Picture yourself walking to a local pharmacy to purchase MDMA, cocaine, heroin, LSD, marijuana, amphetamines, or any of the other common illegal substances stated under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act. If these substances were made available under pharmaceutical supervision, would this really improve public
Dear The Peak, [Your article endorsing SFSS candidates] was published under Opinions and I would never argue that anyone should not have the right to voice their opinion or have it published. That said, The Peak is the only student newspaper and the sad truth
By the year 2065, SFU will be closing for good. At least, that’s the only explanation I can come up with to justify SFU’s 50th anniversary Legacy Song Contest: it must just be a mid-life crisis. While it may seem like an innocuous move on
As April showers roll into Metro Vancouver, students are likely to roll out some extra cash when purchasing a six pack or a bottle of red for their end-of-term parties. The Liberal government’s initiative to increase taxes on wine and allow certain liquor retailers to
When I graduated high school, I wasn’t a particularly decisive person. I decided to go straight to post-secondary from high school because I didn’t know what else to do with myself. I ended up going to SFU because it’s where my friends weren’t going, and
Boohoo: Exercise Exercise? Ain’t nobody got time for that! You have last-minute essays and finals to procrastinate on. There is no time in your already busy schedule to go work out at the gym. Do you really want to part with more of your hard-earned
This Christmas I sat down, flipped on my TV, and engulfed myself in the guilty delights of celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s Comfort Food series. As a trickle of drool anointed my chest, I watched caramelized onions pleasurably swim in sizzling butter and huge steaks detox
Earlier this week, the Canadian Supreme Court decided in a 5–4 decision that the Federal government is entitled to destroy all of Quebec’s data from the long-gun registry (LGR), which was scrapped a while ago. While registry data from other provinces had been destroyed in
The U-Pass program has been extremely beneficial for students all over the Lower Mainland, but with the ongoing transit referendum, the future of the program may be at risk. According to the U-Pass website, and from an SFU City Conversations event I was part of
British Columbia has the highest cost of living of any province in the entire country and the second highest rate of poverty, yet the provincial government remains complacent about poverty reduction. Recently, BC Jobs Minister Shirley Bond announced that after being stagnant for several years,