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What Grinds Our Gears: Not wrapping gifts
July 2, 2024By: Michelle Young, Copy Editor Before you say anything — I’m not talking about wrapping gifts in cheap plastic that creates landfill waste, as I swore off buying this kind of wrapping paper years ago. However, I don’t think sustainability should be an excuse to never wrap anything ever. There are multiple ways to wrap gifts and decorate in an eco-friendly fashion: recyclable paper, dried flowers, reusable ribbons. You can even delve into the Japanese art of furoshiki and use fabric! Part of giving and receiving gifts is the joy of opening something and being surprised by what’s inside. I’m…
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The carbon tax is the least of our economic problems
July 2, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Staff Writer As the effects of climate change grow increasingly dangerous each year, the Canadian government introduced a federal carbon tax in 2018 to decrease emissions, with BC being the first to introduce this policy in 2008.…
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Indigenous voices must be prioritized when fighting climate change
June 28, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The effects of climate change disproportionately harm Indigenous communities, yet their voices are often overlooked. Many Indigenous communities, especially those outside large cities, rely on natural resources for livelihood and sustenance, and are at a…
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The BC government should pay for therapy
June 27, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff writer Right now, about 17% of BC residents are experiencing issues with mental health and substance use. If you’ve ever considered therapy or counselling, have you wondered if you’ll have to pay out of pocket? Psychotherapy…
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The genocide of Palestinians is not up for debate
June 27, 2024By: Amanda Taylor, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of the Holocaust and death. On June 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended the Ukraine peace summit and said Russia is committing “an element of genocide.” This is true, and it’s important…
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What Grinds Our Gears: The job market
June 19, 2024By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate Why is the job market so terrible right now? From no jobs being available to them having too many requirements, it seems like this weird epidemic has no end. Most of us at SFU are…
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AI should not replace human talent
June 19, 2024By: Cam Darting, Peak Associate I often ask myself if artificial intelligence (AI) can predict the future, and tell us whether or not it will leave humans jobless. I don’t want to ask an AI software this, because I don’t…
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BC’s decision to recriminalize drugs makes a bad problem worse
June 17, 2024By: Sofia Chassomeris, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of overdose and death. Since declaring the crisis eight years ago, BC has lost over 14,000 people to overdose, with Indigenous people making up nearly “six times the rate of other BC…
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Residential school deniers show us colonialism is still rampant
June 17, 2024By: Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Content warning: mentions of unmarked graves, genocide, death, and abuse. When more than 200 unmarked graves were discovered at Kamloops Residential School in 2021, a movement to uncover the extent of residential school graves gained…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Unyielding bikers
June 17, 2024By: Petra Chase, Editor-in-Chief I love my bike, and I love how bike-friendly Vancouver is. From Stanley Park to Spanish Banks, we’ve got the “world’s longest uninterrupted waterfront path” available to us, with mountain views. I would have no complaints…
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