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SFU student group aims to ban plastic water bottles on campus
November 26, 2018An SFU student group is lobbying to ban the sale of plastic water bottles on Burnaby campus. Ban the Bottle SFU is made up of 15 undergraduate and graduate students, and it is led by Mireta Stranberg-Salmon, a student in the School of Resource and Environmental Management. In an interview with The Peak, Stranberg-Salmon explained that she was inspired to start the group because of a World Water Day event held earlier this year by SFU’s Pacific Water Research Center (PWRC). During the event, the topic of bottled water at SFU came up. As a result, Strandberg-Salmon decided to…
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The negative public stance on Syrian refugees reveals a loss in Canadian values
October 24, 2018Three years ago, Canada welcomed refugees from Syria. I couldn’t help but feel proud and patriotic at the thought of this: we were kind, open-minded, and nicer than our neighbours to the south. Three years is not a long time…
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Research Roundup
October 18, 2018Climate change causes plant community to change in Arctic regions A study has found a relationship between the impact of climate change and the growth of new, taller plants in the Arctic and tundra regions. The research has also…
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Green Party convention wraps up after three days in downtown Vancouver
October 7, 2018The Green Party of Canada held its biennial national meeting from September 28 to 30 at the Westin Bayshore in downtown Vancouver. The three-day event comes with less than thirteen months until the 2019 federal election, where Greens are…
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World News Beats
September 30, 2018Mangkhut typhoon battered the Philippines and Hong Kong Mangkhut, the super typhoon formed in the Western Pacific, recently ravaged the northern Philippines. The mid-September typhoon, which according to statistics reported on CNN News is the most powerful storm in…
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Student group condemns SFSS for “institutionalized racism”
September 11, 2018SFU Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA) has published public letters on their Facebook page condemning the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) for their treatment of marginalized groups on campus. SOCA addresses the SFSS In their public…
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World News Beats
September 9, 2018“Scallop War” breaks out between France and the UK An incident in which 35 French fishing boats chased five UK ones out of the Baie de Seine has been dubbed the “Scallop War.” Following the incident which occurred on…
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World News Beat
July 23, 2018Google fined record amount The European Union (EU) has imposed its largest ever fine (4.34 billion euro), on Google. According to the EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, “Google engaged in illegal practices to cement its dominant market position…
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World News Beat
July 13, 2018Filipino soldiers battle with Islamic State supporters for control of town Mechanized units of the Philippines Army drove pro-Islamic State Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) supporters out of the southern Philippines town of Maguindanao into the countryside. The militant group…
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Useless Canadian trivia to bring up on Canada Day
June 25, 2018Do I remember what I had for supper last night? Not at all. Do I have a lot of unnecessary trivia about Canada in my head, just in time for Canada Day? You bet. My summer job between first and…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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