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Opinions-in-Chaos: Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day?
July 19, 2026As SFU’s independent student newspaper, The Peak is committed to highlighting the concerns of our local community. This week, our team decided to settle a decades-long rivalry between Bob and Frank, two Burnaby locals with very strong opinions on a pertinent health-related topic. Both of them bussed down to our offices at the SFU Burnaby campus to stand face-to-face. It was our hope that the two would walk away with a renewed sense of what disagreement means — and why it can actually be healthy. Bob, local tinfoil hat manufacturer: Every day, millions of Canadians participate in a cult-like ritual…
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A leaked conversation with SFU’s new chatbot — Cloud
July 13, 2026Student: Greetings, Cloud. I need your help with an urgent matter. Cloud: [Unstable connection. Reconnected] Student: I have no time for your cheap AI antics right now. I’m dealing with an urgent matter concerning literary intellect — something a lowly…
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I just want some flowers, please
July 5, 2026When I was in grade school, I used to do a lot of musical theatre. You may think, lots of shows means lots of flowers from your family, no? No. You’re wrong. You know the saying that men will only…
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I want to kick the Science World soccer ball
June 29, 2026“The next station is: Main Street-Science World. Doors will open on the right,” the SkyTrain’s voice-from-above announced as I rose from my seat. As I slid the strap of my tote bag onto my right shoulder, I saw it. Not…
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In defense of the misunderstood, overly-hated, and elegantly useful comma
June 29, 2026Dear TA, I am writing to you in response to my recent feedback, though I am also speaking in defense of myself, and other like-minded students, to advocate for elongated sentences which exceed traditional boundaries of a single idea, because…
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Horoscopes June 15–21
June 15, 2026Aries March 21–April 19 Tangerine matcha latte Aries, tangerines may be as bright as you, but the novelty is getting a little out of hand. When was the last time you even ate a tangerine? This combination is what you…
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What your favourite film director says about you
June 15, 2026Abbas Kiarostami: You have a deep appreciation for the mundane and the small beauties of life. Unfortunately you are also deeply melancholic. I’m sorry you’re going through such a difficult time — maybe you need to watch something other than…
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Community members concerned about Conservative event at SFU
March 23, 2026Content warning: mentions of residential school denialism, transphobia, child sexual abuse, pedophilia, and racism. Correction notice: A previous version of this article incorrectly referred to an attendee of the event as a protester. On March 6, Conservative member of parliament…
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“Not at all” represented: Unhoused residents respond to Hastings decampment report
March 20, 2026In February, BC’s human rights commissioner Kasari Govender released a report on “the exclusion of media from the April 2023 Hastings decampment.” This two-day decampment was significant in scale, with 94 tents removed and residents forcibly displaced. Despite the City…
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SFSS bars recording at Council meetings, deterring student reporting
March 20, 2026Written by Petra Chase, Features Editor with contributions from Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The features editor and a staff writer spoke to the news team to learn more about this ongoing situation. Beyond being interviewed and forwarding us…
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