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First Person: Bringing perspective on homelessness in the downtown core

Lara Simard — September 17, 2025

Often stigmatized, our community must realize the un-housed population did not choose this lifestyle.

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Algonquin Times reporter Kate Playfair

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The cost of sleeping in is killing students’ mental health

Kate Playfair
April 18, 2023

U-Pass or no U-Pass, that is the question

Brahim Ait Ouzineb
April 18, 2023

Algonquin Times writer Kerry Slack

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Orthodontist in Peru, barista in Canada. Where are the bridge programs?

Kerry Slack
April 18, 2023

Algonquin Times writer Arty Sarkisian

Photo: Alex Lambert

Cartoons over politics

Arty Sarkisian
April 12, 2023

Algonquin Times writer Rebekah Houter

Photo: Alex Lambert

Bright city lights make me miss the stars

Rebekah Houter
March 27, 2023

The various devices that make modern life so convenient for students.

Photo: Connor Lalande

Be thankful for the benefits of the modern student life

Connor Lalande
November 03, 2022

Cranky old student Nathan Drescher wants you to keep it down in the lavatory

Photo: Aadil Naik

Can it with the funny business in the washrooms

Nathan Drescher
November 02, 2022

Violence is a part of our daily news intake, and it has stopped having the effect it should, writer Aadil Naik argues.

Photo: Rohan Kanchan

How did we become so desensitized to overt violence?

Aadil Naik
October 20, 2022

The recent municipal election fair in E building.

Photo: Leslie Bader

Editorial: Students must vote to be heard

Cameron Ryan
October 20, 2022

Photo: Magan Carty

I love school but I hate going to school

Magan Carty
October 18, 2022

A message from your SA president

SA President
October 04, 2022

Campus life returns stronger than ever.

Campus life returns stronger than ever.

Office of the President
September 26, 2022

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Photo: Serolf Flores, Development Services Worker Bottom right

Mood Check: Are international students city or country people?

Alyx Ewing
August 17, 2022

Tyler Beauchesne, finishing his first year of journalism at Algonquin College.

Why switching from university to college was the right move for me

Tyler Beauchesne
August 11, 2022

Madi Ivan-Feldcamp

How to combat break-week burnout

Madi Ivan-Feldcamp
August 02, 2022

Journalism student Alyx Ewing on the stresses of returning to school after time away

Photo: "Reaching out for help made me feel less alone and gave me a bit of hope to keep going."

Handling the stresses of returning to school after a “gap year” (or more)

Alyx Ewing
July 20, 2022

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