“I don’t think that I’ve ever seen a landlord pursue quite such a campaign against its own tenants.”

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A Vancouver Landlord Keeps Being Allowed to Evict Tenants. Why? | The Tyee

Residents want to know why BC’s Residential Tenancy Branch keeps siding with Plan A.

John Rustad insisted he’s still the leader of the B.C. Conservatives Wednesday even after a majority of the party’s MLAs said they had lost confidence in him and the party announced the appointment of Trevor Halford as interim leader. Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli

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Rustad Quits as Conservative Leader After Day of Chaos | The Tyee

Rustad and Trevor Halford had both claimed to be party leader as caucus split.

#Lytton residents will have their class-action lawsuit against Canada’s two major railway companies heard in the B.C. Supreme Court, thanks partly to new evidence of high brake temperatures on a train passing through the community shortly before the town burned. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports.

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A Lytton Fire Class-Action Suit Against Railways Is Going Ahead | The Tyee

A BC Supreme Court justice ruled the evidence that a train sparked the devastating fire is sufficient for a trial.

With the planet running a carbon-induced fever and desperate to replace fossil fuels, Canada is one of the countries turning to nuclear energy. Not everyone is pleased. Michael Harris writes. #canpoli

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Canada Calls Its Reactors Peaceful. It’s Not So Simple | The Tyee

A venerable anti-nuclear war group says Carney’s SMR funding could fuel a new arms race.

While PM Carney’s fast-tracking initiative has been touted as a response to U.S. President Trump’s trade war, critics have pointed out the projects are largely backed by foreign-owned corporations — and include substantial U.S. investment. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. #uspoli #canpoli #LNG

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Ksi Lisims LNG Makes Federal List of ‘Nation-Building’ Projects | The Tyee

The prime minister sidestepped questions about US ownership and First Nations opposition at a northern BC presser.

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s “Abundance” is a pitch to disoriented liberals for a new order. After it was published in March, Canadian governments released laws aimed at cutting regulations. That's not a coincidence, said BC Green MLA Jeremy Valeriote. Zoë Yunker reports. 🇺🇸📖🇨🇦

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How the Abundance Movement Is Dividing the Left | The Tyee

Calls for fewer rules and faster building have found a progressive audience, including in the BC government.

If you think the #COVID19 pandemic is done and ever-evolving variants pose no significant threat, consider these two realities, writes contributing editor Andrew Nikiforuk.

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This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough | The Tyee

We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought.

Don’t bet on John Rustad going away any time soon, despite the B.C. Conservative party chaos and his leadership failures, writes Paul Willcocks. #bcpoli

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Why John Rustad Isn’t Going Away | The Tyee

Despite the grumbling, the Conservative leader is likely safe.

“In order to turn the page to become a new and free country, Alberta has to ditch the things that are Canadian that exist in Alberta right now,” said Bruce Pardy, the exec director for Rights Probe, at a right-wing political conference in Calgary. 🚫🇨🇦 #abpoli

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Alberta Separatist Pushes for End of Indigenous Rights at ‘Unity’ Conference | The Tyee

But even a leading fellow separatist rejects the view, saying it would ‘fly in the face of 150 years of history.’

As bad as COVID-19 was, the authors of a new book on pandemic planning believe we got off lightly, Crawford Kilian writes. 🦠

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Here’s the Book to Buy in Bulk for Public Health Officials | The Tyee

‘The Big One’ charts the path forward for future pandemics and the current ‘infodemic.’