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Multiple citizens are gathered, holding up signs and cards under a blue tent at 105 Keefer to rally against the Beedie development proposal.
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Chinatown residents concerned over rising gentrification

Peak Web June 23, 2023

By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer The City of Vancouver is reconsidering its controversial development proposal in the heart of Chinatown. The proposal from Beedie Holding Ltd. had been rejected five times before, between 2012 and 2017. A rally was held outside Vancouver city hall on May 29, with over 70 speakers and activists. Another rally occurred outside Vancouver City Hall on Monday, June 12. No decision on the proposal had been made as of the time of publication.  The first rally’s large turnout “was a huge victory, not just for the community, but it really [was] a symbol for the…

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Researchers study how to better treat mental health problems for seniors and youth

Peak Web November 8, 2018

Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate   Video games can help seniors maintain health SFU education and gerontology researcher David Kaufman has found that playing video games is good for the mental health of the elderly. Kaufman’s research, which surveyed…

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SFU researchers on healthy ageing and effective wildlife conservation

Peak Web April 4, 2018

By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate   Super seniors are not couch potatoes The longest living elderly in Canada generally have parents who live longer than average, but according to Angela Brooks-Wilson, a SFU biomedical physiology and kinesiology professor and distinguished scientist at…

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