As 2024 runs out the clock, Tyee staff writers take stock of the work they authored this year that meant the most to them. These are stories born of skilled investigation, that offered a path forward, that reminded us what it means to be human. By Tyee Staff. Published Dec. 27, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/27/Our-Favourite-Tyee-Stories-2024/

“Things couldn’t go on like they were, and so, I decided to change my home.” Lareina Abbott on setting off for Spain. ✈️🇪🇸 Lareina pens Métis-themed speculative fiction and memoir with a tie to the spiritual and natural world, and to ancestry. Published Dec. 26, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/26/Winter-I-Left-Home-Learned-Live-Again/

Did you really think you were going to escape this vile and fetid year without being dragged, kicking and screaming, through a charming retrospective? We present: the Official Steve Burgess Guide to 2024. Steve Burgess writes. Steve writes about politics and culture for The Tyee. Published Dec. 26, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/12/26/Steve-Burgess-Guide-2024-A-E/

“What you did, it changed my life.” A chance encounter while working as a security guard brought author Michael McLean back in touch with the man whose unexpected Christmas gift left a permanent impression on him. Michael is a storyteller who finds inspiration in the unpredictable journey of life. Published Dec. 25, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/25/Miracle-Guildford-Mall/

“I found shelter at Cookups during some of the most stressful, impoverished and exciting moments in my 20s. [The community helped] remind me what humanity is.” Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Dec. 24, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/24/Thursday-Night-Cookups/

The Tyee has compiled a list of seven diseases that used to be commonplace but, thanks to vaccines, are mostly out of sight, out of mind in Canada. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Dec. 24, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/24/Why-We-Vaccinate/

Bankrupt B.C.? As costs and damage rise, the government needs to focus on prevention and learn from First Nations. Authors: Bob Gray is a fire ecologist and Calvin Sandborn, KC, is a former environmental lawyer and law professor. Published Dec. 24, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/12/24/BC-Wildfire-Failures/

Thousands of patients and health-care workers were infected during COVID-19 outbreaks in acute care facilities in Alberta this year, raising questions about why more isn’t being done to prevent in-hospital transmission. Brett McKay reports. Brett is a journalist based in Edmonton. Published Dec. 24, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/24/COVID-Alberta-Acute-Care-Centres/

“I think maybe that’s what the deer and you have been trying to tell me for the past year and half: that after the mourning, comes new life.” A mother’s letter to her son, who died of an overdose. An excerpt from “Upon a Midnight Clear.” By Jane Harris. Jane is a Canadian poet, essayist and author. Published Dec. 24, 2024.

https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2024/12/24/Our-Book-Days/

B.C. has quashed a controversial bill limiting public drug use. It’s only a small victory, because the province found another way to introduce policies included in the legislation, advocates say. Michelle Gamage reports. Michelle reports on health for The Tyee. Published Dec. 23, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/23/Controversial-Bill-Limiting-Public-Drug-Use-Quashed/