The Vancouver Foundation’s Level Youth Policy Program puts a young, Indigenous, racialized and migrant lens on public policy making.

Katie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/07/Youth-Reimagine-Solutions-Housing-Water/

David Eby’s platform includes everything from a crackdown on speculative activity to supports for builders of affordable housing. But the Union of BC Municipalities has a lot of questions. Andrew MacLeod reports.

Andrew MacLeod 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].

Published on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/06/Eby-Housing-Plan-BC-Municipalities/

OneCity wants to build homes faster, expand safe supply, funnel police funds to a Peer Assisted Care Team and more. Kate Helmore explains.

Kate Helmore is a Tula Foundation Immersive Journalism fellow with The Tyee.

Published on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/06/OneCity-Agenda-Vancouver-Council/

As people’s working lives are affected by precarious work, the gig economy, loss of pensions and more, The Tyee’s newest beat is labour. Please welcome the reporter who will be on it for the next six months: Zak Vescera.

Olamide Olaniyan is associate editor at The Tyee. Follow him on Twitter @olapalooza.

Published Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022

https://thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/2022/10/06/Zak-Vescera-Tyee-Labour-Reporter/

Three years before a woman and a 14-year-old were found dead in his SRO room, another woman had died in Van Chung Pham’s room at the Hotel Canada.

Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen.

Published Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/06/No-One-Stopped-SRO-Predator/

The data we have on who uses bike lanes is incomplete at best. So Tim Ford spoke with disabled cyclers across B.C. about what can be done to improve accessibility. They talked infrastructure, signage and assumptions about cyclists’ abilities.

Tim Ford is a mixed-race freelance writer and author based in Victoria.

Published Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/06/If-Bike-Lanes-Worked-Better-Disability-Community/

The mayor once said housing wouldn’t dominate Vancouverites’ conversations anymore because affordable housing would be attainable. Four years later, rent, home prices and homelessness are up.

Jen St. Denis interviews Kennedy Stewart.

Jen St. Denis is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter.

Published Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/04/Kennedy-Stewart-Mayoral-Race/

Housing should cost no more than 30 per cent of a household’s gross income. That’s what Vancouver Green Party city councillor Adriane Carr believes. And other plans her party has for the city. Josh Kozelj explains.

Josh Kozelj is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.

Link to the story published on Oct 5th, 2022: https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/05/Greens-Want-To-Stack-Council/

“This is more than we’ve had in quite a while.” A once-vanished benefit is coming back to bite inflation’s effect on workers. Zak Vescera has the story.

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

Link to the story, published on Oct. 5th, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/10/05/Unions-Winning-Protection-Against-Spiking-Inflation/

“We’re men, we’re both horrible people.” Kenny and Spenny attribute the honesty of their “dysfunctional relationship” for their fame and success. Now reunited after their hit 2000s show ended, they’re hosting a live show that focuses on their lives together.

By Josh Kozelj who is the inaugural Hummingbird Fellow with The Tyee.

Link to the story, published on Oct. 5th, 2022:

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2022/10/05/Kenny-Vs-Spenny-Friends-Again/