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A FIRE Story About My Day at SFU Burnaby
July 19, 2023Disclaimer: This is a true story. I wish I could say it isn’t. Everyone’s heard about the fire that rocked the world (or just the Burnaby campus) on Wednesday, June 28. You might have been studying in the library when the alarms went off. Maybe you were with friends in the SUB. Maybe you weren’t even on campus, and instead heard about it from classmates or coworkers. Well, I, my friends, was there — only floors away from the scene of the crime, tied up in an awfully unfortunate situation. I don’t go up to SFU Burnaby that often, usually…
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The US shouldn’t be pointing their finger at Canada for air quality
June 27, 2023On June 8, the headline for conservative publication the New York Post read “Blame Canada.” Its subheading: “Canuck wildfires plunge NYC into eerie, smoky hell.” The New York Post, the city’s “least-credible major news source,” known for its “sensationalized headlines,”…
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The United Nations has some trouble putting out fires on their Security Council
October 30, 2022NEW YORK —The Dag Hammarskjöld Library at the United Nations burnt to the ground after it caught fire. Extraordinarily, no one was hurt, but the loss was immense. While observers thought some kind of jurisdictional issue had prevented firefighters from…
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Three cars extinguished at SFU Burnaby
July 8, 2021On Wednesday morning, July 7, 2021, Burnaby Fire Department arrived at SFU’s Burnaby campus for a car fire in the West Mall parkade. SFU tweeted an alert at 9 a.m. asking for people to stay clear of the West Mall…
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Wildfire extinguished on Burnaby Mountain
September 12, 2020On Friday, September 11 a fire burned on the northern side of Burnaby Mountain. The Burnaby Fire Department was called at 12:20 p.m. for a fire that was “500 to 600 feet across,” according to assistant fire chief Dave Younger…
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SFSS AGM delayed by smoke bomb
September 25, 2018The Leslie and Gordon Diamond Family Auditorium was reported to be filled with smoke 10 minutes before the SFSS annual general meeting (AGM) was scheduled to begin there today. According to vice-president student services Samer Rihani, the SFSS directors…
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SFU’s first Streetfest named a “true success”
September 23, 2018SFU held its first annual Streetfest, a collaboration between the university and UniverCity, at the Burnaby campus on September 14. “It was a true success,” commented Streetfest co-chair Mark McLaughlin following the event. McLaughlin noted that he had received…
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