Eleven new councillors have been elected, and 13 have held onto their seats and stayed in office as a result of last October’s municipal election. Laine Johnson was elected councillor of College ward and is serving her first term on the new council led by Mayor Mark Sutcliffe. She's a sitting member of three committees, including the emergency preparedness and...

At the end of every semester, students are encouraged to evaluate their professors’ performance, but very few of them actually complete the survey, which, some say, diminishes its value.“It's like people going out to vote. If you have a 90 per cent turnout, you're getting something that represents the crowd. But if you get 10 per cent turnout, then somebody...

Canadians have been advised to have no more than two more than alcoholic drinks a week according to a new report by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction released last week. Some community members at Algonquin College think the drop is extreme, while others say it’s not extreme enough. The recommended number dropped from 15 drinks for men...

Algonquin staff and students gathered in the Student Commons of E-building this past Monday to celebrate the Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year fell on Sunday, Jan. 22, and to celebrate, the Algonquin Students' Association provided students with free food, informative pop-up tables and a traditional dance by Ottawa’s Success Dragon Lion Dance Troupe.“We have info tables set up...