Canada

A man in a Team USA jersey (left) shaking hands with a man in a suit (right) with a hockey rink in the background.
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Wayne Gretzky’s false Canadiana

Peak Web March 27, 2025

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer Wayne Gretzky’s name is synonymous with the sport of hockey. His number “99” is retired across the National Hockey League — the only number retired for all 32 teams — and even wearing the two digits in a beer league game gets you chirped (I’ve seen it). In his 1,487 career NHL games, Gretzky scored 2,857 points, and still leads the league in all-time points. For reference, the second-place on that list is Czech legend Jaromir Jagr, who scored 936 less points in 246 more games than “The Great One.” Gretzky has been in recent…

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photo of a Canadian passport
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Canada’s 2025 Express Entry system updates stall the government from solving its own problems

Peak Web March 18, 2025

By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer The government of Canada is no stranger to using immigration to exploit foreign labour and distract from the source of the country’s domestic woes. They have done it again with the new year’s changes…

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The inside of a sports arena with the Canadian flag displayed on the jumbotron.
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To boo, or not to boo?

Peak Web March 11, 2025

By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer & Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Politics have become a huge topic in sports communities recently, particularly hockey, as the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off was littered with dialogue around the annexation of Canada. This stemmed…

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three players standing on podium: at the top is a boy in a blue jersey with “USA” written in red, to the left of him is a player in blue who shakes his hand, and to the right of him is a player in red and white with a bronze medal on.
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Canada falls to Czechia in WJC quarterfinals again

Peak Web January 30, 2025

By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer For the second year in a row, team Canada fell in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship quarterfinals to Czechia. Though Canada holds the record for most tournament titles with 20, the team…

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Digital vector art. Donald Trump and Pierre Poilievre standing side-by-side, their backs to each other. Behind Trump is the US flag, and behind Poilievre is the Canadian flag.
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Trump’s re-election is a step backwards for Canadian society

Peak Web November 26, 2024

By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor and Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of racism, Islamophobia, and genocide. After being re-elected to serve a second term as US president, Donald Trump and his cabinet have already begun to target Canadian borders.…

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Here’s why you need to care about the US election

Peak Web November 6, 2024

By: Mason Mattu, SFU Student Every time I hear a Canadian bring up the upcoming US presidential election in conversation, another person will retort with “Ugh, can we not talk about that?” or “Why should I care about what happens?”…

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This is a photo of the outside of the Canadian Revenue Agency Building in Vancouver.
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Over 200 Canadian charities found funding the Israeli occupation

Peak Web June 24, 2024

By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On June 3, a public letter by Just Peace Advocates and the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute (CFPI) revealed over 200 Canadian charities have been funding Israel with a collective $237.5 million since 2022. This goes…

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cartoon of Pierre Poilievre
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Pierre Poilievre: he’s just not ready

Peak Web May 22, 2024

By: Kaja Antic, Staff Writer There’s still a significant amount of time before the next Canadian federal election in October 2025. However, conversations surrounding the nation’s future leadership have been heating up, specifically since the Conservative Party of Canada elected…

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An illustration of a group of people holding signs in protest of gentrification
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The multifaceted problem of Gentrification

Peak Web October 30, 2023

By: Daniel Salcedo Rubio Gentrification is a seemingly unstoppable phenomenon taking place in cities across the world, from North American cities like Vancouver or my home, Mexico City, to East Asian cities like Tokyo and Seoul. Gentrification is a complex…

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Image of a $20 dollar bill. Queen Elizabeth’s face has been defaced.
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5 things that actually deserve to be on the $20 bill

Peak Web July 21, 2023

By: Hannah Kazemi, Peak Associate Here ye, here ye. The Bank of Canada has announced that we should expect to see brand new $20 bills circulating in the next few years featuring none other than King Charles’ face. How lovely…

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