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Dear Peakie: Making peace with new roommates among other unwelcome connections
June 7, 2026Dear Peakie, Yesterday, while taking a bike ride next to Stanley Park, I ran into my mom. We aren’t on speaking terms after she tried to rent out my room (while I was still living in it). Instead of engaging, I pretended like I had no clue who she was. Was this nonchalant enough? What should I do if I see her again? Thanks, Not Momma’s Boy Dear Momma’s Boy, She obviously rented out that room to roll the dice on getting a more nonchalant boarder. Pretending you don’t recognize her is trying too hard in all the wrong ways.…
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Dear Peakie calls on Santa’s elves to unite against corporate greed
December 18, 2025Dear Peakie, Where have you been?? We haven’t seen you since, like, February? It seems as though you got replaced by a Beedie Bro advice column? How can I be as irrelevant as you are? Thanks, Not a Beedie Bro …
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Peakie gets sexy
February 13, 2025Dear Peakie, Do you have the TLC people’s phone number (the network, not the girl group)? I was practicing the Megan Thee Stallion headboard challenge by myself so I’d be ready for Valentine’s Day, and what followed was actually the…
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Dear Peakie aids those in need
February 4, 2025Dear Peakie, I love merch! People think my favourite slogan is “fight, fight, fight,” but it’s actually “monetize, monetize, monetize.” I can sell anything! Candy, robes, guitars . . . I would sell the whole country for profit if I…
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It’s Dear Peakie again
November 26, 2024Dear Peakie, I’m in my main character era. I love it when people watch me walk into lecture one hour late with my oat vanilla latte. I walk through the front door so I can strut right in front of…
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Peakie helps you navigate the aftermath of the atmospheric river
November 6, 2024Dear Peakie, A couple weeks ago, when I was in bed manifesting that my basement would get flooded soon, an ATMOSPHERIC RIVER was not what I meant. My bestie, who’s been nagging me for months to get tenant insurance, might’ve…
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Don’t play with Peakie
October 17, 2024Dear Peakie, We have officially begun the season where SFU Burnaby gets permanently enveloped in a deep fog. I’ve been told this is just the clouds, but are you sure it’s not SFU spending all our tuition money on hidden…
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Peakie strikes again with advice!
October 2, 2024By: Sarah Sorochuk, SFU Student and C Icart, Humour Editor Dear Peakie, I am an avid transit user. Name any bus, I’ve been on it. My favourite part of being on the bus is standing in front of the red…
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Peakie gets sporty
August 2, 2024Dear Peakie, As you know, July is Disability Pride Month. So, obviously, we want to do something in solidarity with disabled people across the province. To observe this month, we’ve actually committed to the growth of the disability community. To…
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Peakie is here to answer your queeries
June 19, 2024Dear Peakie, I have given birth to so many children you’d think I was Little John’s wife! No galvanized steel is needed for me, though; I prefer to work on poles. Anyhow, my children continue to spread lies about me!…
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