There’s a lot going on at the annual Indian Summer Festival in Vancouver, which opens today. Dance? Check. Music? Yes! There’s also comedy, food, panel discussions, storytelling and, of course, more than a few parties. Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes for the Weekender. Published July 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/07/04/Powerful-Art-Insurgent-Solidarity/

“As a gay man of a certain age, English Bay Swim Club provides me with an alternative to the bars and those depressing dating apps.” Tony Correia writes for the Weekender. Tony is a proud gay man living in Vancouver’s West End. Published July 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/07/04/Swim-Club-Worth-Fighting-For/

Vancouver’s Powell Street Festival returns Saturday, Aug. 2 to transform the Downtown Eastside into a dynamic celebration of Japanese Canadian arts and culture. By the Powell Street Festival Society. This article is part of a Tyee Presents initiative. Tyee Presents is the special sponsored content section within The Tyee where we highlight contests, events and other initiatives that are put on either by us or by our select partners. Published July 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2025/07/04/Powell-Street-Festival/

“I was seven years old and far too young to see ‘Jaws.’ I was still completely obsessed with it.” Dorothy Woodend, Tyee culture editor, writes for the Weekender. Published July 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/07/04/Jaws-Turns-50/

Ever since the current leadership of the United Conservative Party opted to lend its credibility to Alberta’s hitherto marginalized separatist movement, the creation of a pro-Canadian conservative party in this province was probably inevitable. David J. Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published July 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/04/Revived-Progressive-Conservative-Party-Nightmare-Smith/

For more than a decade, Handydart riders, drivers and other advocates have asked TransLink to stop contracting out to private companies and bring the service fully in-house. Instead, the TransLink board has extended its contract with private company Transdev Canada by 18 months, said one organizer. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published July 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/04/Some-HandyDart-Riders-Wanted-Change/

“Better-adjusted people would have spent Canada Day going camping or floating on a river. Instead, I rented a Nissan Sentra, slapped on a cowboy hat and drove down to Mirror, Alberta, for a separatist rally that checked all my boxes for weird, far-right esoterica.” Jeremy Appel writes. Jeremy is an Edmonton-based independent journalist who writes the Orchard on Substack, where this article originally appeared. Published July 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025/07/04/My-Strange-Canada-Day-Alberta-Separatists/

Not long ago, comparing a contemporary politician to Adolf Hitler immediately marked one as an unserious crackpot. In the Trump 2.0 era, such comparisons have become almost commonplace. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published July 4, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/07/04/Back-Fuhrer/

“Workers in every sector — even in the platform economy — can organize and win. These drivers are setting a national precedent.” Uber drivers in Greater Victoria have become the first workers for a ride-hailing app to unionize in Canada. Isaac Phan Nay reports. Isaac reports on labour for The Tyee. Published July 4, 2025.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/03/Victoria-Uber-Drivers-Unionize/

The B.C. government has launched its promised review of CleanBC, the province’s “road map” for reducing carbon emissions, and it is asking the public to weigh in by the end of this month. Amanda Follett Hosgood reports. Amanda reports on northern B.C. for The Tyee. Published July 3, 2025. https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/07/03/BC-Seeks-Comments-Faltering-CleanBC/