Vancouver
Man plays hide-and-go-seek with memories of times he was wrong
August 11, 2020Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor VANCOUVER, BC — An SFU student has been sighted in the downtown core playing hide-and-go-seek. When asked who was “it,” he explained that he was trying and failing to track down his memories of the times in his life where he’s allegedly been wrong. “It’s real weird,” Bob Nockschuss, the student in question, told The Peak. “I just can never figure out where they’re hiding! I hate it, I haven’t won a game in years. People say I haven’t won an argument in all that time, either, but I just don’t know how that…
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DOXA’s There’s No Place Like This Place, Anyplace provides a poignant look at gentrification anywhere
June 23, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor As COVID-19 inequities have shown, gentrification has long been a hot topic in Vancouver and many other cities across Canada. It’s a word packed with a lot of meaning. Without oversimplifying it too…
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Black Lives Matter protests held in Vancouver
June 15, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer Photos: Kim Regala While the Black Lives Matter movement continues in the United States and around the world, Vancouver citizens have also taken to the streets in the form of anti-racism protests. Two stationary…
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Vancouver residents protest COVID-19 regulations with #EndtheLockdown
May 17, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer “Make Orwell Fiction Again,” read a tweet under the #EndtheLockdown hashtag on Twitter, a trend created by individuals protesting the current government orders regarding COVID-19. In the Vancouver area beginning in April 2020, participants…
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Buckle up as I gush about the wonder that was Tall Heights’ concert at the Biltmore Cabaret
March 11, 2020by Lubaba Mahmud, Staff Writer Tall Heights made a stop in Vancouver during their 2020 tour, so even though I had an assignment due the next day that I had yet to start working on, I somehow convinced myself that I…
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From dilDOs to dilDON’Ts: a look at Vancouver sex shops
February 9, 2020By: Agra Mikel, SFU Student A lot of fear goes into entering a sex shop, and I would know as a former sex shop virgin. Not once have I desired to venture into the depths of dildos and sex dolls. This…
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Little Mountain Gallery is the latest to suffer due to Vancouver’s increasing gentrification
February 2, 2020by Marco Ovies, Arts Editor The next time you walk past Little Mountain Gallery (LMG) you might notice a development application up on the building. Why is this important, you ask? Well, it’s because this is one of the few…
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Dinner with a View gives the rich a place to burn their money — and little else
January 4, 2020By: Kim Regala, Staff Writer A new pop-up restaurant opens on January 15 in Vancouver that advertises a novel perspective on dining. Organizers of the event call it “Dinner with a View.” For one hour and 45 minutes (and a $200…
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Election Rundown: Trudeau’s talk of opioid crisis solutions is a vote grabbing technique
September 29, 2019By: Connor Stephenson, SFU Student On Friday August 30, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Vancouver mayor and former New Democratic Party MP for Burnaby South, Kennedy Stewart. The two met on the front steps of Vancouver City Hall and proceeded…
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Vancouver’s QS World University Ranking isn’t all that it seems
September 16, 2019By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Vancouver’s grades are in and it has been given a mark of 71.6% as a student city by the QS World University Ranking system, which is an annual publication of global university rankings. That’s a solid…
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