Kaja Antic

A girl with brown hair tied back smiles at the camera. She wears a red sweatshirt with “SFU” in the top right corner. Behind her is a set of bleachers.
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Red Leafs track and field star Marie-Éloïse Leclair on her Olympic experiences

Kaja Antic October 17, 2024

Some of us take the summer semester off, preferring to work or go on vacation. Others take classes to fill the time, sweating the whole way to campus. If you’re Marie-Éloïse Leclair, you go to the Olympic Summer Games. The Red Leafs track and field star experienced her first Olympiad as part of Team Canada’s women’s 4x100m relay team, competing at the Stade de France in Paris.  “It was the first time I went to a competition with other sports because I’ve only been in big track events, not multi sports,” Leclair said in an interview with The Peak. “It…

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A hockey player skating away from the camera with his name plate written in Cree syllabics.
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Indigenous athletes of past and present

Kaja Antic October 2, 2024

Ethan Bear — Hockey In 2020, Bear became the first NHL player to wear a jersey with Cree syllabics on the nameplate. Bear, who is from the Ochapowace Nation in Kisiskâciwan (Saskatchewan), was playing for the Edmonton Oilers at the…

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An illustration of a book with photos of different things including a group of people, a house, the sky, and a movie ticket.
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Things I hope to remember

Kaja Antic October 1, 2024

Dear Kaja in 2029, I hope you remembered to take your meds this morning. If you don’t have to take them anymore, congrats! If not, I hope Zoloft is still treating you well-ish. We just moved out of our childhood…

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A player wearing blue and white runs down a grassy field with his arms outstretched like a flying bird.
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Vancouver Whitecaps eyeing third straight Voyageurs Cup title

Kaja Antic September 23, 2024

For the third time in as many years, the Vancouver Whitecaps are headed to the Canadian Championship finals. This annual tournament is organized by Canada Soccer and is played between the three Canadian Major League Soccer (MLS) teams, the eight…

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In black and white, Canadian soccer legend Christine Sinclair stands with an outstretched scarf covering her face. The scarf reads ‘stronger by nature.’
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The Rundown: End of summer headlines

Kaja Antic September 18, 2024

August 26 — Introducing Vancouver Rise FC Women’s professional soccer has a new home in Vancouver. The Northern Super League (NSL), which begins play in April 2025, will have teams playing in Calgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver. At…

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A girl with a red baseball cap, black pants, and a black long sleeve swings a driver.
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Red Leafs gear up for September season

Kaja Antic September 16, 2024

As the academic year begins, so does the season for many Red Leafs teams. Here we look at all the teams that begin their competitive seasons this September. Cross Country The Red Leafs cross country team began their season on…

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Six athletes in athletic wear (two in red bodysuits that read “USA,” two in red and white bodysuits that have a Canadian flag, one in an all-red one that says “Canada,” and one in a taekwondo uniform).
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SFU Olympians: Red Leafs who performed on the world stage

Kaja Antic September 15, 2024

Though the 2024 Paris Olympics have now come to an end, we should still take pride in the performances current and former SFU athletes showed during the two weeks of competitions. Six athletes competing in the games have ties to…

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Sprinter Marie-Éloïse Leclair holdng up three fingers while running with a baton in her hand.
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How the Red Leafs fared this late spring season

Kaja Antic September 13, 2024

As the summer season comes to a close, it’s time to take a look back on the trials and triumphs the Red Leafs faced these past few months.  Softball Overall record: 11–31 Conference record: 6–18 The Red Leafs softball team…

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AM 730 off air leaves Vancouver without a dedicated traffic broadcast

Kaja Antic August 2, 2024

“Gone!” reads the last tweet from the @AM730Traffic X account, sent at 7:39 a.m. on June 26 — before the station would quietly cease operations later that afternoon.  Under the call sign CKGO, AM 730 was the only 24/7 all-traffic…

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BC Provincial Election: Candidates, issues, and voting

Kaja Antic and Daniel Salcedo Rubio July 31, 2024

The provincial election is coming up soon, and for some of us it may be our first time voting in one — or just voting in general! While the election itself is not until October 19, it’s not too early…

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