Sip coffee and heal? The Kettle Society’s Recovery Café wants to be just one more option in the many pathways of recovery, says manager Damian Murphy.

Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter.

Published on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/08/Vancouver-Recovery-Cafe-Oasis-Desert/

During the Nov. 4 windstorm, downed trees caused over 300,000 homes to lose power in southwestern B.C. But don’t blame the trees. On fostering a safe and sustainable urban forest.

Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.

Published on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Solutions/2022/12/08/We-Love-City-Trees-Until-They-Land-On-Us/

Books offer comfort or a challenge; a moment of escape, or an opportunity for reflection about the world and our places in it. We have your gift list covered.

Published on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/08/Novel-Ideas-Holiday-Giving/

“It’s a commitment to ensuring cultural safety is upheld”: A new standard, which allows B.C. to accredit health-care facilities and workers based on how safe they are for Indigenous people, is the first of its kind in Canada.

Moira Wyton is The Tyee’s health reporter.

Published on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/08/New-Tool-To-End-Racism-Against-Indigenous-Patients/

Fresh faces join veterans as Premier David Eby sets priorities.

By Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find him on Twitter or reach him at [email protected].

Link to the story, published on Dec 7th, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/07/New-Cabinet-Steering-BC/

The ex-BC Federation of Labour head on boxing, politics and working with an NDP government.

By Zak Vescera who is The Tyee’s labour reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

Link to the story, published Dec. 7th, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/07/Mellowing-Laird-Cronk/

B.C.‘s whistleblower protection law expands to 39 government orgs — including BC Housing — one week after The Tyee’s report of its employees’ concerns that former CEO Shayne Ramsay had broken a conflict of interest protocol.

Jen St. Denis is a reporter with The Tyee covering civic issues. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.

Link to the story, published Dec. 7th, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/07/Whistleblower-Protection-For-Crown-Corps/

Bill 1, which would give Premier Danielle Smith the power to bypass the Alberta legislature unilaterally, is not exactly strike one. Our spin doc Steve Burgess ponders the powers of the nearly queen of Alberta.

By Steve Burgess who writes about politics and culture for The Tyee.

Link to the story, published on Dec. 7th, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2022/12/07/Danielle-Smith-As-Queen/

Anne Cameron died on Nov. 30. We republish Ben Mussett’s profile of the esteemed, non-word-mincing author in her Tahsis home.

Ben Mussett is a B.C.-born journalist now living in Toronto. His reporting has appeared in the Globe and Mail, CBC News, Vice and the Capital Daily.

Link to the story, published on Dec. 7th, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/07/Visit-Anne-Cameron-In-Tahsis/

After her sister died, a then-11-year-old Nan Goldin retreated into near-muteness.

She bounced between foster homes and schools before landing at a school where she’d find her people, become an artist and eventually activist.

Dorothy Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor.

Published Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/12/06/Nan-Goldin-Art-Icon-Big-Pharma-Knees/