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If Dr. Andrew A. Pieper and his colleagues succeed in preventing and reversing Alzheimer’s in humans, they will change social attitudes towards old age. Crawford Kilian interviews. 🧠

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A Glimpse of Hope That Alzheimer’s Can Be Reversed | The Tyee

A major study suggests a stunning advance in preventing dementia and even restoring memory. A Tyee interview.

“With the help of Washington, a post-Carney Canada could finally see free and fair elections and the establishment of a secure and prosperous economy integrated with the rest of North America.” 🇺🇸🇨🇦 #canpoli #uspoli [Editor’s note: This is a satirical opinion piece reprinted by The Tyee, originally published in the Halifax Examiner.]

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The Arrest of Mark Carney Will Bring Peace and Prosperity | The Tyee

‘Let freedom ring.’

David J. Climenhaga: Credit where credit is due. U.S. President Donald Trump’s Venezuelan raid and kidnapping have accomplished one important thing: there was hardly a word in the media about the Epstein files most of the day Monday! #uspoli #abpoli

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Will Trump’s Raid Help Smith Get a Pipeline to BC’s Coast? | The Tyee

Probably not. But Alberta’s premier will try to exploit the crisis anyway.

“There is this incredible revisionist history,” said Amy Janzwood, an assistant professor in political science at McGill University. “It’s like, ’We bought #TMX, look how profitable it can be.’ Profitable is not the word we should be using at all.” #canpoli

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Is Trans Mountain’s Profitability an Accounting Illusion? | The Tyee

How the finances of Canada’s government-owned pipeline may look better than they are.

Jared Wesley: Did the premier of Alberta attack the constitutional role of the courts in Canada’s democracy? Yes, she did, and in no uncertain terms. #abpoli

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Danielle Smith’s Dangerous Attack on the Courts | The Tyee

Conservatives helped build Canada’s judicial system, which preserves values true conservatives hold dear.

Sorry, servers of AI. We are a human-powered organization. #CdnMedia #GenerativeAI

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The Tyee Has a New AI Policy | The Tyee

Long story short: We’re mostly taking a pass on the robots.

“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.