Heidi Kwok
CUPW holds rally to mark first anniversary of postal workers forced back to work
January 20, 2026By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer On December 20, a rally was held by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and the East Van Workers Assembly at Victory Square to mark the first anniversary of 55,000 Canada Post workers being forced to resume work duties after a 32-day strike without properly negotiated collective agreements. The back-to-work order, issued on December 13, 2024, by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board under the recommendation of former labour minister Steven MacKinnon, relied on Section 107 of the Canadian Labour Code. CUPW argues that this provision was “deliberately misinterpreted” to prematurely end the strike. The…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Christmas markets
January 13, 2026By: Clara Xu, SFU Student, and Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Christmas markets are a hallmark of the festive season. A staple in countries like Germany and Austria, these open-air holiday markets are, unfortunately, few and far between in Western Canada.…
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Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa
January 13, 2026By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Pick a Colour is a fictionalized account of the Southeast Asian immigrant experience, written by Souvankham Thammavongsa, a Laotian Canadian author and poet who was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and raised in…
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Three music platforms for a better listening experience
January 12, 2026By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer The onset of the 2000s ushered in the birth of online streaming, driven by small tech startups who would become the exploitative media monopolies we have today. An unsettling prediction of this grim dystopia is…
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The Peak investigates: Students falling down the stairs from Blusson Hall to the AQ
January 12, 2026By: Heidi Kwok, Investigative Journalist-In-Training As a wannabe-investigative journalist, I was determined to follow in the footsteps of my predecessors at The Peak Investigates column. Thus, donning my fedora, beige-coloured trench coat, and with one too many coffee enemas in…
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Burnaby apologizes for historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent
December 20, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer On November 15, community members gathered at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown as the City of Burnaby offered a formal apology for its historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent. This included policies that deprived them…
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Grandma got run over (more like splashed so badly that she fell flat on her face) by a reindeer!
December 20, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer A 92-year-old grandmother was swept off her feet earlier this morning by what bystanders initially identified as a rogue reindeer the size of a school bus skidding down Hastings Street. The oversized reindeer was first…
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Hung Dance’s Birdy soars to the world stage
December 19, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Birdy is a dance performance created by Hung Dance, a Taiwanese contemporary dance company founded in 2017 with the belief that “movement can transcend limitation.” The Mandarin character “翃” (Hóng), which means “to soar,” inspired…
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A look into the SFU School of Medicine’s application process
December 19, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer On October 14, the SFU School of Medicine started accepting applications for its inaugural cohort. It will consist of 48 students beginning classes in August 2026. The school will be temporarily situated at the SFU…
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Glorification of colonial history sustains harm on unceded land
December 18, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Content warning: Mentions of colonialism, genocide, and violence against Indigenous Peoples. As a non-Canadian settler, my initial impressions of the country, like those of many newcomers, were shaped by misleading narratives of a society that…
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