Santa has blessed us undeserving humans with not one, not two but three heaping helpings of Godzilla, the cinematic lizard king who first appeared on the silver screen in 1954. What can he teach us as we close out 2023, ponders Dorothy Woodend? 🦎👑 Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/15/Godzilla-We-Deserve/

On the northern Sunshine Coast, a popular lake preserves the remnants of early settler history.

andrea bennett, Tyee senior editor, unravels the history behind this series of evenly spaced, cylindrical wooden poles jutting out of the clear, calm Haslam Lake. 🪵🌊 Published Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/15/Case-Ghostly-Trestle/

Four years ago this month, doctors in Wuhan were dealing with an unknown pneumonia. Within a few months it would lock the world into a pandemic that continues to kill millions. Our system is battered. Here's a modest start at repairing it, writes Crawford Kilian. Crawford is a Tyee contributing editor. Published Friday, Dec. 15, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/12/15/Want-Family-Doctor-Back-Transform/

“The worst feeling in the world”: Trade unionists have a golden rule: never cross a picket line. But last month, Colleen Lopez-Anhofer didn’t have a choice. Supporting her husband and his co-workers in the morning, by afternoon she was doing their jobs. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/14/Locked-Out-Wife-Forced-Cross-Picket-Line/

In January, the Vancouver Police Department will begin its six-month pilot project of deploying body-worn cameras. But it's already committed to adopting them by 2025 — making the pilot seem rather pointless. Six questions to ask during today's town hall. Christopher J. Schneider and Erick Laming write. Christopher is a professor of sociology at Brandon University and the author of Policing and Social Media: Social Control in an Era of New Media (Lexington Books, 2016). Erick is an assistant professor in criminology and sociology at Trent University. Published Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/12/14/Vancouver-Police-Body-Worn-Cameras/

At 2024’s PuSh Festival, immerse yourself in boundary-pushing, risk-taking works that present personal accounts of resistance and radical acts of vulnerability. Win your tickets plus a Modo gift card! By PuSh Festival. 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 either put on by us or by our select partners. Published Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/12/14/Contest-PuSh-Festival/

William Bernier didn’t know he was taking xylazine. He felt a sudden powerful rush and before he knew it, passed out. The tranquillizer, not designed for human use, is being added to B.C.’s unregulated supply. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/13/Drug-Users-Advocates-Warning-Xylazine/

Non-profits are positive, right? Or, at the very least, neutral? But in the realm of housing, health and social service, what researchers call the “non-profit industrial complex” is structured in ways that can work against their altruistic aims. Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/13/Too-Many-Non-Profits-Too-Many-Problems/

Ken Sim wants to kill the elected park board. But the commissioners aren’t going quietly. Jen St. Denis, our civic issues reporter, reports. Published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/13/Vancouver-Park-Board-Not-Dead-Yet/

Before he became a statistic, Dan Alder was a hockey player, a mechanic, a brother, a busybody and a man who had raced motorcycles down mud roads and felled trees in Haida Gwaii. To his daughter, Shauna, he was also a cheerleader. Zak Vescera reports. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/13/Dan-Alder-Family-Wants-Answers/