Congrats for hanging in there. Steve Burgess's final part to his painful review of 2024. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Dec. 31, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/12/31/Steve-Burgess-Guide-2024-R-Z/

Time has blunted our awareness of the impact of AIDS. It’s too easy to forget. When the first cases of AIDS emerged in 1981, homosexuality had been legal in Canada for just 12 years. Charles Campbell on why we must recall the spirit of Joe Average. Charles has worked as a writer and editor with the Georgia Straight, the Vancouver Sun and The Tyee. Published Dec. 31, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/31/Kindness-Love-Beauty-Joe-Average/

“How our country should respond to a revived threat to our sovereignty is now the ballot question.” Christopher Holcroft writes. Christopher is a writer and principal of Empower Consulting. Published Dec. 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/12/30/Protecting-Canada-US-Oligarchs/

Dominic Miller, the celebrated guitarist known for his three-decade collaboration with Sting, is set to grace stages across Western Canada for the first time. Get a discount code for being a Tyee reader. By Sheep Co. Entertainment. 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 Dec. 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Presents/2024/12/30/Dominic-Miller-Will-Infuse-Your-Heart/

Is reliving 2024 healing? Maybe. Part three of Steve Burgess's official guide to the year. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Dec. 30, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/12/30/Steve-Burgess-Guide-2024-I-Q/

Outlawed and thirsty: A new book chronicles the generational search for the perfect pint and the story of a city in flux. Inside Vancouver’s craft beer booms with Christopher Cheung. Christopher reports on urban issues for The Tyee. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/27/Outlawed-Thirsty-Vancouver-Craft-Beer-Booms/

The Tyee caught up with Elee Kraljii Gardiner, Vancouver’s new poet laureate, and Fiona Tinwei Lam, predecessor, in the last days before the holiday break to talk poetry, the city and why it’s crucial to make space for communities to connect through art. Jackie Wong interviews. Jackie is a senior editor at The Tyee. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/27/Sample-Magic-Poetry-Merged-Sound-Video/

The Oxford English Dictionary declared “brain rot” to be the word of 2024. It’s both the symptom and solution to a need to escape from the darkness of the real world. Xtra Magazine senior editor Mel Woods writes. Mel is an award-winning Vancouver-based writer, editor and content creator. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/27/Why-2024-Year-Brain-Rot/

To be frank, 2024 was a bit much! Will 2025 offer more of the same, or something substantially different? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. But at least we had movies. Doroty Woodend writes. Dorothy is The Tyee's culture editor. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/27/Seven-Stellar-Films-2024/

We’re almost through 2024. Why should you be forced to sit through it again? Because you secretly crave punishment. Part 2 of our Tyee review of the year. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/12/27/Steve-Burgess-Guide-2024-F-H/