SFU Safe app launched to strengthen campus security

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer This October, SFU’s department of safety and risk services (SRS) released an official university safety app called SFU Safe. The...

Advocates call on Canadian government to impose sanctions on Israeli settler organizations

By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer On October 16, Just Peace Advocates (JPA) and Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) held an online press conference to discuss...

Burnaby barred from speaking out against TMX under $20.1 million deal

By: Mason Mattu, SFU Student The City of Burnaby recently struck a $20.1 million deal with Trans Mountain Corporation to prohibit any negative public communications...

City of Vancouver to cut down 160,000 trees in Stanley Park

By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer On October 8, the Vancouver Park Board voted to proceed with their “Hemlock Looper Response and Mitigation Plan.” This comes...

Protestors across Canada demand Indigo to stop funding the Israeli military

By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer and Hannah Fraser, News Editor On September 25, thousands of protestors gathered at 50 Indigo bookstores across Canada, calling for...

Black Colombian refugee fatally shot by Surrey RCMP

By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer Content warning: mentions of death, police violence, racism, and domestic abuse. On September 19, Vanessa Rentería Valencia, a Black Colombian refugee...

BC Green Party proposes free public transit system as provincial election approaches

By: Mason Mattu, SFU Student On September 5, the BC Green Party proposed a new transit policy to make BC operate on a fare-free public...

BC Premier plans to expand involuntary care

By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer Content warning: brief mentions of substance use, mental health disorders, brain injuries, death, and involuntary detainment. On September 15, BC Premier...

Increase in SFU students sleeping at Burnaby campus

Editor's note (12/10/24): The Peak reached out to SFU for a statement but didn't receive a response by the publication deadline. We failed to...

Indigenous advocates call for more efficient truth and reconciliation

By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer Content warning: mentions of residential schools, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and colonialism. With the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation...