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Prizes go to Chris Cheung, Andrew Nikiforuk and the entire reader-supported publication.

Crisis hit. The Tyee went all out thanks to support by readers like you. We asked what that meant to Andrew.

In just 11 days, over 500 readers signed up to give monthly. Thank you! Now we’re upping the ante.

In response to the report, we got lots of love back from those Tyee Builders. For example: “You are doing a terrific job, and are my first turn-to daily for honest and reliable news and info. Rivka “As someone who is retired from a career in fundraising, your numbers in both fundraising and readership this year blow me away. Great job! I am proud to support you. Vivian” Thanks, Rivka and Vivian! What is a Tyee Builder, you ask? Tyee Builders are readers who contribute to the Tyee’s editorial budget on a monthly or one-time basis. These contributions allow us to pay our talented journa...

Winners to be announced virtually June 9 at a free online event. Just the affirmation that ‘independent news media’ is a recognized sector is exciting to us. The Tyee isn’t exactly new. We’ve been publishing continuously since the fall of 2003 — before Facebook existed — and we’ve received nearly 125 million page views since then. But for the longest time we were a bit of an oddity because of our lack of connection to the big media chains and their ad-driven bottom lines. It felt like we swam nearly alone, with just a few other counterparts across this vast country of ours.