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BYU student turned away from exam for wearing skinny jeans

Rachel Vermillion was recently refused access to her final exam for wearing form-fitting skinny jeans. Brigham Young University is owned by the Church of Latter Day Saints, and has a dress code that does not allow women to wear such clothing.

Canadian employers to hire fewer employees in 2012

A survey collected on behalf of the Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers from August 1 and September 26, 2011 was answered by 324 employers and showed that the number of jobs available in 2012 could be down 2.9 per cent without any increases in starting salary.

RCMP warns of UBC flasher

The RCMP are warning the public that a flasher has been repeatedly seen on the trails of Pacific Spirit Park near West 16th Avenue. The individual has been described as a slim, tanned Caucasian male who is 5’7 to 5’9 and between 30 and 40 years old.

Three Laurentian University students die in car crash

Keegan Melville, Zabrina Rekowski, and Hillary Afelskie were killed in a head-on collision between their Ford minivan and a Jeep. An additional passenger in the minivan, Emily Olmstead, has been brought to hospital but does not have life threatening injuries. The police have ruled out weather as a likely factor.

UBC doctoral student killed in Mexico

Mexican-born University of British Columbia student Ximena Osegueda was found stabbed to death in Huatulco, Mexico. Police believe that robbery was the motive for the crime. Osegueda was working towards a PhD in Hispanic Studies.

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Threats to water security trigger emergency declaration by syilx Okanagan Nation

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By: Tomos Land, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The Peak spells nsyilxcən words in lowercase in accordance with syilx language holders who say that capitalization implies a hierarchy of importance, which does  not align with syilx ethics.  Growing water insecurity, driven by climate change and its cascading effects in BC, has led to a recent declaration of a watershed emergency by the syilx Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA). The alliance is a First Nations government “comprised of seven member communities in the Southern Interior of BC: Okanagan Indian Band, Osoyoos Indian Band, Penticton Indian Band, Upper Nicola Band, Upper and Lower Similkameen Indian Bands, and Westbank First Nation; and in Northern Washington State, the Colville Confederated Tribes,” according to the ONA website. The announcement comes after members of...

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Threats to water security trigger emergency declaration by syilx Okanagan Nation

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By: Tomos Land, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The Peak spells nsyilxcən words in lowercase in accordance with syilx language holders who say that capitalization implies a hierarchy of importance, which does  not align with syilx ethics.  Growing water insecurity, driven by climate change and its cascading effects in BC, has led to a recent declaration of a watershed emergency by the syilx Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA). The alliance is a First Nations government “comprised of seven member communities in the Southern Interior of BC: Okanagan Indian Band, Osoyoos Indian Band, Penticton Indian Band, Upper Nicola Band, Upper and Lower Similkameen Indian Bands, and Westbank First Nation; and in Northern Washington State, the Colville Confederated Tribes,” according to the ONA website. The announcement comes after members of...

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