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Rising cost of living has slashed delivered supplies for SA’s Food Cupboard

Tyson Purvis — April 17, 2026

Food banks are facing the same food insecurity they're meant to alleviate, says the Ottawa Food Bank

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A sign with a QR code invites students to book their meeting rooms.

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Students navigate the tricky business of booking a study room

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The Success Lion Dragon Dance Troupe performs at the Lunar New Year event. Nakeya Francis (right) holds out a head of lettuce for the lion as part of a Chinese lion dance tradition.

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Students celebrate the Lunar New Year with great food and a dance performance

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Angela Arthur, Leah Grimes, Jeff Turner and Thaddeus Attagutaluk, from left to right, all attended the first fire on Jan. 19.

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The second social fire of the winter semester a success

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Erin Cunningham (#12) and Kieran Raymo (#10) jump up to block the ball.

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Wolves women’s volleyball team goes 1-1 in first home games of 2023

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January 23, 2023

Forward Josh Norris scored the first and only goal for the Sens, his first since coming back from injury.

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Jets drop a bomb on Sens army

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Randy Kakegamick in the Mamidosewin Centre, enjoying soup.

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Weekly Soup Lunch feeds and builds community in the Mamidosewin Centre

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Logan Stewart, a first-year public relations student at Algonquin College, says the broken buttons in the N-building have left him outside in the cold this term.

Broken wheelchair buttons are leaving students stuck out in the cold

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January 18, 2023

Nathan Monpremier, a supply chain undergrad, said on Jan. 12 that he was clearing his car to get home before the snowfall.

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College community prepares for winter storm

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January 12, 2023

Colin Zoubak, left, Les Leeman, Logan Sudo, and Kendra Babcock, right, enjoyed the event's Muskoka chairs and keeping warm around the outdoor heater.

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Beavertails and fireside chats kick off the winter term

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Kimana Mar competing with the hoop at the 2019 World Games in Abu Dhabi.

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Kimana Mar ready to compete for World Games gold in Berlin

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January 10, 2023

Imad Ruhamyandekwe takes a jump shot in front of the home crowd against the La Cite Coyotes.

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Wolves end first half of men’s basketball season with consecutive wins

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December 19, 2022

Esther Teitlebaum speaks with Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky.

Photo: Stephane Gunner

As the holiday season gets into gear, an early celebration of Hanukkah begins

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December 16, 2022

Julia McCann, the program coordinator for the Food Cupboard, is helping to keep students warm this winter.

Photo: Nathan Drescher

Winter coat drive is helping keep students warm

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December 12, 2022

Gabby Sanabria, a management business student, offered an improvement suggestion for professors in 2023.

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Students reveal their wishes for an improved 2023

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December 12, 2022

Algonquin College badminton players at the ARC rec gym.

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Badminton intramural tournament smashes into action

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Pre-service firefighter students having been fundraising for the Food Cupboard during their annual Boot Drive at the Woodroffe campus.

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Pre-service firefighter students fill boots for the Food Cupboard

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