MONDAY HEADLINES 30 MARCH 2020

Tiny Virus, Big Picture The Tyee asked 13 thinkers how the pandemic will change Canada and the world. It could get radical. By Geoff Dembicki. Friday, March 27, 2020.

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When Care Is a Matter of Life and Death Agencies caring for the most vulnerable people with disabilities are scrambling to keep clients safe. By Katie Hyslop. Monday, March 30, 2020. Working in a Pandemic: Stories of Anxiety, Uncertainty, Poverty and Kindness We asked readers to share their experiences as COVID-19 hit. Here’s a sample. By Tyee readers. Monday, March 30, 2020. Here’s Some Comfort Cinema for You A bunch of films folks at The Tyee will be revisiting to feel a little better. By Dorothy Woodend. Friday, March 27, 2020. On BC's Coast, Indigenous Communities Are Locking Down ‘We see it coming across the way, and that’s why we’re taking action.’ By Ian Gill. Monday, March 30, 2020. How to Salvage BC’s School Year Using Digital Learning We’ll need fast training with good tools. As an online teacher, here are my suggestions. By Nick Smith. Monday, March 30, 2020. Laughing Alone: An Exchange Decades apart in age, two friends chat back and forth about reasons to smile in isolating times. By Emma Cooper and By Crawford Kilian. Friday, March 27, 2020. Is it Time to Invoke the Federal Emergencies Act? Greens’ Elizabeth May says yes as civil liberties advocates warn against sweeping police powers at provincial level. By Christopher Guly. Friday, March 27, 2020. COVID-19 Will Stretch, But Not Break, BC’s Health System Distancing and other measures are likely to keep demand to manageable levels, government models show. By Moira Wyton. Friday, March 27, 2020. The Long Road to This Winter of Protests Over a decade ago, a network of land defenders envisioned how direct action, backed by non-Indigenous support, could transform Canada. Now it’s close to happening. By Martin Lukacs. Friday, March 27, 2020. How the COVID-19 Crisis Is Hurting Sex Workers Pandemic means fewer clients, greater risks, and it’s hard to get benefits available to other workers. By Moira Wyton. Friday, March 27, 2020. Coronavirus Curated: Top Links for March 27 Ten recommendations from the The Tyee team, who wish you a good weekend. By Tyee Staff. Friday, March 27, 2020. Supplying Safe Drugs to Users in Downtown Eastside Gets Green Light The program and new shelters are among measures to combat COVID-19 spread in neighbourhood. By Christopher Cheung. Thursday, March 26, 2020. Coronavirus Curated: Top Links for March 26 Ten informative reads on the pandemic, gathered for you by The Tyee team. By Tyee Staff. Thursday, March 26, 2020. In Nerds We Trust Family and friends turn to science communicators like me to make sense of a pandemic. Here’s what I learned about handling good and bad info in a crisis. By Josh Silberg. Thursday, March 26, 2020. She Plots the Possible Arcs of the Pandemic ‘Don't lose heart,’ says SFU mathematician Caroline Colijn. Social distancing needs time to work. By Steve Burgess. Thursday, March 26, 2020. Home Care Is Supposed to Help. In a Pandemic It May Hurt The sector’s problems raise fears home-care workers will spread COVID-19 among seniors. By Andrew MacLeod. Thursday, March 26, 2020. Why BC’s Big Capital Budget May Be Ideal in a Pandemic Economy And a short history of how ideas about spending in crises have changed. By Will McMartin. Thursday, March 26, 2020. Can Empathy Help Beat a Pandemic? UBC researchers plan to track the attitudes of thousands around the world to understand our response to COVID-19. By Moira Wyton. Thursday, March 26, 2020. What Should We Do with These Super Spreader Bozos? Please advise! Even some rocks for brains doctors don’t seem to get it. By Steve Burgess. Thursday, March 26, 2020. Eviction Ban, $500 Monthly for Renters in BC’s Pandemic Housing Plan Program also bars rent increases, but no measures to help homeowners. By Andrew MacLeod. Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Test, Lockdown, Test: Prescription for Small and Island Communities We must learn from how one Italian town appears to have halted the coronavirus. By Andrew Nikiforuk. Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Coronavirus Curated: Top Links for March 25 Ten informative reads on the pandemic, gathered for you by The Tyee team. By Tyee Staff. Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The Film of the Moment is ‘Bacurau’ The Brazilian tale eviscerates injustice while celebrating coming together. Pandemic perfection. By Dorothy Woodend. Wednesday, March 25, 2020. The Virus Is Causing a Rethink of Big Academic Conferences Virtual tools make it seem (if not dumb) less crucial to fly and meet all over the world. By Missy Johnson. Wednesday, March 25, 2020. China and Pandemics: Send Questions for a Video Talk with a UBC Expert Salt Spring Forum will record a discussion with historian Timothy Brook to be shared on The Tyee. By Tyee Staff. Wednesday, March 25, 2020. Crisis Lines Are Humming but Hampered Helpline calls are up. But as programs close, the support to connect people with is limited. By Moira Wyton. Wednesday, March 25, 2020. COVID-19: Straight from the Science Journals A roundup of new pandemic-related findings by our partner Hakai Magazine. By Brian Owens. Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Coronavirus Curated: Top Links for March 24 The latest and best of the web on the pandemic, gathered for you by The Tyee team. By Tyee Staff. Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Drugs Were Already Poisoned. Now COVID-19 Adds a New Threat Drug users, support services face crisis in Downtown Eastside. By Christopher Cheung. Tuesday, March 24, 2020. ‘I’m Really Scared’ Scenes from the Downtown Eastside in a time of pandemic. By Jesse Winter. Tuesday, March 24, 2020. Five Things to Know about Life with Closed Schools The government says learning will continue. But how is still a question mark. By Katie Hyslop. Tuesday, March 24, 2020. As We Cling to the Internet, Are We Feeding a Monster? ‘The Internet of Everything’ director on the good and bad of tech in a pandemic. By Dorothy Woodend. Tuesday, March 24, 2020. BC’s Work Camps Stay Open Despite Pandemic Risks Workers spreading virus could swamp health system, say experts. ‘Tool down’ megaprojects, urges labour. By Amanda Follett Hosgood. Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The Lives and Deaths Debate about Handling the Pandemic Various nations are running different experiments about what to do. Who is right? By Andrew Nikiforuk. Monday, March 23, 2020. Four Reasons to Keep Allowing Refugees into Canada Why shutting out asylum seekers is wrong and won’t make us safer. By Paula Ethans. Monday, March 23, 2020. BC Announces $5-Billion ‘First Step’ to Ease Impact of Crisis Cash for workers, deferred taxes, money for health care and services. By Andrew MacLeod. Monday, March 23, 2020. Coronavirus Curated: Top Links for March 23 Informative and inspiring reads gathered for you by The Tyee team. By Tyee Staff. Monday, March 23, 2020.