COVID–19
Fiancés upset they can’t hold big wedding that would have ended in divorce six months later
October 20, 2020By: Paige Riding, Humour Editor SURREY, BC — After moving out from the rock they were living under, a couple is devastated to learn that a pandemic would be preventing them from hosting their planned 500-person wedding this fall. In a Zoom interview with The Peak, partners Lisa Valice and Samuel Collier explained how devastating this news was for their relationship. “I don’t think people understand how much we were putting into this wedding,” began Lisa. “Being legally tied together really means so much to us. It’s—” “It’s everything,” Samuel piped in, causing Lisa to glare out the side of…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Trump and COVID-19
October 18, 2020by Kelly Chia and Emma Jean With Trump’s diagnosis of COVID-19, the internet has been swarmed with arguments to be empathetic while weighing the irresponsibility of the Trump administration in their management of COVID-19, leading to over 200,000 deaths. Peak…
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Virtual reality training to launch for health care workers in BC
October 13, 2020Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU professor at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Dr. Steve DiPaola is leading an international team of computer scientists, artists, and cognitive scientists to create a COVID-19 Virtual Reality Training program.…
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BC’s new liquor laws are hurting restaurants more than they need to
October 4, 2020by Sara Wong, Peak Associate On September 8, Dr. Bonnie Henry introduced a new liquor sales rule that prohibits all bars, restaurants, and pubs from selling alcohol after 10 p.m. While I’m relieved to see that this has helped put…
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Tales of pandemic defiance
October 3, 2020Please get out of my personal bubble, I just want a coffee By: Espresso Myself With COVID-19 restrictions starting to lift, I was happy to be able to return to my favourite local coffee shop. While I wasn’t quite comfortable…
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The Bright-er Side: Online events give access to the world around us
October 2, 2020by Emma Jean, Staff Writer As I write this, I’m waiting for a live comedy show starring two of my favourite performers — Lauren Lapkus and Paul F. Tompkins — to start. Tickets cost five dollars, the seats are in my…
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SFU’s COVID-19 and the Future of Democracy highlights activism arising from the pandemic
October 2, 2020By Emma Jean, Staff Writer If anything good has emerged from this pandemic, it’s that the cracks in our systems have become more apparent than ever. It might feel easy to make like a turtle and hide until it all…
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Dean of SFU health sciences to co-lead COVID-19 Work-Study
September 30, 2020Written by: Mahdi Dialden, News Writer Dr. Tania Bubela, the faculty of health science’s dean, is co-leading a study that explores the impact of COVID-19 on the workplace. The 1.2 million dollar project, SARS‐CoV‐2 Study for Eased Restrictions in British…
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The Bright-er Side: Catching a cold might not be so bad afterall
September 25, 2020by Nathan Tok, Peak Associate Did you know that in some sense of the word, every so often we experience another form of a pandemic? It’s the cold and the flu. So while the word “pandemic” might sound scary, did you…
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Being a visually impaired student in the age of COVID-19
September 21, 2020By Gurpreet Kambo, Peak Associate This article is part of an ongoing series about how disabled students have transitioned to remote learning and pandemic living. “I've done a video editing course, I've done graphic design being fully blind,” said SFU…
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