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Crowded Granville street full of pedestrians during FIFA
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Labour Day DJ party hit Granville pedestrian zone

Noeka Nimmervoll September 13, 2026

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 September. The Granville pedestrian zone, located on Granville Street between West Georgia and Davie Street, was originally established for the FIFA World Cup. As a result of a City Council vote on July 2, the zone’s permit was extended until September 7, with the street opening to traffic September 12. Its last operating weekend was marked by the Granville DJ festival, a free, fully licensed…

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A man performing yoga as limes with eyeballs drop from the sky
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Most Requested Lime hits the airwaves

Mason Mattu September 13, 2026

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 way overpriced grocery stores. Let’s…

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A photo of the exterior of Vancouver City Hall against a bright, blue sky.
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Cultural land trust in the works by City Council

Noeka Nimmervoll September 8, 2026

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 a “nonprofit cultural land trust”…

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Keffiyeh Wednesdays at SFU beginning this fall

Noeka Nimmervoll September 8, 2026

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 aims to symbolically show support…

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A woman rock-climbing.
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Flirting with cute rock climbing girl

A hopeless romantic August 3, 2026

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: The girl at the…

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Three photos in polaroid printed style. One of someone wearing keys on their belt, another of a man with a mullet/moustache combo, and another of a haircut.
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The breakdown of the modern gaydar

Dina Bounine August 3, 2026

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 out of an ‘80s porno.…

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A photo collage of older The Peak issues
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Celebrating the journalists who got their start at The Peak

Jonah Lazar July 26, 2026

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 experience of working for a…

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A collage of various student publication articles from The Peak, Capilano Courier, The Griffins’ Nest, and The Ubyssey
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Exploring the importance of student press in Canada

Ella Pendlington and Petra Chase July 26, 2026

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 student newspaper. In response to their work investigating the Vancouver…

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A house with fraternity banners on it. A raccoon’s tail can be seen poking out of the door.
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SFU’s frat EXPOSED

Maya Barillas Mohan July 26, 2026

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 the eyes from all my time spent in…

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A composite edit of a photo of the On the Beach exhibit and a photo of the AQ pond at SFU, where a person in a gray sweatshirt lounges in front of.
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Recommended seating spaces at SFU

Katie Walkley July 19, 2026

Last week, world-renowned chiropractor Dr. Knot Mal-Praktis partnered with the department of kinesiology for a guest lecture titled, Lumb-ARE Ya Kidding Me? Back Health in the Era of Dank Memes. Only here for a day, she assessed the impacts of…

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