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BC Green Party proposes free public transit system as provincial election approaches
October 15, 2024By: Mason Mattu, SFU Student On September 5, the BC Green Party proposed a new transit policy to make BC operate on a fare-free public transit system. “Fast, frequent, and free public transit will shift how people move, reduce household costs, and enable a giant leap forward on meeting our climate goals,” said Sonia Furstenau, leader of the BC Green Party. The Greens have also called for “hourly services on key regional routes, a doubling of city buses within four years, and a tripling within eight years. “We will expand routes, improve hours, get more buses on the road, and…
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BC Premier plans to expand involuntary care
October 7, 2024By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer Content warning: brief mentions of substance use, mental health disorders, brain injuries, death, and involuntary detainment. On September 15, BC Premier David Eby’s office released a statement detailing plans to open more involuntary long-term care…
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Increase in SFU students sleeping at Burnaby campus
October 7, 2024Editor's note (12/10/24): The Peak reached out to SFU for a statement but didn't receive a response by the publication deadline. We failed to initially include this fact in the article when it was published. By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer…
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Indigenous advocates call for more efficient truth and reconciliation
October 1, 2024By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer Content warning: mentions of residential schools, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and colonialism. With the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, advocates are bringing attention to the “minimal to no progress” made…
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SFU Student Strike for Palestine holds general assembly
September 28, 2024By: Sofia Chassomeris, News Writer “SHAME!” shouted upward of 50 students gathered at convocation mall on September 13. SFU students gathered at the Burnaby campus for a general assembly to organize protests against SFU’s investment in the ongoing Palestinian genocide.…
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