From Oct. 17 to 23, join the @VanWritersFest’s 80 events on the state of journalism, reproductive rights and the rise of Indigenous storytelling around the world.

This article is a Tyee Presents piece in partnership with Vancouver Writers Festival.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2022/10/11/Vancouver-Writers-Fest-Returns-Granville-Island/

Canadian literary superstar Ann-Marie MacDonald’s “Fayne” features a Charlotte Bell who is coming of age amidst shifting landscapes in science, medicine, and morphing dynamics between the sexes.

To immerse a reader successfully, she attends to precise details of fashion, architecture, even chairs.

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

Published Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/11/Ann-Marie-MacDonald-Novel/

VIVA’s candidates decry gender and sexuality initiatives and other efforts to make schools more inclusive.

Written by Tegwyn Hughes who is a Victoria-based journalist focusing on health, politics and equity. You can find her on Twitter @tegwynhughes.

Link to the story, published on Oct 11, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/11/Victoria-Right-Wing-Slate/

Whoever is elected in local races like Surrey, Burnaby and Richmond, growing faster than Vancouver itself, will have a ripple effect across Met Van as a whole, from transit to housing to jobs. Chris Cheung on the ones to keep an eye on.

Chris Cheung is The Tyee's city reporter.

Published Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/10/Metro-Vancouver-Spiciest-Local-Elections/

We reached out to trustee candidates with conservative-leaning platforms in Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, Nechako Lakes and Chilliwack to ask about supporting queer and trans students, SOGI 123, police in schools and more.

A Katie Hyslop municipal election explainer.

Katie Hyslop is The Tyee's youth and education reporter.

Published Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/10/Across-BC-Right-Wing-Candidates-Bashing-School-Teachings/

Like three other members of Athabasca University’s board of governors, Sir John Daniel learned he’d been sacked not from Alberta’s Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides, but when he saw the order in council rescinding his appointment.

Charles Rusnell reports. Charles Rusnell is an independent investigative reporter based in Edmonton.

Published Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/10/Putin-Approach-Behind-Firings-Canada-Top-Online-University/

“As a kid, I had no idea that First Nations throughout North America had ceremonies and feasts to celebrate harvests long before contact with Europe.” Vancouver’s poet laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam reflects on gratitude.

Published Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/10/Odes-Thankfulness/

The Vancouver Police Union’s unprecedented endorsement of a party that wants 100 more police officers could give A Better City Vancouver a boost in the polls, says an expert, setting a dangerous precedent for the civic democratic process.

Jen St. Denis and Josh Kozelj write. Jen is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Josh is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.

Published Monday, Oct. 10, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/10/Police-Politics-Not-Good-Mix/

Can Quesnel’s Bob Simpson chart a sustainable future for timber-dependent communities?

Written by Chiara Milford who is a freelance writer based between Vancouver and Stockholm. Find her on Twitter @ChiaraMilfords.

Link to the story, published on Oct 7, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/07/One-Mayor-Trying-to-Reinvent-Forestry-Town/

Appadurai supporter said the deadline to prove he’s not still a Green member is too tight.

Written by Andrew MacLeod who is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018).

Link to the story, published on Oct 7, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/07/Former-Green-Rising-Star-Angry-NDP-Membership-Vetting/