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We need to move on from the suburban myth
March 25, 2022By: Jared Murphy, SFU Student The idea of suburbia probably conjures up many different ideas for you. Possibly, a nostalgic picture of riding your bike until “the street lights turn on,” like mom used to say. For others, maybe feelings of isolation because the nearest activity is 40 minutes away by car. Either way, it’s important for all of us that the myth of suburban utopia dies in our collective consciences. Suburbs aren’t bringing us towards some middle class utopia, but rather towards some hodge-podge form of neo-feudalism in which power and wealth are concentrated in the hands of the few. …
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Provincial government launches two-pronged probe on money laundering
October 31, 2018Written by Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor September 27 marked the start of Attorney General David Eby’s early-June promise of a second phase of investigation into money laundering in B.C. Based on a recent provincial news release, Eby is fulfilling…
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An interview with Karen Sawatzky, the student going up against the Vancouver housing market
July 11, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the midst of a worsening housing crisis in Vancouver, one SFU student’s novel approach to figuring out the causes has blown up in the news. Meet Karen Sawatzky: previously a journalist and technical writer, and now a master’s student…
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