MONDAY HEADLINES 9 NOVEMBER 2020 |
| |
EVENT: The Festival of What Works by Salmon Nation Join a week-long online celebration of the many good things happening in our bioregion. Panels, interviews, films and performances – hear stories from California to Alaska about how to make our communities stronger. From Nov. 15 to 22. Registration is free! Click here to learn more and sign up. |
|
|
Volunteers Built Showers for Victoria’s Unhoused. They Were Left High and Dry A community group seeks to deliver ‘the most basic need’ to tent campers, but lacks permits. By Emily Fagan. Monday, November 9, 2020. A Target of Alberta’s ‘War Room’ Fires Back Attacked for his negative report on TMX, analyst David Hughes issued this rebuttal to Kenney’s team. By J. David Hughes. Monday, November 9, 2020. A Festival about What Works? Done! Join a free, week-long celebration of good things happening in our bioregion. Welcome to Salmon Nation. By Ian Gill. Monday, November 9, 2020. Why NDP Should Drop Its Youth Overdose Bill Allowing involuntary hospitalization after an OD is unjust and could hurt struggling kids. By Marilou Gagnon, By Tim Gauthier, By Nesa Hamidi Tousi, By Maja Kolar, By Keren Mitchell and By Alison Crysler. Monday, November 9, 2020. Rising Cases, Sweeping New Limits for Lower Mainland Temporary orders curtail social gatherings, indoors sports and non-essential travel. By Moira Wyton. Saturday, November 7, 2020. Tyee Poll: What Do You Foresee in the Aftermath of the US Election? Tell us what you think. By Tyee Staff. Friday, November 6, 2020. There’s a Term for Trump’s Strategy of Discrediting the Vote And it has a long history in the United States. By Rachel Hope Cleves. Friday, November 6, 2020. The ‘Just Say No’ Approach to Youth Partying Won’t Work, Say Experts Instead of shaming and blaming, government urged to try pandemic partying ‘harm reduction.’ By Moira Wyton. Friday, November 6, 2020. First United Church, a Downtown Eastside Institution, to Get a Huge Makeover Ministry aims to develop century-old site into 11-storey tower for housing and support programs. By Jen St. Denis. Friday, November 6, 2020. Where’s the Political Leadership We Need? The US meltdown should wake up Canadians. If only those we’ve elected had the brains, and guts, to say it. By Andrew Nikiforuk. Friday, November 6, 2020. A Bereft Gardener Turns to Music to Soothe With only hardy greens left to harvest, I call my musician father to see how else I might preserve my body and soul this winter. By Erin Despard, with contributions from Richard Despard. Friday, November 6, 2020. For Amir and Many Refugees, the Pandemic Clouds Dreams of Canada Persecuted for being gay, he was poised for a safe escape. Then came COVID-19. By Pratyush Dayal. Friday, November 6, 2020. New NDP Government Challenged by Damning Report on Mistreatment of Injured Workers An independent review found WorkSafeBC had failed people who’ve been hurt on the job. By Andrew MacLeod. Friday, November 6, 2020. The ‘Decolonization Bootcamp’ Uniting Cities and Indigenous Reserves For generations, First Nations territories and Canadian cities treated each other as strangers. Now, they’re finally working, and thriving, together. By Lauren Kaljur. Friday, November 6, 2020. Firework Diehards Enjoy One Last Halloween Before the Ban Looking back at a sometimes-explosive Vancouver tradition that many retailers and families say they’ll miss. By Christopher Cheung. Thursday, November 5, 2020. BC Coroners Service Still Can’t Say How Many Homeless People Died in 2017 Despite soaring deaths, there’s no word on when a long-awaited report will be released. By Jen St. Denis. Thursday, November 5, 2020. Oregon Voters OK Drug Decriminalization. Why Not Here? Nearly 60 per cent approved a proposition to end criminal penalties for small possession of illicit substances like heroin. By Moira Wyton. Thursday, November 5, 2020. Organization Aims to End Trophy Hunts by Buying Up Guide-Outfitter Rights Raincoast raises $650,000 to end hunting in Kitlope valley in Great Bear Rainforest, the fifth tenure purchased so far. By Amanda Follett Hosgood. Thursday, November 5, 2020. Taiwan Is Crowdsourcing an Everybody-Wins Democracy With help from the country’s hackers, the government is embracing division-resistant politics for the digital age. By Carl Miller. Thursday, November 5, 2020. A Playlist for Election Anxiety The only thing that’s helping me right now is music. What’s looping in your head? By Dorothy Woodend. Wednesday, November 4, 2020. America Doesn’t Do Feel-Good Endings Anymore It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that US democracy is living on borrowed time. By Steve Burgess. Wednesday, November 4, 2020. One Verdict Is In — in Canada and US, Voters Don’t Care about Unethical Politicians Elections were supposed to hold politicians to account for bad behaviour. Instead, today’s voters shrug it off. By Ako Ufodike. Wednesday, November 4, 2020. Trumped! Whoever wins, this squeaker of an election already signals the biggest loser — the Divided States of America. By Michael Harris. Wednesday, November 4, 2020. Capturing a Clearer Picture of Everyday Racism Not every racist act fits a police report, but collecting data from that grey zone is key to creating change. By Francesca Fionda. Wednesday, November 4, 2020. Alberta’s Grassroots Fight against Overdose Deaths How an army of volunteers formed to save harm reduction from Jason Kenney’s rollback. A Tyee special report. By Ben Mussett. Wednesday, November 4, 2020. BC’s Long-Term Care Visitor Restrictions Have Devastated Residents and Families Seniors advocate sets out damage done and calls for sweeping changes to pandemic response. By Moira Wyton. Tuesday, November 3, 2020. BC’s Party Insiders on Campaigning in a Pandemic Reaching voters outside the bubble — this year, a literal one — presented all kinds of challenges, they say. By Olamide Olaniyan. Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Why Some People Are Asymptomatic. And More Science Journal News The latest roundup of pandemic findings gathered by Hakai Magazine. By Brian Owens. Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Tumbler Ridge: A Coal Mining Town’s Fight for Survival From dinosaur discoveries to mountain biking to clean energy, this northeast BC community is looking to build a new future. By Amanda Follett Hosgood. Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Right Way to Topple a Statue When Victoria took down its bronze Sir John A. Macdonald, it took care to pull people together. Call it a monumental lesson in polarized times. By Emma Renaerts. Tuesday, November 3, 2020. BC Sees a Spike in COVID-19 Cases, but No New Rules Yet Fraser Health region still the province’s pandemic hotspot as health officials face a ‘concerning’ increase in infections. By Moira Wyton. Monday, November 2, 2020. ‘Illicit in Space’: Shadow Play Taps Drug Users’ Experience to Create a New World This year’s performance by shadow theatre troupe Illicit Projects takes on the overdose crisis, COVID-19 and racism. By Jen St. Denis. Monday, November 2, 2020. Drawing in a Pandemic Is Not Only Relaxing, It Can Teach You How to See We talk to famed art teacher Betty Edwards about ‘eyedness,’ the fascinating subject of her latest book. By Dorothy Woodend. Monday, November 2, 2020. |
|
| |