Yan Ting Leung
Grandma got run over (more like splashed so badly that she fell flat on her face) by a reindeer!
December 20, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer A 92-year-old grandmother was swept off her feet earlier this morning by what bystanders initially identified as a rogue reindeer the size of a school bus skidding down Hastings Street. The oversized reindeer was first spotted by unsuspecting pedestrians at 6:00 a.m. last Wednesday. According to eyewitness statements, the reindeer had been spreading festive mayhem and destruction all across the Lower Mainland by terrorizing pedestrians and treating the city as its own personal, giant ice skating rink. While terribly shaken up, Grandma, thankfully, survived the ordeal with only a few minor bruises. It was only…
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How long will Carney’s government last? We asked a tea leaf reader
December 19, 2025By: 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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Hey kid, how do I get to the Lorne Davies Complex?
December 18, 2025By: Sasha Rubick, SFU Student It’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday, cloudy, and campus is deserted. The commuter students fled home yesterday, and the Burnaby campus residents are hunkered down in their concrete boxes. I’m headed home to my dorm,…
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Reconciliation and You: a talk with Indigenous authors
December 18, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer On October 22, the Vancouver Writers Fest hosted a talk with David A. Robertson, member of the Norway House Cree Nation and author of 52 Ways to Reconcile, and Bruce McIvor, member of the Manitoba…
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Autopsy Report: Your basic white dad
November 11, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Coroner The following is a transcription of a voice recording from a mortician’s autopsy. Testing, testing. OK, time is 8:14 a.m. on Saturday, October 14, 2017. Name of deceased: Doug Graves. Location of death — uhh…
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A Peak through the archives: Judging past humour pieces
November 11, 2025By: Heidi Kwok, Humour Expert Did you know that The Peak wasn’t always funny? Gasp, you say. Oh, but it’s true. It wasn’t until the first humour section, “Nifty Pages,” graced us with its presence on January 12, 1998, that…
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A letter of challenge from a recovering perfectionist
November 11, 2025By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer Are you a perfectionist? Start with this short checklist: Do you set big goals for yourself, yet feel no sense of accomplishment if you reach them? Are you highly critical of yourself and/or others? Do…
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Gossip Peakie: The fall you turned ugly
November 11, 2025By: Gossip Peakie Hey, Burnaby Mountain dwellers. At this point, you should know who I am (even you first-years). If you don’t, you have a lot to learn about this town, sweetie. Gossip Peakie here — your number one source…
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SIGGRAPH 2025: a retrospective
November 10, 2025By: Jin Song, Peak Associate SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques) is the largest computer graphics conference in the world, bringing together scientists, artists, and other professionals working on cutting-edge technologies in the field. It has…
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Remembering Kulbir Kaila
November 10, 2025Interview and translations by: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer Written by: Petra Chase, Features Editor Kulbir Kaila worked at SFU for 17 years. On July 28, she died at the age of 61 while working a cleaning shift on the Burnaby…
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