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Local sex shop sees incline in business due to COVID-19
February 18, 2021by Karissa Ketter, News Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has brought financial challenges to many small businesses. It has also created an unexpected rise in sales for some sectors of self-care. A manager of a local Vancouver sex shop — who asked to remain anonymous — reported that online sales have risen due to COVID-19. However, they noted that there has been a drop in in-person sales. In an interview with The Peak, the manager commented that the increase in online sales can be explained by the many people who “got bored and didn’t have anything else to do while they were…
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November 20, 2018Written by: Youeal Abera, Staff Writer Revisions in the cards for SFU’s practices relating to research personnel At the latest Graduate Student Society (GSS) Council meeting, Council spoke with members of SFU’s senior administration about students’ frustrations towards SFU’s…
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Students demand that “SFU Freeze Tuition Now!” as the university plans fee hikes
November 5, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor SFU is proposing an increase in tuition fees, but students are not happy. On October 23, SFU administration emailed students to invite them to a consultation session on their proposed tuition hikes,…
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SFU consults student societies about proposed tuition increase
November 6, 2017Simon Fraser University is proposing another increase in student tuition and fees come fall 2018. The administration held a student consultation on October 27 regarding the university’s budget for the 2018–19 fiscal year. According to the budget proposal, there will…
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