Jackie Wong

Showing the sitting mayor of Canada’s third largest city a printout of an offensive AI slop image to confirm whether that’s the image he saw that led him to accuse a councillor of a crime, is possibly the weirdest thing I’ve ever done at work. And I once wrote about a merkin art exhibit.

COPE Councillor Considering Next Steps After Mayor’s False Drug Accusations | The Tyee Ken Sim wrongly accused Sean Orr of dealing illegal drugs and initially let another councillor take the blame.

Within this story from @kehyslop.bsky.social and @jenstden.bsky.social: Former Green councillor Adrianne Carr says she resigned in 2025 in part because of remarks Sim made to her during an in-camera meeting
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Carney Excuses Trump’s New Iran War | The Tyee The US attack violates international law. Not a peep about that from Canada’s PM.

My latest: Carney Excuses Trump's New Iran War via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

The Cringey Comeback of a ‘Cancelled’ Comedian | The Tyee After sexual misconduct allegations and amidst the rise of the new right, Chris D’Elia performs two shows in Vancouver next month.

I ruined my algorithms for this essay on manosphere comedy and the rise of the new right. Thanks for being a dream editor @akkabah.bsky.social. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

The Courageous Heart of ‘True North’ | The Tyee A film about Canada’s largest student protest against anti-Black racism is a moving portrait of bravery and grief.

"The deep roots of racism were laid down early in Canada." @dorothywoodend.bsky.social on the implications of the 1969 Sir George Williams University protests and the documentary 'True North' in @thetyee.ca.

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What an uplifting @thetyee.ca piece on regional magazines by @amandafollett.bsky.social. ☕️https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2026/02/27/Behold-Beauty-Regional-Indie-Magazines/

Meet the Historic Alberta Couple Who Fought for Press Freedom | The Tyee Their grandson wrote a book and made a film about their impactful work.

The Weekender is here in @thetyee.ca! Thanks to @ximenaka.bsky.social for this nifty piece about the historic couple who fought for press freedom in Alberta. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

the "just asking questions" to "legitimate questions about fairness in sports" to "the state doesn't have to consider us as real people" pipeline working exactly as designed.

Hold Me, Noah Wyle | The Tyee The medical staff in ‘The Pitt’ heal us in dark times.

The Pitt is slowly starting to outpace Heated Rivalry in my feeds. 🩺

I love this essay by @dorothywoodend.bsky.social from @thetyee.ca's Weekender on what shows like this can do: provide some indication of a better way to be. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...

Well, I just explained labour strugs and billionaire ridiculousness re: Amazon to an eight-year-old so there's that

Thanks so much for reading, Robert! :)

Props to Jen who sits across from me at @thetyee.ca and would let me voice my frustration when, yet again, I was rebuffed when trying to access non-fatal overdose numbers at health care facilities.
She sat through seven months of it.

We need this hopefulness! ☀️

As Tumbler Ridge Mourns, Anti-Trans Misinfo Spreads | The Tyee No good will come from the conservative rush to weaponize the shooter’s identity in this story.

Thank you to @melwoods.me and @xtramagazine.com for this piece. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

What We Know So Far About the Tragedy in Tumbler Ridge | The Tyee Police have identified the shooter who killed eight, then herself, in the northeastern community.

"Only one journalist was on the ground as the incident unfolded. Trent Ernst, who runs Tumbler RidgeLines, spent Tuesday afternoon trying to inform locals about what police had described as an active shooter situation."

By @tyolsen.bsky.social
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The Tumbler Ridge shooting is already fuelling anti-trans hate in Canada | Xtra Magazine Bad actors on the right are leaping to connect the shooter’s trans identity to the violence

The third worst mass shooting in Canadian history happened yesterday in a small BC town. Kids are dead, a community is reeling. This is a time to grieve. This is not a time to gain political points by punching down on trans people.
Thoughtful @melwoods.me essay:
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Also, posted these on my site, but posting here, mostly in case media wants to use. Dear media: Rights are as such: I know I am the local reporter but I have been so tied up with media requests and trying to get information out to community, I haven’t been outside in eight hours, so these are the images I have. Everything I know I have posted to my lives on Facebook and later, YouTube. If you want to grab stuff that’s okay, but we are a community funded newspaper. You can use any of this information, if, and only if you pinky promise to make a donation. We have a patreon site, https://www.patreon.com/c/tumblerridgelines I don’t have an easy way for one time donations, but I have this: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/204606215-Can-I-make-a-one-time-payment Images are : A group of worried parents gather outside Tumbler Ridge Secondary School as RCMP investigate inside. The students were soon sent to the nearby community centre to shelter in place there. And RCMP take up position outside a home on Fellers, where two additional bodies were found.

A message from Trent Ernst, the only reporter who lives in Tumbler Ridge

A salmon-coloured building in a town square with a big, blue sky beyond.

Tumber Ridge is not just idyllic but resilient.

It has seen mines open and close and reopen. It has embraced wind energy, made unprecedented dinosaur discoveries, hosts epic adventures and reinvented itself through tourism.

Thinking of everyone there as the town faces the unimaginable days ahead.

Got back from rink to see the news. Terrible. Lillooet is the size of Tumblr Ridge. You do not know everybody in town. But if your kid goes to school, they know every kid within two or three grades of them very well. Every year, the same kids are in class with each other. Can't imagine the pain.

Trans people didn’t ask to get pulled into any of this | Xtra Magazine Charlie Kirk’s murder is the latest event in which trans people have suddenly, inexplicably, become main characters

Disgusted by the level of anti-trans misinformation already spreading about the shooting in Tumbler Ridge.

I wrote about it after Charlie Kirk in September, and I hate that I’m probably going to have to write about it tomorrow

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no u :D

The Tyee Is Recruiting Our Next Editor-in-Chief | The Tyee Founding editor David Beers is passing the baton to a new leader. Is it you?

We're hiring a new editor-in-chief @thetyee.ca! Come be our new boss: thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...

man I’m sorry to be all corny here but when I see a “the city is beautiful! There’s more to it than homeless people!” I gotta say you know who’s also beautiful? People who have no place to live & are trying to get by in a system that has turned its back on them & if you don’t see that that’s on you

After a Tyee Report, BC Cancer Will Treat Francisco Barahona | The Tyee He had been denied health care after 15 years in Canada. And still faces deportation Wednesday.

Amazing work @michellegamage.bsky.social 💪https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/02/06/After-Tyee-Report-BC-Cancer-Will-Treat-Francisco-Barahona/

a cartoon of snoopy holding a pair of scissors and a red can Alt: Snoopy cuts red paper into a heart-shaped card and shows Charlie and Sally Brown.

Weekender editor @jackie-wong.bsky.social is inviting Tyee readers to share their stories of love in all forms for Valentine’s Day. 💌🍫

Whether friendship, romance, grief or animal companionship, send your submission (200 words max) to jwong@thetyee.ca by Monday, Feb. 9.

Smashing Barriers to Health Care for Black Seniors | The Tyee The system wasn’t designed with Black people in mind. Elvenia Gray-Sandiford has a plan to change that. A Tyee Q&A.

Many Black seniors are hesitant to “rock the boat” due to fear they’ll be punished, said community development practitioner Elvenia Gray-Sandiford.

But their experiences aren’t measured, and, without data, things won’t change.

Gray-Sandiford’s got a plan to tackle that.

Hopefully Francisco’s lawyer can delay his deportation long enough for the health industry to be shamed into providing care, or he gets MSP coverage. He can pay out of pocket for care but it’s $$$. Here’s a fundraiser going to help cover his medical/ legal/ rent for a bit
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Fighting Cancer, Facing Deportation and Denied Health Care | The Tyee Francisco Barahona is one of many people denied treatment when they can’t get MSP coverage.

"Canada is characterized as a humanitarian place. But I feel alone, like there’s cold water on my back.”

Thanks @michellegamage.bsky.social for this excellent and humane reporting in @thetyee.ca today. thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

Canadian Companies Must Cut Ties with ICE, Say Protesters | The Tyee One BC firm backed down when faced with a consumer boycott. Advocates call for more action.

"'I spent six years of my blood, sweat and tears trying to get Hootsuite to where it is, but there’s a level of pissed off and a level of betrayal, but also a level of ‘Of course it had to be this way.’” @jenstden.bsky.social on the weekend's ICE protesters in @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...

‘The Woodchipper’ Cuts Deep | The Tyee Graphic novelist Joe Ollmann sends the short story to new heights.

The stories in “The Woodchipper” are stand-alone wonders. They offer a reassessment of the short story form, writes @dorothywoodend.bsky.social.