Every Monday, from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Algonquin College students participate in an in-house event at the Jack Doyle Athletic and Recreational Centre where they get challenged with fun and safe exercises. According to Erica Johnston, a client service representative at the ARC, the goal of Move it Monday is to provide awareness that any kind of movement is...

When the first recruit signed up 30 minutes before the event's start, the friendly Nerf club organizer knew she'd have a busy Clubsfest."Get like-minded people together and shoot people with them," said Nerf club organizer Kathline Valiquette. There were countless names on the newly formed club's sign-up sheet. Bringing nothing but a sole Nerf blaster, Nerf game rules and ambitions...

A new business fundamentals program is coming to Algonquin College in Pembroke. The eight-month certificate program will begin in September 2023 and students will be workforce ready by April 2024. Program coordinator Kim Drake says the program is ideal for anyone who is out of work or is looking to retrain for a different career. Drake hopes to have 30...

The assignment in a mixology class in the H-building one February afternoon was to make an alcoholic coffee. Ed Sheeran was singing from the professor's laptop, the students' glasses were clinking and everyone was about to put some whipped cream on top of their drinks. Instead, there was a shout.“Stop everything! Don’t put that on your drink!” said Patricia Becket....

The Ottawa Senators forged a remarkable late comeback to take down the Calgary Flames in historic fashion at the Canadian Tire Centre on Monday night. With Anton Forsberg out for the next two or three months after tearing his MCL in both knees and Cam Talbot still sidelined with a groin injury, 2019 second-round draft selection Mads Søgaard made his...

The Algonquin Wolves fell short on Saturday night, losing 93-83 to first place team, George Brown Huskies. The Feb. 11 game started off poorly for the Wolves, losing the first quarter in dominant fashion by 19 points with a score line of 35-16. That was the only quarter the Wolves lost in the game. Winning the second quarter 19-17, tying...

A long time ago, there lived a village man who was given the wisdom of the entire world. He greedily kept it for himself. He decided to put it all in his calabash - a container - on top of the coconut tree. He then tied this calabash in front of him and instructed his son to wait at the...

Working to uphold their pledge to offer audience's the most psychedelic Pink Floyd experience in Canada, tribute band Comfortably Numb has sold out the Algonquin Commons Theatre every time they've played it since it opened in 2016. The band's sell-out show on Jan. 28 was no different. "The band is honest just about what it does," said the band's founder...

It’s “incredibly inspiring” that students are getting into nursing after the “crazy difficult year of COVID,” Justin Trudeau said during a meeting with Algonquin College’s nursing students on Friday.“We were seeing all the challenges in our healthcare system, all the gaps. Each of you decided that you wanted to be a part of serving and helping your fellow Canadians,” Trudeau...

Algonquin College students should expect a three per cent increase in campus parking permit prices in the 2023-2024 academic year. Each year, the price of parking is reviewed by Roch Lafond, the parking manager at Algonquin College. The parking team makes suggestions on whether or not any necessary fee changes through the college procedure should be made. The current costs...