, 2020. Keying off Tyee RCMP Revelations, MP Angus Wants an Investigation Exposé on Project Wide Awake web spying adds reasons to consider changing privacy law, Angus says.
By Bryan Carney. Thursday, November 19, 2020. How Better Toxic Drug Alerts Could Save Lives BC’s patchwork system alerting people to poisoned drugs works well in some regions. But others fall short.
By Brishti Basu. Thursday, November 19, 2020. Vancouver’s Poorest Neighbourhoods Now Have Highest Rates of COVID-19 The Downtown Eastside is on alert with many residents dealing with health conditions and living in cramped quarters.
By Jen St. Denis. Thursday, November 19, 2020. The Law According to Beverley McLachlin VIDEO: The former Supreme Court leader on progress, improving access and rethinking the delivery of justice.
By Olamide Olaniyan. Thursday, November 19, 2020. Give It to Us Straighter, Dr. Henry When students stop listening the teacher is to blame. Here’s what we need to be told.
By Crawford Kilian. Thursday, November 19, 2020. What and How You Smell Is More Important than Ever The good ol’ olfactory system is a gift highlighted by the pandemic, for better and for worse.
By Dorothy Woodend. Thursday, November 19, 2020. Vancouver Aims to Become First Canadian City to Decriminalize Drugs Mayor Kennedy Stewart says the proposal could be approved ‘within a matter of months.’
By Moira Wyton. Wednesday, November 18, 2020. A Suggestion to Help Canadians Get Clear on COVID-19 We’re getting whipsawed by different levels of government. Here’s one idea on how to move forward.
By Ian Waddell. Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Vancouver’s Council Wants a New Way of Policing. The VPD Is Not on Board Council asked the force to end street checks, cut spending and more. The police say they don’t take orders from city hall.
By Jen St. Denis. Wednesday, November 18, 2020. ‘Leave Your Armour at the Door’ How the grassroots Dudes Clubs help Indigenous men take control of their health, escape stereotypes and build stronger communities.
By Lyana Patrick. Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Canada’s Three Pandemic Blunders Trudeau’s loose grip has deadly consequences, health and law expert Amir Attaran tells The Tyee.
By Andrew Nikiforuk. Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Vancouver Projects Give Weed to Curb Overdoses. Police Just Raided One A council motion has supported ‘low barrier’ cannabis as an alternative to opioids.
By Sarah Berman. Tuesday, November 17, 2020. The Pandemic Could Bring a Wave of Measles. And More Science News The latest roundup of pandemic findings gathered by Hakai Magazine.
By Brian Owens. Tuesday, November 17, 2020. BC’s Greens, Unleashed Freed from past leadership and their NDP deal, here’s how Furstenau’s party could shake things up.
By Vyas Saran. Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Jason Kenney’s COVID Disaster Failed contact tracing, overcrowded hospitals and renewed deadly outbreaks have yet to spark action from a fumbling government.
By David Climenhaga. Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Even a Decade ago BC’s Dirty Money Scandal Was There to See In 2009 a key police commander raised alarms and I wrote 34 stories. Why did so little happen?
By Sean Holman. Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Here Comes the Sweet Grass Patrol As winter arrives, a new Indigenous-led effort is helping people living on Vancouver’s streets find housing and help.
By Jen St. Denis. Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Give More Chronic Drinkers Safe Doses of Alcohol, Say Researchers BC does so for some who are homeless and alcohol dependent. The safe supply is worth expanding, say experts.
By Moira Wyton. Tuesday, November 17, 2020. |
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