By: Thievius Raccoonus, SFU Student UmbraCity has set up its oddly dystopian-looking kiosks across Vancouver, allowing consumers to rent umbrellas when unexpected rain decides to fuck up their day. The Canadian company has been putting the “EH” in umbrella ella since 2015. Thanks to UmbraCity, Vancouverites can stay dry and cool or prevent people from getting near them (umbrellas make good weapons). It remains a bit of a mystery when UmbraCity hit SFU campuses. It feels like these kiosks are slowly multiplying by the day, almost as if every corner you turn, they will appear. It leads one to wonder,…
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Written by: Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer UmbraCity, an umbrella-sharing service, started operating at SFU as of December 2019. Their kiosks can be found in West Mall Centre and the Applied Sciences Building at SFU’s Burnaby campus. To become a member,…
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