Mason Mattu
Winter weather worsens conditions for evicted CRAB Park residents
January 22, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer On November 7, 2024, “Vancouver’s only sanctioned [houseless] encampment” located at CRAB Park closed. The Vancouver Park Board previously sectioned off a designated area of the park for overnight sheltering. Evicted park residents who did not “transition to indoor arrangements” are permitted to temporarily shelter overnight. Throughout 2024, the Park Board conducted a “slow-moving decampment of the site,” in which over 30 residents of CRAB Park were forcibly removed, and essential supplies such as “blankets, clothing, [and] tarps” were destroyed or confiscated. At the time of eviction, seven official residents were offered “shelter previously but…
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SFU student verbally harassed on campus by group of teenagers
January 13, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer Content warning: details of harassment, and racist and sexist language. The safety of SFU students is being questioned after an incident of verbal harassment against an SFU student occurred on the Burnaby Campus on November…
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SFU Faculty for Palestine responds to senior administrators meeting with Israeli ambassador
January 13, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer In September 2024, a group of SFU senior administrators met with Israel’s ambassador to Canada, Iddo Moed. This information was published in an open letter from SFU Faculty for Palestine (F4P) on December 10 titled…
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2024 News Rewind
January 9, 2025By: Mason Mattu and Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writers Editor’s note: The ranking of these stories is roughly based on the number of articles written on each topic, whether these stories appeared on the cover of our weekly issues, and readership…
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We need to say goodbye to the Grammy Awards
December 16, 2024By: Mason Mattu, SFU Student You may have seen those viral videos on Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts that claim that Beyoncé is an evil figure in the music industry, or that singers or songwriters who don’t acknowledge her contributions…
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The commercialisation and politicisation of Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas, and other South Asian festivals
December 9, 2024By: Mason Mattu, Peak Associate If you were wondering why there were so many fireworks on October 31 and November 1, it’s because South Asians celebrated Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas on those days respectively. Diwali is the celebration of…
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Federal government announces ban on open net-pen salmon farms
November 27, 2024By: Mason Mattu, Peak Associate On June 19, the federal government announced a ban on “open net-pen salmon aquaculture in BC coastal waters by June 30, 2029.” This comes after many Indigenous communities and environmental groups have called for its…
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Bright-er Side: Early Christmas movie binges
November 15, 2024By: Mason Mattu, Peak Associate It’s November 1 at around midnight. You know it’s officially Christmas after seeing Mariah Carey “defrost” on her socials. Ah, what a feeling. Instead of celebrating Christmas starting in November, there is indeed a select…
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Here’s why you need to care about the US election
November 6, 2024By: Mason Mattu, SFU Student Every time I hear a Canadian bring up the upcoming US presidential election in conversation, another person will retort with “Ugh, can we not talk about that?” or “Why should I care about what happens?”…
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Tensions rise between India and Canada amid foreign interference allegations
November 6, 2024By: Mason Mattu, SFU Student Canada has expelled six Indian diplomats, including India’s High Commissioner to Canada, from the country. The announcement was made after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) stated on October 14 that there were threats against…
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