Hannah Fraser
Surrey tenants march to halt demovictions
June 19, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On May 27, a rally was held outside Elizabeth Manor, Surrey, demanding the city stop the property’s planned demoviction, in which over 50 families would be evicted. Demoviction, as in demolition-eviction, is “when a landlord evicts tenants from a building so that it can be demolished and redeveloped into new apartments or condos.” Tenants of Elizabeth Manor who were part of the rally also marched to Surrey City Hall in protest of the loss of affordable housing in the Lower Mainland. The rally was led by ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), a…
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Saanich Council expands free transit for youth
June 17, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On May 13, Saanich City Councillors voted in favour of a resolution to allow free transit for “young people up to, and including, the age of 18.” The resolution was brought forward by the Union…
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SFU administration to discuss divestment from Israel
June 15, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide. On May 30, SFU president Joy Johnson and the Board of Governors agreed to discuss divestment from arms companies that profit from the genocide in occupied Palestine. This announcement comes…
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BC increases ambulance services in 60 rural communities
June 12, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On April 1, BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) improved paramedic staffing models in 60 rural and remote communities in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions for better 911 responsiveness and consistent out-of-hospital care. Previously,…
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Advocates condemn BC’s decision to recriminalize substance use
June 12, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: mentions of death and overdose, colonialism, and intergenerational trauma. The BC government received approval to recriminalize illicit substance use in public spaces, one and a half years into a decriminalization pilot. Advocates from…
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Students occupy library to demand SFU’s divestment from Israel
June 10, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide and violence. On May 23, SFU students occupied the downtown campus’ Belzberg Library to demand the university divest from military assets supplied to Israel and call for an immediate ceasefire.…
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Protest arises against city’s commemoration of Israel Independence Day
June 5, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide and graphic descriptions of violence. On May 14, Vancouver City Hall and the Burrard Bridge were illuminated with blue and white lights by the City of Vancouver to celebrate “Israel…
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Moose Hide Campaign Day combats violence against Indigenous women and children
May 30, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer Content warning: references to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and residential schools. May 16 was Moose Hide Campaign Day, a day organized by the “BC-born Indigenous-led grassroots movement to engage men and boys…
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Council Chats: Various committee elections held to kick off the summer semester
May 27, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On May 15, The Peak attended the bi-weekly Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Council meeting via Zoom. The meeting involved committee elections and an announcement that Council meetings would be offered hybrid-style for better engagement…
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SFU labour studies seminar navigates oil and gas
May 22, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Writer On May 8, SFU held a labour studies seminar, “Shutting Down and Cleaning Up: The Labor Regimes of Oil and Gas Decommissioning.” Peder Østring from the University of Oslo in Norway led the discussion to…
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