Mason Mattu
SFU study calls for utility-scale solar power systems in Canada
January 30, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer In December 2024, Clean Energy Research Group (CERG) published a paper calling for Canada to build “mass utility-scale solar mega projects,” according to an SFU news release. Utility-scale solar “refers to large solar installations designed to feed power directly onto the electric grid.” An electric grid is an “intricate system” that provides electricity “all the way from its generation to the customers that use it for their daily needs.” Solar power works by “converting energy from the sun into power” through solar panels. Solar cells — the smaller units solar panels are comprised of —…
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Shark Bowl: Canada’s Liberal leadership contenders
January 27, 2025By: Mason Mattu, Official Liberal party propagandist Trudeau’s 10-year leadership of the Liberal party is coming to an end. Liberal party officials have announced new party regulations for leadership races in the future. The party has declared a partnership…
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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…
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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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