The Tyee Ca

The Sun, The Province, Metro, 24 are rubbish compared to The Tyee. Oddly enough The Tyee was founded by a man who was editor at The Sun. Perhaps he was too bored of the fluffy celebrity junk or «reporting» about finding a sugar daddy in Whistler. Yep, it’s true.
Living in British Columbia, living in Vancouver really, there is a shortage of journalism, a shortage of stories which appeal to me.
ME.
Whenever The Tyee comes in my mailbox, I take a few minutes to read. I’ll be honest, not everything appeals to me, but most of the stories are quite interesting, and vastly different from newspapers circulating in Vancouver, hell, newspapers circulating in Canada. If you know me, you know that I despise reading these «local» newspapers because they are loaded with filler, the stories are short and devoid of details, and the writing style is complete shit. How gracious I am. ;)
Some of the headlines for The Tyee in the past months:
«The Allegory that Blows ‘Too Asian?’ Apart»
«Diary of an Organic Strawberry»
«My Children Are My Own, I Own Them»
«Single-​sex Schooling Is a Bad Decision»
«The $ 879,000 Reason to Stay in School»
«The Case for Free Post-​Secondary Tuition»
«The Canadian Way of War»
«Romney Would Be President If He’d Eliminated Harper»
«We Know Where You Drove Last Night: Police»
«BC’s Plan to Wipe Away Climate Progress»
«Can Hospital Food Be Fixed»
«The Invisibles: Migrant Workers in Canada»
«Who Takes Care of ‘Youth Caregivers’?»
The topics are a breath of fresh air in this hazy and convoluted world of journalism. The Tyee writes about topics they want to write about and in a way they feel is palpable for the [non-​rubbish reading] audience. Redundancy is not a issue for them, as it is for the aforementioned publications…
Oh how I want to go give the writers of The Tyee a hug. I am glad they do not follow the norms of the writing world.
Give some of their articles a read; you won’t be disappointed – I promise… and I seldom make promises. ;)

The Tyee is a marvel. In a city where journalism simply does not exist, this online-​only publication eeks out valid articles with sharp, critical perspective. I am in awe of the kind of diversity of stories, well-​written, well-​researched it provides. It puts the rest of Vancouver publications, print or otherwise, to shame.
If you’re going to read something, skip the monopoly-​media like the Sun or Province, and even the ever-​declining in quality Globe and Mail and read the Tyee instead.
This province is awfully short on critical perspectives, and that is exactly what the Tyee provides.

I’ve been trying to read the Tyee but it is so slanted, these guys are singing to the choir. I like to read both points of view but this site is one point of view and they are always whining. How about some good news for a change, not a mention of the Chilean Miners on the site today.

Looking for investigative journalism and articles on BC news, issues, politics, arts and entertainment? The Tyee is a solid choice.
Witty. Critical. Enjoyable.
I love the Tyee. It offers fresh enlightening perspectives from academics, journalists, and political figures who are leaders in their field and have an extensive knowledge in that field/​industry. Articles are rolled out with a fruitful, analytical twist. In other words, they’re informative, intellectual reads about news and ideas of the day, without the dryness of academia.
Investigation is at its heart. Turn to the Tyee for a deeper understanding of issues in BC. Their journalists dig deep! They investigate public policy documents, corporate positions, trends, case studies, etc and sort through all the clutter to get to the bottom of things! They also cite and provide links to their sources so you can dig deeper yourself.
Its interests are our interests. The beauty of the Tyee is that it speaks on behalf of the people – how changes, government policies, or corporate moves will affect us in the great scheme of things. Unlike the VanSun and the Globe&Mail, it treats and refers to us as citizens rather than consumers, which is huge. It means that they’re working to represent us and that they care.
The Tyee is a must-​read if you want to get a balanced perspective and a full picture of what’s going on in BC. Check it out! :)