A curriculum framework calling on teachers to promote Alberta’s #OilAndGas industry to schoolchildren was quietly published months ago, to the surprise of experts and the opposition. Angela Amato and Carly Penrose report. An investigation with the @npub1364s...u672.
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What Alberta Wants Children Taught about Fossil Fuels | The Tyee
A curriculum guideline says students should learn their province is the ‘most ethical producer of oil in the world.’
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“Fascism is not a static artifact wearing a brown shirt. “This damnable political force evolves like a COVID virus with ever-changing variants. “It is not so much a definable political choice as it is a conditioned response to disorder.”
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What Is Fascism? | The Tyee
The question, increasingly in the air, is long overdue. The answer is fluid.
It’s more or less over. Trump won. The worst campaign, run by the worst candidate, backed by all the worst people. Only in America. #uspoli
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Fool Them Twice | The Tyee
America grants Trump, the felon who vows to play dictator, a second presidency.
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The election was rough. The struggle to govern for the common good will be rougher. Paul Willcocks writes. #BCElxn2024
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Super-polarized BC | The Tyee
The election was rough. The struggle to govern for the common good will be rougher.
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Join The Tyee Saturday night for live election results! Thanks to new machines that tabulate votes, results are expected within an hour of polls closing at 8 p.m. tomorrow. We’ll be updating our coverage throughout the night. #BCElxn2024
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NDP and Conservatives Could Wait a Week to Learn Who Will Govern | The Tyee
Green Leader Sonia Furstenau lost her seat, but the party may hold the balance of power.
“What can I tell you about my cherished friend Stan Persky, who died on Oct. 15, in Berlin? “His writing was sharp, his advocacy principled. When I needed help, his generosity shone.” Tom Sandborn writes.
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The Activist Thinker as Ideal Friend: Remembering Stan Persky | The Tyee
His writing was sharp, his advocacy principled. When I needed help, his generosity shone.
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🚏 “A troubling trend has emerged in media: journalists leaving their ivory towers to ride public transit, only to report their discomfort at seeing people in crisis.” Jeremy Appel writes. #CdnMedia
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Lock Up ‘Lost Souls’? A Bus-Riding Journalist’s Wrong Direction | The Tyee
People with mental illness and addictions are too often portrayed as threats, just for existing.
I’m at the Pizza Hut I’m at the campaign office I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and campaign office #bcpoli
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The Case of the Political Pizza Hut | The Tyee
Every election, a candidate moves into this Burnaby landmark to run their campaign.
A female grizzly bear and two cubs could possibly herald the coming of a grizzly population to Vancouver Island, which hasn’t had the bears since the last ice age.
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When a Female Grizzly Swims to Shore | The Tyee
A bear and her two cubs decided to make Vancouver Island their home. It could mark the beginning of a new era.
🐋🕊🐕 We’re endlessly fascinated by local critters, big and small. And there are always more to learn about from our readers’ backyards. So Tyee readers, what’s your favourite local critter?
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What’s Your Favourite Local Critter? | The Tyee