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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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Haelli Jeffies, an interior design student, is conscious of what she shares with others online.

Photo: Brahim Ait Ouzineb

Community members have a role to play in learning to manage their data privacy

Brahim Ait Ouzineb
January 25, 2023

“I feel like the number is so small,

Photo: Arty Sarkisian

New guidelines for drinking alcohol prompt a range of reactions

Arty Sarkisian
January 25, 2023

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

Photo: Brahim Ait Ouzineb

Students navigate the tricky business of booking a study room

Brahim Ait Ouzineb
January 25, 2023

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.

Photo: Jayme Mutchmor

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

Jayme Mutchmor
January 25, 2023

Randy Kakegamick in the Mamidosewin Centre, enjoying soup.

Photo: Kate Playfair

Weekly Soup Lunch feeds and builds community in the Mamidosewin Centre

Kate Playfair
January 20, 2023

Students Alexander Watson and Aislynn Procter watched Inside Out at the Hub's Blue Monday event.

Students celebrate Blue Monday with a movie night

Justin Hancock-Lefebour
January 19, 2023

Students walk between Algonquin College buildings on Wednesday. Students last Thursday were checking for updates from the college as a storm approached Ottawa.

Students express mixed feelings about Zoom learning after winter storm sent some classes online

Kerry Slack
January 18, 2023

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

Rebekah Houter
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.

Photo: Brahim Ait Ouzineb

College community prepares for winter storm

Linda Verreault
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.

Photo: Jantina Huizenga

Beavertails and fireside chats kick off the winter term

Jantina Huizenga
January 11, 2023

Sitting in a circle, students discuss current Indigenous issues.

Photo: Wawina Nzibu

Indigenous culture nights held at Mamidosewin Centre

Wawina Nzibu
December 18, 2022

Esther Teitlebaum speaks with Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky.

Photo: Stephane Gunner

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

Online Editor
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

Nathan Drescher
December 12, 2022

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

Photo: Alyx Ewing

Students reveal their wishes for an improved 2023

Connor Lalande
December 12, 2022

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

Photo: Stephane Gunner

Pre-service firefighter students fill boots for the Food Cupboard

Online Editor
December 08, 2022

Students colour a collective art piece in memory of the victims of the École Polytechnique massacre.

Photo: Myriam Landreville

College community commemorates anniversary of École Polytechnique massacre

Myriam Landreville
December 07, 2022

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