Vancouver
HUMOUR: Ash’s Squirtle called out of retirement to help battle BC wildfires
July 21, 2015With over 200 wildfires (as of print time) currently blazing across British Columbia, the provincial government has called Ash Ketchum’s Squirtle out of retirement to help combat the growing numbers. A once prominent member of the Pokémon trainer’s roster, Ash’s Squirtle was last used in a trainer battle over 14 years ago. The Squirtle will first be deployed to Puntzi Lake, and then to near Bobtail Mountain Provincial Park, where two of the largest fires in the province are currently raging. “In 2015, we’ve already doubled the number of forest fires we had in all of 2014,” Forests Minister Steve…
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Ten statements that demonstrate how confusing it is to live in the year 2015
July 21, 2015“Boy, I sure wish it would rain in Vancouver.” “I wonder what will happen in the new season of Twin Peaks.” “Have you listened to Hilary Duff’s new album? It’s pretty good.” “If only BC was like Alberta and had…
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Laugh Track: Shirley Gnome
July 13, 2015Shirley Gnome is aware that comedy musicians have a slightly tarnished reputation. For every successful example like Weird Al or Flight of the Conchords, there are a dozen acts that flounder, either from poor songwriting, poor jokes, or some hellish…
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Laugh Track: Emma Cooper
July 3, 2015From hosting a nude stand-up show to constructing a blanket fort in the Astoria every month, Emma Cooper’s resumé reads like the bucket list you never realized you wanted to have. The Peak catches up with the Vancouver comedian to…
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Laugh Track: Graham Clark
June 29, 2015Graham Clark is more than just a funny guy with a beard. Sure, he sometimes uses that beard as a brush and does paintings to raise money for charities, but there are layers to the Calgary-born now-Vancouverite. Aside from his…
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HUMOUR: The statue emporium at the bottom of Burnaby Mountain attempts a radio ad
June 29, 2015Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! This Sunday only, Ital Decor Ltd. — that place with all of the statues you sometimes see while riding the 135 to and from SFU’s Burnaby campus — is having a blow-out clearance sale. Bloooooooooow ouuuuuuuut saaaaaaaaale!…
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HUMOUR: Delta plans shutdown of Alex Fraser Bridge for Magic: The Gathering tournament
June 22, 2015Shortly after the cancellation of the widely criticised ‘Om the Bridge,’ another familiar politician, Delta mayor Lois Jackson, announced that the city will be shutting down a different Lower Mainland bridge for a trading card game tournament. “The City of Delta is…
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Peak Speak: Is Vancouver Boring?
June 10, 2015The Peak asks SFU Vancouver students if they think the city is boring. Created by Paige Smith Special thanks to Max Hill
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Laugh Track: Ryan Mutama
June 8, 2015Ryan Mutama is a stand-up comic living in Vancouver who uses comedy as a way to explore more serious, social issues. The Peak caught up with Mutama to discuss race humour, how living in Vancouver has affected his comedy, and…
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Vancouver isn’t boring
June 8, 2015A recent article published in The Economist describes Vancouver as “mind-numbingly boring.” The author, under the alias “Gulliver,” later states that the more “cities strive to become nicer places in which to live [. . . the] less interesting they…
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