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Hallmark presents: Love on the Mountaintop

Peak Web December 20, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor and an executive producer with Hallmark  MAGGIE BENSTON CENTRE - REGISTRAR SERVICES DESK  SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY  HOLLY is conversing with REGISTRAR OFFICE LADY. The room is grey with no Christmas decorations in sight.  HOLLY (to REGISTRAR OFFICE LADY)  Yes, that’s Holly. H-O-L-L-Y. I know, you probably haven’t met many people around here with my name — I’m kinda named after Christmas! I said goodbye to the small-town life and moved to New York to start a career in professional Christmas tree tinsel placing at Macy’s. I had to make it as a small-town Burnaby girl…

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The Clausgate Scandal: How Big Beverage tried to cancel Christmas

Peak Web December 20, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, Reporter in Hiding  By the time the headline “Santa Claus Hates Everyone” ricocheted across the internet and news outlets, the world had already begun cancelling Christmas. Children sobbed into their half-eaten gingerbread men. Christmas influencers rebranded as…

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How long will Carney’s government last? We asked a tea leaf reader

Peak Web December 19, 2025

By: Ashi, Multiverse 538.10.1.4’s top-grossing divinator  How long will this government survive? Read on to find out! Remember to follow my TikTok for exclusive digital palm reading.  Hiiii, lovelies! Welcome back to my Federal Future Forecast Series, where I ask…

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A beaver moves through dark, low water near a dam.
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Indigenous-led restoration project uses beaver dam structures to restore waterways

Peak Web December 18, 2025

By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Delaney Hall, wildlife technician at the Okanagan Nation Alliance and member of the Osoyoos Indian Band, is spearheading a project to rebuild beaver dams in the traditional syilx Okanagan Territory. This project, in partnership with…

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Reimagining Shakespeare: The campus is but a stage

Peak Web December 18, 2025

By: Zainab Salam, Opinions Editor Jess: a fourth-year student, burdened by ambition and Wi-Fi issues. Advisor: a keeper of bureaucratic riddles, and a destroyer of hopes and dreams. Professor: philosopher, lecturer, and a veteran of many, endless faculty meetings.  Barista:…

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Four of Freshet’s founders sit at a long white table and smile for the camera. Their table has a small sign saying, “Save Our Local News.”
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Freshet News flows through community

Peak Web December 18, 2025

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer When snow begins to melt and gives way to spring, rivers in BC rise and rush in response. This high water phenomenon is known as a freshet. Now, in the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas, a new…

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A crowd of people in jackets surrounds the entrance to a building, with the building’s sign being displayed near the entrance (“Strand Hall”). The person closest to the camera is waving a large red flag that says “UNITE HERE Local 40,” while others hold a few signs here and there as well. Another sign says, “ONE JOB SHOULD BE ENOUGH.”
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SFU’s contracted food service workers stage demonstration

Peak Web December 18, 2025

By: Mason Mattu, Section Editor  On November 5, SFU’s contracted food service employees took their lunch break collectively to stage a demonstration, demanding a living wage and improved working conditions. Employees from Tim Hortons, Starbucks, Mackenzie Café, the Dining Commons,…

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The back of two students’ shirts say, “never again for anyone.” One student is wearing a keffiyeh on their head, while a Palestinian flag and other posters are laid out on concrete steps in Main Mall.
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Student organizations hold strike for Palestine at SFU

Peak Web December 18, 2025

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer On October 23, chants echoed across convocation mall as SFU community members gathered for a campus strike in solidarity with Palestine. Organized by the climate justice organization SFU350 and the anti-Zionist group Independent Jewish Voices…

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Several tampons and pads are laid out against a black background.
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Free menstrual products coming to SFU washrooms by the end of 2025

Peak Web December 18, 2025

By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer A new program to provide free menstrual products will soon launch across all SFU campuses. On the Burnaby campus, dispensers containing both pads and tampons will be installed in 60 high-traffic, gender neutral, and women’s…

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Mariah Carey, with enlarged cheeks due to her plastic surgery, kicking Christmas decorations in the air.
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CHRISTMAS CANCELLED: Mariah Carey refuses to defrost

Peak Web December 8, 2025

By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer BREAKING NEWS — Mariah Carey, the official “Queen of Christmas,” is refusing to defrost. The beloved American singer, best known for her 1994 hit “All I Want For Christmas is You,” remains stubbornly encased within…

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