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What students need to know about the possible TransLink strike

EIC October 20, 2019

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-chief  UPDATE, 10/31/2019: The first phase of the Metro Vancouver transit strike is set to begin Friday, November 1 as a partial strike—with workers refusing to wear uniforms or work overtime.   Have you ever watched bikers, joggers, or hikers make their way up Burnaby Mountain and thought, “wow, I can’t believe people actually do that”?  Spoiler alert: that might be all of us as the potential of a TransLink strike looms over Vancouver, as the Coast Mountain Bus Company and Unifor butt heads.  The contract covering over 5000 TransLink workers expired on March 31 and workers were…

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Election resources for the new voter

EIC October 17, 2019

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer  With Election Day coming up on October 21, many of us are preparing to vote for our first federal election. And while that’s pretty exciting, it’s also really nerve-wracking. We’re making decisions that will uphold…

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SFYOU: Alumna Yvonne Hanson takes her environmental and humanitarian activism to the federal campaign

EIC October 15, 2019

By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Peak Associate  Name: Yvonne Hanson  Pronouns: She/her/hers Department Affiliation: BA, Political Science Hometown: Squamish, BC  Occupation: NDP candidate for Vancouver-Granville, portrait photographer, customer service worker at a garden store.  Only one year after graduating with her…

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10 ways to spend $10 at Mini Mart

EIC October 7, 2019

By: Talha Butt, Nicole Magas, Gabrielle McLaren, Marissa Ouyang, Marco Ovies, Brianna Quan, Andrea Renney, Paige Riding, Zach Siddiqui, Dylan Webb, Siloam Yeung Photos by Chris Ho  Dear Minimart,  It’s us: The Peak. Maybe you don’t know us, but we…

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Student recipe box: It’s soup season, my dudes

EIC October 7, 2019

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief  A fun fact about me is that I have a Pinboard called “SOUP SOUP SOUP SOUP.” I am not ashamed. In fact, now that sweater weather has rolled in, I am thriving.  Here’s why soup is…

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Speaking to SFU’s best and brightest: an interview with 2019’s SFU Outstanding Alumni Night awardees

EIC October 4, 2019

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer  The 2019 Outstanding Alumni Awards took place September 20 at the Sheraton Wall Centre. It featured four awardees: Isabel Ge Mahe, Kathleen Hepburn, Hew Choy Leong, and Mark Okerstrom. Peter Akman, 2018’s recipient for Outstanding…

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You’re a student and a citizen: A cheat sheet on when, where, and how students can vote this 2019 election

EIC October 4, 2019

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Editor-in-Chief  Like a rare meteor that only appears when the Governor General calls — it’s election time in Canada; which means that all your relatives on Facebook are going to start acting up and you, my friend,…

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Student subscriptions: What services and apps SFU students are using their little money on

Features October 2, 2019

By: Kayli Jamieson, Gurpreet Kambo, Nicole Magas, and Winona Young   Amazon Prime Student | $3.99 per month | Online delivery store Prime is a service that supposedly allows subscribers to receive extra fast shipping on items to their home. However, it’s…

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Molé, wiener schnitzel, and me: what it means to be biracial 

Features September 25, 2019

By: Marco Ovies, Staff Writer   I was in high school and coming back from Europe. My family planned to pick me up at baggage claim, excited to hear all the stories from my two weeks abroad. I walked out…

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SFU’s (literal) breakfast club

Features September 25, 2019

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