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U-Pass expected to cost students an additional five per cent next year

Kaitlyn Lemay — November 23, 2024

The City of Ottawa has tabled a draft budget for 2025 and transit is seeing an increase in fares, including the U-Pass for students

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Eternity Martis, award winning author of They Said This Would Be Fun

Photo: Race, Campus Life and Growing Up, believes students experiencing racism need institutions to stand with them. Sarah Crawford, sexual violence prevention and harm reduction coordinator, interviewed her about these issues and more. Photo credit

Eternity Martis says improving the college experience for BIPOC students requires institutional change

Aadil Naik
February 22, 2022

Ryan Bonacci, a part-time tourism-travel instructor, says that the program will be hosting employer presentations that walk students through the day in an employee's life for a particular company.

Photo: Stephane Gunner

Graduates entering the tourism industry have had to learn without hands-on training

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February 22, 2022

Wolves talking to head coach Jaime McLean before the first home game of the season.

Photo: Kolbe Devaux

Wolves quell Lancers and Surge to sweep ARC openers

Kolbe Devaux
February 21, 2022

Nathan Garcia, a guard, surveys the floor.

Photo: Liam Fox

Algonquin Wolves men’s basketball team split opening games at the ARC

Liam Fox
February 21, 2022

An overhead view of the Algonquin student commons, where students can study or talk to unwind from classes.

Photo: Liam Fox

Mental health and mid-terms

Tyler Major-Mcnicol
February 20, 2022

Mofeyisopi Ayeni, a former Algonquin College student, studies for class at the library.

Photo: Sahlym Florestal

Algonquin College Library is set to reopen and will be fully staffed

Sahlym Florestal
February 17, 2022

Culinary management students display their pleasure to be back at Restaurant International.

Photo: David Rotel

Restaurant International has partially reopened

David Rotel
February 17, 2022

A Health Services nurse administering the flu shot vaccine at Algonquin College's Health Services.

Photo: Myriam Landreville

Are students rolling up their sleeves for the flu shot?

Myriam Landreville
February 16, 2022

Three of the playwrights showcasing their scripts in Hothouse 1 on Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Top left

Photo: Nicole Burggraaf, Bottom left

Hothouse series returns to showcase scripts with ‘otherworldly’ qualities

Magan Carty
February 16, 2022

The students spend most of their field days at the Petawawa Research Forest, one of the oldest research forests in Canada.

Photo: Myriam Landreville

Forestry technician program grows to include inclusivity efforts and new technologies

Myriam Landreville
February 16, 2022

Thaya Kandiah, owner of Thana Markets on Bank St., said 60 to 70 per cent of his customers are non-white. He has witnessed demand for Indian groceries continue to grow since he bought the place in 2008.

Photo: Aadil Naik

The taste of home

Aadil Naik
February 16, 2022

Nick Dudar, a student in the heating, refrigeration and air conditioning program, has been playing League of Legends for years.

Algonquin students dominate We Got Game esports tournament

Nathan Drescher
February 16, 2022

Primrose Broverman, a first-year esthetician student at Algonquin College, getting in some study time alongside her son, Robin.

Photo: Tyler Major-Mcnicol

Students as parents: The delicate balance

Tyler Major-Mcnicol
February 15, 2022

Korrine Affleck brushes the neck of Indigo in early autumn at Willow Creek Stables near Algonquin's Perth campus.

Photo: Carol Goddard

The fight to help Newfoundland ponies move from the brink of extinction

Carol Goddard
February 11, 2022

“I couldn’t be happier about being back in the gym,” said Jaime McLean, the head coach of the women’s basketball team at Algonquin College.

Photo: Liam Fox

Varsity athletes return to play with a new name and a new home court

Liam Fox
February 09, 2022

Gwyneth Jones, a first-year architecture student, swears by paper notes for her program.

Photo: Nathan Drescher

Paper versus digital notes: which is better for students?

Nathan Drescher
February 07, 2022

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