Every week from Friday to Sunday night, you've likely noticed The Tyee with a new look and feel. It's our new culture section, the Weekender. Because we're now devoting weekends to showcasing creative ingenuity in Vancouver and across the region.

The Tyee has long run culture stories, but having a place to showcase them puts a new emphasis on the importance of these pieces in our lives, building a meeting place for a diverse and intergenerational audience.

Our hope is that the Weekender will act as a new space for readers to connect with the creative community, and for creatives to connect with our readers.

You can expect to see an exciting range of work by Tyee staff writers as well as new voices taking the Weekender stage. If you'd like to be a part of it, reach out to us with a pitch.

Thanks to our featured sponsor for our Oct. 3 edition: “An Evening with Louise Penny” at the Chan Centre.

Since right-wing firebrand and Trump loyalist Charlie Kirk was shot to death at a Utah university event on Sept. 10, there’s been a crackdown against criticism of his views and legacy — and some dark gaslighting from U.S. President Donald Trump.

In Canada, vigils were held for Kirk in Alberta. Just a few MPs have distanced themselves from a standing ovation for Kirk in the House of Commons. A journalist has been targeted and threatened.

Kirk’s killing, which roundly and rightly drew condemnations of political violence, turned up the heat on an already volatile American scene, testing Christian principles against the rise of Christian nationalism that Kirk helped champion.

From Alaska to California, people are pouring their smarts and hearts into successful enterprises that are low carbon and locally rooted. They’re employing and training, producing and sustaining.

So The Tyee created a whole new section to tell their stories and share best practices for a healthy bioregion. We call it What Works. It’s where you’ll find regular reports on the business of creating what works for a better future.

Interested in this project? Read more about What Works or contact us to be involved.

Labour laws, rights and organizing have changed significantly in the last half century, and even more so since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and the increased intrusion of AI into our lives and work.

Led by Local Journalism Initiative labour reporter Isaac Phan Nay, The Tyee’s coverage of this rapidly transforming world of work has included airline workers, miners, library workers, Amazon warehouse employees, BC Ferries workers, university custodial staff, forestry workers, posties, lab workers, seafarers and gig workers. It’s all a reminder of how much labour undergirds and relates to every facet of our lives.

Read some of our stories from this year on the emerging struggles and questions for labour across B.C. This reporting is supported by our Builder members. You can join them here.