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It’s time to rethink our hockey obsession

Peak Web November 11, 2025

By:  Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Multiculturalism and hockey are often portrayed as encapsulating the Canadian identity; however, the two don’t seem to intersect. This sentiment is shared in an article from the University of Toronto Press, written on sportscaster Harnarayan Singh, the first Sikh person to commentate an NHL game in English. He was also the first person to commentate in Punjabi. This is a reminder that Canada’s most celebrated…

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Hobbies are integral to combating toxic productivity

Peak Web November 11, 2025

By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Capitalist societies program us to believe it’s unproductive to set time aside for leisure activities. I’ve countlessly fallen victim to this mindset myself. If I choose to turn my attention to creating art or reading…

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We need to persist beyond symbolism

Peak Web November 10, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, Opinions Editor Every September 30, since 2021, we see public statements made by institutions and corporations that are still operating on unceded land — statements to remind us to observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.…

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The myth of a “correct” English keeps us policing ourselves

Peak Web November 10, 2025

By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer  When my family moved out of India a decade ago, I landed in an American school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was a bizarre reality to comprehend: students with MacBooks connecting to Apple TV projectors in…

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Convenience isn’t always indulgence

Peak Web November 10, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, Opinions Editor and Michelle Young, Co-Editor-in-Chief Working in the food service industry, we often receive single-item delivery orders for something easy to make. When that happens, at least one person makes a snide remark regarding the “silly”…

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We must choose to rest and re-charge

Peak Web November 9, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, Opinions Editor Today’s jam-packed schedules have become the norm. Most people have to juggle a seemingly endless list of tasks and responsibilities just to keep up with the demands of modern life. Plenty of the people I…

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Brighter Side: Random music searches

Peak Web November 9, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor  Do you ever feel like you’re an NPC after listening to the same artists over and over again? Or do you feel trapped within a musical echo chamber, unable to escape the reverberations of the…

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Political apathy is a privilege

Peak Web November 9, 2025

By: Zahra Khan, SFU Student Politics drive our world, and refusing to engage in them becomes a political stance within itself. The reality of the matter is that the state is political, so is the body — so is my…

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Reading for joy is enough

Peak Web November 8, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, Opinions Editor You’ve probably witnessed it before — someone suggesting, with smugness only a self-proclaimed intellectual can summon, that reading authors like Dostoevsky is the only proper way to engage with true literature. I say this as…

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The sweet relief of no final exams

Peak Web November 8, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, Opinions Editor Don’t you just love it when a course doesn’t have a final exam? I know I do. A certain joy overtakes me when I realize that one of my courses won’t end with me scribbling…

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