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tyee

(ˈtaɪiː)
n
1. slang US a person of distinction or authority
2. (Animals) another name for Chinook salmon
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Each of these genera occupy areas with other fishes related to, but sometimes distinct from, the Columbia fauna: these faunas have been called the Tyee (Kettratad and Markle 2010) and Chehalis (McPhail 1967) faunas.
- September 5, 2019) - AMP German Cannabis Group (CSE: XCX) (FSE: C4T) is one of the latest new listings on the Canadian Securities Exchange, having previously traded on the TSX Venture Exchange as Chinook Tyee Industry Ltd.
Investment finance company Chinook Tyee Industry Limited (TSXV: XCX), with two European subsidiaries, AMP Alternative Medical Products GmbH, based in Germany and Malta-based Mercury Partners & Company, has announced an update on is investment assets, the company said.
(3) Jesse Donaldson, "Remembering Vancouver's First Race Riot," The Tyee, March 1, 2013.
Entiat River valley was the priority for the crews Monday while they remained active on the South of Tyee Creek, Stormy Creek and Potato Creek. 
Kasama - featuring Tyee Wright (vocals), Andrew McCulloch (lead guitar), Adam Kherbouch (rhythm guitar), Scott Christie (bass guitar) and Tom Pearsall (drums) - will release 'Noisy Neighbours' through local label Smart Indie Records.
Address: Gulf Road, Tyee Drive and Peltier Drive, Point Roberts
He puts his faith in widely held perceptions of fairness doing some of the heavy lifting in moving to reform, as he indicated in a September interview with the Tyee. (3) Given experience here and elsewhere, It is hard not to see the government as Pollyanna-ish when it comes to understanding what it takes to get electoral reform done.
I subscribe to as many or more noteworthy independent new outlets on the web, like Canadaland, The Tyee, APTN, and the National Observer, to name just a few.