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SFU Pipe Band wins world championship in Glasgow
September 13, 2026By: Dani Carmack, News Writer On August 15, the SFU Pipe Band took home first place at the 2026 World Pipe Band Championships, a competition held annually in Glasgow. The band is now the reigning Grade 1 world champion for the first time since 2009. This marks the seventh time the SFU Pipe Band has won this title since its foundation in 1966. Pipe major Alan Bevan told CBC, “It’s the top prize in the world of pipe bands.” The SFU team came in first out of 13 teams competing in the Grade 1 category, the most prestigious grade in…
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Labour Day DJ party hit Granville pedestrian zone
September 13, 2026By: Noeka Nimmervoll, News Editor On September 7, the Granville pedestrian zone hosted an end-of-summer Labour Day block party. The pedestrian zone is now closed but was marked by a block party called Granville DJ festival, at the start of…
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Most Requested Lime hits the airwaves
September 13, 2026By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor Mason: What’s a shakin’, Canada? This is Mason, your host with the most for Canada’s hit radio show — Most Requested Lime. As always, our show is being simulcasted coast-to-coast exclusively in select, bougie, and…
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Cultural land trust in the works by City Council
September 8, 2026By: Noeka Nimmervoll, News Editor On July 15, COPE city councillor Sean Orr passed a motion at a City Finance and Services meeting, entitled Keep the Artists in: Creating a Cultural Land Trust for Vancouver. The motion aims to establish…
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Keffiyeh Wednesdays at SFU beginning this fall
September 8, 2026By: Noeka Nimmervoll, News Editor Starting on September 9, SFU’s Faculty for Palestine (F4P-SFU) invites SFU community members to wear keffiyehs every Wednesday to show support for Palestine. Organized by members of F4P-SFU in coordination with pro-Palestine students, this campaign…
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Flirting with cute rock climbing girl
August 3, 2026By: A hopeless romantic Day 1: I picked up climbing because I want to make more queer friends. Starting as a total newbie at the activity will be fun. I want someone to show me how it’s done! Day 2:…
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The breakdown of the modern gaydar
August 3, 2026By: Dina Bounine, SFU Student Imagine, you’re on the bus and you see a guy (ew). He’s got a good mullet (as in one you would see scrolling on Pinterest instead of on a hockey player). His mustache is straight…
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Celebrating the journalists who got their start at The Peak
July 26, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Since 1965, when The Peak first started rolling out weekly issues for the good people on the mountain of Lhukw’lhukw’áyten and beyond, many incredible students have worked for this little publication. Through the valuable learning…
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Exploring the importance of student press in Canada
July 26, 2026By: Ella Pendlington, SFU Student, and Petra Chase, Features Editor In June 2021, the Student Press Freedom Act was created by student journalists Spencer Izen and Jessica Kim, then editor-in-chief and managing editor of The Griffins’ Nest, a high school…
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SFU’s frat EXPOSED
July 26, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer, Staff Writer To think that every decision I made in my life somehow resulted in going to a frat party is no small burden. I was the classic “fifth year” SFU student, grey around…
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