New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani will execute his radical socialist plan by sending city residents to collective farms. Katy Perry will announce she has returned to space, not via rocketry, but on the wings of love. And other predictions. @steveburgess53.bsky.social advises. #canpoli #uspoli

WE DID IT! 🌟 By deadline, we received a whopping 911 new recurring contributions. More than 1,600 readers chose to support us through one-time contributions. And, more are *still* trickling in. That’s nothing short of incredible. Thank you for helping us fight disinformation this year. 🗞️

Grateful to receive the Jack Webster Award for 2025 for Indigenous Journalism. Thanks to the @thetyee.ca for publishing me. And all who watch my Reels. #cdnpoli

Thanks to the @thetyee.ca and @crof.bsky.social for this piece. I've been off work due to long COVID for a year this January, and it's heartening to see the realities of the ongoing pandemic reflected in local media. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

“The people of this province need leaders who are willing face hard truths, not exploit them for political gain.” A rebuttal to the BC Conservative leader’s Vancouver Sun op-ed. @adampolsen.bsky.social writes. #bcpoli

“My body was at war with me for no reason.” The province doesn’t fund nearly enough of these small electrical devices that interrupt pain signals before they reach the brain, say experts. @michellegamage.bsky.social reports.

So, the president who falls asleep in cabinet meetings has now invaded a sovereign nation and abducted its leader and his wife to face “justice” in the U.S. It’s official, writes Michael Harris. America has its first rogue president. #uspoli

BC Green Leader @emilylowan.bsky.social says the party needs to work “on building power with working people, renters and young people across B.C.” Andrew MacLeod reports. #bcpoli

Sunrise is not the sort of place you visit with a grocery list. Rather, you show up with bags, check the wheel of deals and plan your meals accordingly. 🥬

Classic New Year’s resolutions are fine. But could this be the year where we invite something even more radical into our lives? @dorothywoodend.bsky.social writes. 🗓️

It’s been just over a year since we launched the Weekender, The Tyee’s weekend magazine for art, life and ideas. Now we present to you the 12 best-read Weekender stories. 💫☕️👓

Told in a triptych divided into chapters set in New Jersey, Dublin and Paris, each story concerns the relationships between adult children, their somewhat distant parents and each other.

In his first week as Conservative Party of BC interim leader, Trevor Halford travelled to Ottawa to meet with federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. When asked why he didn’t also meet with Liberal leader and Prime Minister Mark Carney, Halford responded, “Yeah, good question.” #canpoli

In 1897, Sandon was a Kootenay boom town. Seventy years later, its colourful past inspired a teenage Hal Wright to try to preserve its legacy. Greg Nesteroff writes.

Last year on this date, @crof.bsky.social published a Tyee article about the fifth anniversary of the first public announcement of #COVID19. ”My conclusions then were that we hadn’t learned much from the experience. ”A year later, many of us have unlearned the value of vaccination.” 🦠

Michael Harris: Only fools presume to answer this query, but hey, I’ve been called worse things. Get out a big bowl to hold all the crow I might have to eat, and let’s go. #canpoli #uspoli

We did it!!! 🥳🗞️ We’ve welcomed more than 750 new recurring contributions to our independent journalism — thanks to *you*! 🌟 If you’ve been thinking of signing up for a monthly or annual contribution to our journalism, now is the perfect time.

Keep it real by fighting disinformation every day. That is The Tyee’s mission statement for 2026. And it comes with a new initiative we’re eager to tell you about: The Tyee’s Reality Check Project. 🤖🔥🧵 (1/6) #CdnMedia

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We’re more than halfway there! 🤩☄️ Tyee Builders contribute the largest part of our budget and enable us to ensure our independence to report hard facts while others shrink or shut down. Will you become a Tyee Builder today and help us fight disinformation? support.thetyee.ca?utm_source=b...

My review of @phillipspobrien.bsky.social's excellent new book: Why 'War and Power' Is Oddly Cheering via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Up today at The Tyee: Excerpt #3 from my @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social book, "Cheapskate in Lotusland:" The Virtuous Cycle via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Who wins wars? This might be a good New Years read. “… a strong economy, a united society, advanced technology and a functional political system — plus good allies — has at least the potential to win a war.”

This is a fascinating article that looks at how wars are won or lost from a different perspective.

"We are also wildly behind when it comes to preventing people from sliding into homelessness, which then often leads to addiction and mental health issues."

Just donated to @thetyee.ca. You should too :) The Tyee is independent, non-profit, Canadian journalism. We need more of that. And the cool hat doesn't hurt, either.

Thanks to @thetyee.ca's readers for making my look at Neil Young's first recording (a 45 rpm by The Squires) the No. 2 most read article of the year. (And thanks to The Tyee's editors, as always, for taking a shot on a story.) thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

I had one of The Tyee's top 5 most-read stories this year. From back in February: I Dared Defend Canada on X. The Response Was Chilling via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

In B.C., readers gravitated toward ostriches, a sockeye salmon return and the mess left behind by a Port Alice pulp mill. Outside of our province, readers were most interested in the antics of Danielle Smith and Pierre Poilievre. @akkabah.bsky.social’s got our best-read stories. #CdnMedia

“I guess one of the big takeaways from this year is that things aren’t going to settle down.” Premier David Eby sits down with The Tyee in his wood-panelled legislature office to talk tariffs, deficits and the challenges of delivering on election promises. Andrew MacLeod interviews. #bcpoli

The U.S. might be a full-spectrum power, but almost any all-out war it gets into would be its undoing. @crof.bsky.social writes. 🪖

@steveburgess53.bsky.social: I salute those who faithfully keep to their gym routine. But a bicycle needs no schedule, nor any great act of willpower. 🚲

Dorothy Woodend: Strap in and hold on, my loves. This film is a rocket ride from start to finish. Even if Marty Mauser is a terrible human, he does have one superpower: the ability to hit small balls over a net. 🏓

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From late summer to fall, the grizzly and black bears of British Columbia’s Central Coast embark on an epic grub crawl, moving from stream to stream to feast on spawning salmon.

“It took me longer. My overtired brain replayed previous misgivings. Why did we have to fly now, at the peak of the season, rather than spring, as I’d suggested?” 🎄✈️

In The Tyee’s 22-year history, we’ve lived many lives. Once a private company, it became obvious we’re better suited as a non-profit. Now, with our #RJO status, it’s all the easier to consider becoming a Tyee Builder. #CdnMedia support.thetyee.ca?utm_source=b...

At the same moment Canada began to turn its attention to the importance of human rights postwar, it contemplated a brazen rights violation at home of enormous scale and cruelty. Canadian history has mostly forgotten about the exile of Japanese Canadians. Jordan Stanger-Ross and Eric Adams write.

Lorne Fitch: The mine is owned by Northback Holdings Corp., part of Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart’s business empire. Rinehart knows well the time-tested technique of, “Heads you win, tails we flip again,” for keeping her dream of a mine alive. #abpoli

“For all its rough edges, the festive season in Surrey was nothing short of magical. “I have warm memories of sitting on the orange shag carpet in my pyjamas, staring at the beauty of our fake pine tree from Sears. “Under it sprouted a ziggurat of gifts wrapped in last year’s crinkled paper.” 🎁

The perception is that involuntary care will sweep the streets clean, getting people into treatment and rebuilding contributing members of society. The reality is that people are likely to be disappointed as we get a classic example of overpromise and underdeliver. Shane Mills writes. #vanpoli

In The Tyee’s 22-year history, we’ve lived many lives. Once a private company, it became obvious we’re better suited as a non-profit. Now, with our #RJO status, it’s all the easier to consider becoming a Tyee Builder. #CdnMedia support.thetyee.ca?utm_source=b...

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This is fantastic. There's a Canadian company that's recycling used chopsticks. @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/20...

NEW: A barge hit an island on B.C.'s north coast last week, taking a large tree with it. The barge is owned by the same company as one that took on water and needed rescuing in November. @amandafollett.bsky.social in @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

This was the article that finally pushed me to join @thetyee.ca Builders. Independent media outlets need community support. Love you forever, sis.

Every child in B.C. has the right to an education. But without adequate support for kids w/ disabilities & diverse abilities, & adequate training for educators to deliver an inclusive education, that right is at risk for all kids. My @thetyee.ca piece today thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...

As some of you may know, I left @fvcurrent.bsky.social last June — but I didn’t abandon journalism! My first freelance article for @thetyee.ca was published today, and you can check it out below.

When the Edmonton Aboriginal Seniors Centre was approached to help design a new Edmonton Transit Service bus wrap, the idea quickly evolved into something far more meaningful than an art project. 🚌 Chevi Rabbit writes.

Blending remarkable performances from its ensemble cast with Jim Jarmusch’s wry observations of everyday life, the iconic indie director’s latest serves as a timely reminder that you can choose your friends and your lovers, but you can’t choose your family. #TyeePresents #Sponsored