Tim Hortons
CONFESSIONAL: I “pay it forward” in the drive-thru to gain aura points
July 14, 2025Imagine you’re me. A writer, in an age of inflation and AI takeover. Like Charlotte Lucas in Pride and Prejudice, “I’ve no money, and no prospects. I’m already a burden to my parents.” With my permanently low tax bracket, when I want to rizz up a baddie, what do I do? Break the bank? Can’t do that! Ain’t got a bank to break. I’ve gotta rely on my other assets — my supermassive, huge . . . creative mind and my flagrant tendency to break the rules. I can’t be caught stealing, because it’s “illegal and will end up with…
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Peak Speaks
June 18, 2025The Peak hits Reddit to ask SFU students some serious and thought-provoking questions! Q: Would you rather get a dollar for every raccoon you see on campus but you can only listen to Nickelback for the rest of your life,…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Tim Hortons pizza is a danger to society
May 13, 2024Sorry for the jump scare. But, $8 for half of a glorified frozen pizza is a problem. Tim Hortons’ slogan is “Always Fresh,” but we all know it’s Never Fresh. Their drinks are from concentrate and they reheat all their…
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SFU celebrates 11-year anniversary as Canada’s leading fair trade campus
May 31, 2023SFU is the only public university in Canada to achieve Fairtrade Gold Status recognized by Fairtrade Canada and Canadian Fairtrade Network. A partnership between an educational institution and fair trade means having a liaison between farmers and consumers to facilitate…
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Top five things to do on campus when in-person classes are back
July 20, 2021Walk as fast as humanly possible past AQ promoters so they don’t approach you You did this before COVID-19 hit, and you should do it again! To further increase your chances of not being approached, use both hands and cup…
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Hot campus cocoa
January 26, 2020Lower Mainlanders, we were not made for the snow. The week I wrote this, getting to campus was an intimidating prospect. If not the ever-looming threat of being stranded on the mountain, there was also the uncertainty of whether or…
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What If: The Tim Hortons Express returned
September 26, 2018I have 10 minutes between two classes, and the chances that I will collapse into a pile of limbs, loose-leaf papers, and textbooks are worryingly high. I need a familiarly branded coffee as I run from West Mall Centre to…
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SFU’s fair trade story is one of persistence and ongoing battles
July 27, 2018Regarding the purpose of fair trade practices, Fairtrade Canada says that “Fair trade is about better prices, decent working conditions and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers.” A note on terminology: Fairtrade is the organization, while fair trade…
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WHAT GRINDS OUR GEARS: Tim Hortons in 2018
May 18, 2018Written by Liam Wilson, SFU Student Let’s face it: Tim’s is not the champion of Canada that it used to be. If you’ve kept up with Tim’s in 2018, you’ve probably heard of the public outcry, and the protests that…
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