The Tyee Podcast

This province has a toxic drug problem. Since 2014, more than 20,000 people have died from drugs that are often laced with fentanyl, or other contaminants. And to date, no government program has fully solved the crisis. Enter the Drug User Liberation Front, better known as DULF. The organization provided a non-medicalized safer supply of drugs to users in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Its initiat...

Isaac Phan Nay mainly reports on labour for The Tyee. But over the past two years, that’s increasingly meant covering how artificial intelligence has surged into our lives. “AI has quickly reared its heads in the workplace and in our cities in ways that I really can't look away from,” he said. This summer, Phan Nay has been hearing from the residents who don’t want AI data centres in their nei...

To many, B.C. Premier David Eby’s snap election call seemed like an odd choice. The government still had two years in their mandate. Big questions — like the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and the budget deficit — were left unanswered. Plus, all the best lawn sign spots had already been claimed by candidates for municipal government. If The Tyee’s Victoria bureau chief is put...

It’s a confusing time to be a voter. Here in Vancouver, voters will be confronted with more than half a dozen political parties — some of which are brand new this election cycle. They will stare down so many names on the ballot. And they will have to vote on a unique plebiscite. It’s a lot to keep track of. Luckily for The Tyee Podcast, reporter Katie Hyslop has been keeping track of party promise...

Natasha Harrison had been searching for her daughter, 20-year-old Tatyanna Harrison, for months before police found her body on a Yacht in Richmond in 2022. Natasha has been fighting for more information about what happened to her daughter. A coroners’ inquest this year was supposed to offer answers. But what Natasha learned would only raise more questions about how police and the BC Coroners’ Ser...

Tyler Olsen is no stranger to wildfire. He and his family no longer notice the smell of smoke in the air, and they are familiar with the sight of fire on the hillside near their home in Lillooet, B.C. He’s gotten used to the sound of fire-fighting helicopters whirring overhead.  The Tyee Senior editor jumped at the chance to climb into a Bell 407 helicopter with wildfire fighters battling the...

When the Cowichan Nation V. Canada decision came down a year ago, there was panic right across the country. For many Canadians, the courts declaring that the Cowichan held Aboriginal title over a small section of Richmond was confusing, complex, even terrifying.  But Arno Kopecky says the Cowichan decision is not the end of the world in Richmond. In fact, it’s the beginning of something incre...

This October, Albertans will either vote to stay a part of Canada, or they’ll vote to leave. But whatever the outcome, we are all going to keep hearing about Alberta separatism for many, many years to come.  Never has a delusion been this elevated in the province, says Nate Pike. On this episode, the host of the The Breakdown AB tests our censors as he tries to explain where the separatist mo...

When Premier David Eby and Prime Minister Mark Carney announced their governments will spend $1.45 billion buying up 2,200 of British Columbia’s unsold condos and turning them into rent-to-own housing, the response was unambiguous. “Everyone kind of hated it,” says Marc Lee, senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. “I feel like this was something that they had maybe sketc...

Online radicalization is, unfortunately, a growing beat in the media world. Luckily, there are some seriously skilled reporters trying to make sense of a world increasingly filled with misinformation. In May 2026, we gathered a few of those journalists on stage for a special Tyee panel discussion called Reality Check: LIVE . On this special episode of The Tyee Podcast , we have that panel dis...

Tyee journalist Katie Hyslop has been keeping a close eye on what happens to a city when the FIFA World Cup comes to town. Hyslop has reported for the Tyee for more than a decade, and was in Vancouver when the Winter Olympics arrived. Now, they break down the city’s big spending on the tournament, how it’s affecting workers and which residents the games leave behind .  Support independent med...

Who’s protecting your favourite tree? Possibly nobody, says author and journalist J.B. MacKinnon. MacKinnon has reported for The Tyee for two decades, and in these pages co-authored a series called “The 100-Mile Diet.”  This week, he explains how beloved trees end up on the chopping block — and what you can do about it. Support independent media by becoming a Tyee Builder today. Find out more...

Anyone lucky enough to survive 2021’s heat dome knows the anxiety and stress that now accompany every summer on the West Coast. But Tyee health reporter Michelle Gamage says that slowly, and hopefully surely, a public shift is happening. We’re starting to recognize the extreme danger that heat is, and that means we’re starting to better prepare for it. From icy groin towels to how local and f...

Earlier this spring Premier David Eby ignited a firestorm when he tried to dismantle the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA) — first by saying he would amend it , then suspend it , then backing off the idea completely when his own party revolted. Now the province is scrambling over the summer to figure out a new path forward.  According to Adam Olsen , this moment was...

The Tyee was founded to bring a B.C. perspective — and impact — to Canada’s mediascape. For over 20 years we’ve been doing just that, right here in British Columbia—investigating, explaining and celebrating our home. The Tyee has changed laws, sparked a global movement, and helped map the future of digital journalism. And now, it’s a podcast.  Introducing The Tyee Podcast — a deep dive into t...