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Canadian news media could ironically owe millions to Google and Meta instead of the other way around under the Online News Act regulations proposed by Ottawa late last week. Tech news website The Logic cited an unnamed government official as confirming that the platforms could get credit for the traffic they send to news media websites in any deals made with them.

‘The most effective advocacy I do is to be seen as a person with a disability and a sexual person simultaneously,’ she says.

Ottawa said on Friday that Google and Facebook must together contribute around $230-million to Canada’s news industry to be exempt from intervention by the broadcasting regulator

Mike DiPietro’s photo project captures familiar seasons of life. Part of the appeal: they feel just out of reach.

Will a new law forcing tech platforms to negotiate with media outlets help or hurt the news industry and ordinary Canadians trying to stay informed?

The CBC has asked Meta to reconsider its news band in Canadian communities impacted by wildfires. 

For two decades, The Tyee has covered the rising fire threat and solutions. A dozen key stories to skim, study, share.

Typefaces express sovereignty. Here’s how Musqueam found just the right type for its language.

Facebook has turned off the news, to the detriment of public safety. Should social media sites that benefit from news coverage help pay for it?

Canadian news publishers haven't given up hope that Meta will lift a ban on Canadian news, but in the meantime, they're scrambling to draw to bring audiences directly to them.