Norman Armour: Visionary. Legend. Leader. The founder of PuSh Festival was all these things to the Vancouver arts community and to many outside it, writes Minna Schendlinger. “He was also known as a risk taker. And oh, boy: did he take a risk on me.” Minna was the founding managing director of the PuSh Festival and the founding facility manager of the Post at 750. Published Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/07/For-Arts-Legend-Norman-Armour/

Get Your Drugs Tested has opened a second location a four-minute walk from the Broadway-City Hall SkyTrain station. The free drug checking service allows people to test samples of illicit substances without risk of arrest. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle is The Tyee's health reporter. Published Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/07/New-Drug-Testing-Location/

#UPDATE: Starbucks is threatening to sue a Vancouver barista who says she was fired for trying to unionize the company’s stores.

The coffee giant accuses Frédérique Martineau, 21, and the United Steelworkers union of defamation.

Zak Vescera updates. Zak reports on labour for The Tyee. Published Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/07/Starbucks-Ups-Stakes-War-Words-Union/

Van life, chair repair and one couple’s dream of life on the road. How a rolling RV repair shop brings loving care to treasures and happiness to owners. 🪑 Christopher Cheung reports. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/12/06/Van-Life-Chair-Repair/

Take home seven great reads on reconciliation. One Tyee reader will get a bundle of books to continue their learning journey about colonization and its impacts. By First United. 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 Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2023/12/06/Contest-Seven-Great-Reads-Indigenous-Voices/

Three years after the Old Growth Strategic Review, the province has made three big recent announcements. 🪵 A Tyee explainer from Zoë Yunker. Zoë is a Victoria-based journalist writing about energy and environmental politics. Follow her on X @zoeyunker. Published Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/06/BC-Paradigm-Shift-Forests/

When Phoenix Winter walks past two white apartment buildings on Cambie Street, she thinks of the people she knows who found stability there after being homeless. Although the lights are still on inside, the units are now empty. Jen St. Denis reports. Jen reports on civic issues for The Tyee. Published Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/06/Why-Modular-Housing-Stands-Empty/

It would be a pity if the NDP got sidetracked from its leadership race to a silly fight over a name change. David Climenhaga writes. David is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/05/Last-Thing-Alberta-NDP-Needs-Name-Change/

A new union agreement brings improvements for some Portland Hotel Society peer workers, but leaves most working to save lives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside out in the cold. Zak Vescera explains. Zak is The Tyee's labour reporter. Published Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/12/05/Union-Drive-Backfires-PHS-Peer-Workers/

Polls are like awards. They are essentially meaningless and everybody pays attention to them. Without them, pundits would be forced to talk about issues. And this new poll from Abacus Data is pointless, ridiculous and fascinating. Steve Burgess writes. Steve is The Tyee's in-house political spin doctor. Published Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/12/05/Big-Poll-Numbers-Rustad-Poilievre/