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We welcomed over 550 new recurring Builders, and with one-time contributors, a total 1,454 Tyee readers chose to support independent journalism. It’s truly amazing how our readers continue to show up for us. We don’t take your support for granted. ✨

🎉 Tyee readers, we did it!!! 🎆 You got us to our goal of 500 new Tyee Builders one day early. Thank you! 🥳 If you’ve been thinking of signing up for a monthly or annual contribution to The Tyee’s journalism, now is the perfect time. https://lnkd.in/gCw7hSRd

We zoomed past three-quarters of the way to reaching our goal of 500 new recurring contributors! 💫 Thank you — and welcome! to every one of our new Builders. 👋🏽 There’s still time: Join the momentum here. 👇🏽 https://lnkd.in/gCw7hSRd

“By providing us resources, our Builders are standing up for the survival of public interest journalism. “They are building more than The Tyee. “They are investing in a model that other outlets can emulate to survive the war on journalists.” Become a Tyee Builder today and help us reach our goal of 500 new recurring contributors by Dec. 31. We’re nearly there. 💪

Wow! 🤩 Just one week into our Tyee Builder drive, we’ve passed the halfway point! 💫💫 As tech billionaires undermine journalism, thank you so much to the readers and Builders who are making ours possible. Join us today! https://lnkd.in/gCw7hSRd

There’s a reason these multi-billionaires want us to believe fact-based, well-sourced reporting is dying. 👇🏽 They actually want it dead. ⚰️📰 And they are doing their best to make it happen. As newsrooms shrink and the web fills with fakery, public-interest journalism isn’t dying a natural death. Identifiable forces are opposed to it, because what reporters do gets in the way of their power-seeking agendas. So, yes, a bunch of mega-rich tech bros are at war with journalists. Why are we dropping this grim scenario on you today? Because you, as a regular reader of The Tyee, can be part of the solution. The Tyee isn’t owned by a tycoon, private equity or any political advocacy group. We are an independent, award-winning newsroom of staff journalists paid fair wages for one simple reason. We are member-supported. Some 10,000 “Builders,” as we fondly call our members, contribute whatever is their comfortable amount at a frequency that works for them — either on a monthly, annual or occasional one-time basis. I’m asking you today to join their ranks here. 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/gCw7hSRd We’re kicking off our year-end member drive with a goal of recruiting 500 new recurring Tyee Builders by Dec. 31. We’re putting a special focus on recurring contributions, as they provide a more predictable income by which we can plan and add to our team. We know our success is not what Musk, Zuck and their side want to see. That just gives us more energy to do what we do. Join us. #CdnMedia #IndieJournalism

Five months captive in Istanbul’s airport: A Sudanese refugee called a Vancouver lawyer from Turkey with an incredible plea for help. Was the U.S. secretly calling the shots? Amy Romer reports a migrant’s nightmare. In collaboration with the Global Reporting Centre.

Hard-launch: The Tyee’s first Weekender is here! ☕️👓✨ Every Friday night to Monday morning, you'll see a costume change on TheTyee ca and find all your weekend reads. Why are we shaking things up? We heard from many readers, and people who work in B.C.’s arts community, that something just like the Weekender is needed and would be very much welcomed. 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. Expect to see an exciting range of work as well by all-star Tyee writers like Christopher Cheung, Harrison Mooney, andrea bennett and Crawford Kilian. And we’re looking for new voices to take the Weekender stage. If you’re one of them, please be in touch! First up: We need to talk about Taylor Swift. 🎤 #CdnMedia #Culture #Lifestyle #Arts #Ideas

The 2024 living wage for Metro Vancouver has risen to $27.05 per hour, a 5.3% increase from last year. The significant increase highlights the region’s deepening affordability crisis. How government ought to respond, experts write. #bcpoli #bclab

How did the party that ran British Columbia for 17 years fall apart just weeks before an election? Olamide Olaniyan has the dirt. 🫖 #bcpoli #MakeItMakeSense https://lnkd.in/g2vcs8Ga