People of all ages attended the 24th edition of Geeked Out: Ottawa’s Toy and Collectible Sale on Saturday, March 23 and Sunday, March 24. More than 120 vendors set up booths in a 20,000 square foot room at the Nepean Sportsplex where people could buy toys, games, cards and other types of collectibles. Mike Varcoe, a digital freelance artist who...

Janessa van Koppen and Jakean Mason, who together form the musical group Years to Burn, met six years ago at Algonquin College as students in the Music Industry Arts program."We really only started making music [together] maybe in the past three years," said Mason, one half of Years to Burn. Mason and van Koppen had previously been making music on...

Queer celebrity and winner of RuPaul's Drag Race season 15 Sasha Colby visited Algonquin College on March 19 to talk about being a transgender woman who is also a drag queen. The theatre was packed full fans of Colby, RuPaul's Drag Race and its home-grown spinoff, Canada's Drag Race. Her talk covered a lot of ground. Colby walked the audience...

The Students' Association transported students away from campus to 4 Wheelies Roller Skating Centre on March 21 for a sold-out event. The SA bussed students to the venue on Baxter Road to enjoy a night of roller skating, having fun with friends and meeting new ones. The off-site event provided students with an opportunity to experience another part of Ottawa...

Local CBC: Sandeep Sehdev, an oncologist at the Ottawa Hospital's Cancer Centre, said he has seen multiple cancer patients refuse treatment in order to keep their jobs. "I think every Canadian would agree that's a bit unfair," Sehdev said. Employment insurance covers up to 26 weeks of leave for medical reasons such as treatment or urgent care. However, after that...

Yuki Lida, a project management student from Japan attended the student-led tax workshop to get help with her taxes on March 21. "I had a similar system in Japan, tax return system, but its completely different," said Lida. "I have to collect all documents and everything and I don't know how to proceed."Khushal Mehra and Reshma Ravindran are second-year financial...

LocalCTV: The Sir John A. Macdonald building on Parliament Hill was open for the public and politicians from March 19 to March 20 to pay tribute to former prime minister, Brian Mulroney.“It was important to be here because I was very close with the family,” said Gordon Pavey, a member of Mulroney’s security detail between 1989 and 1993. People were...

Alberta native Corb Lund performed at a sold-out venue of 823 screaming fans on Saturday, March 16 at the Algonquin Commons Theatre as part of the El Viejo album release tour. Right from the start, humour and fun were a big part of the show. Amidst the lively atmosphere, a fan shouted "take your shirt off Corb," he playfully responded...

After months of using paper compostable coffee lids at its food outlets, the college's food services team has decided to switch back to using plastic lids for the foreseeable future. From the Fall 2023 to early Winter 2024 semesters, AC Food Services featured a paper lid which could be recycled. "Originally, when we addressed our packaging it's because the Canadian...

Local CTV: Febrio De-Soysa, 19, the suspect in the Barrhaven mass killing, appeared in the Elgin Street courthouse Thursday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. It has been just over a week since the Ottawa homicide occurred. The mother Banbaranayake Gama Walwwe Darshani Dilanthika Ekanyake and her four children Inuka, Ashwini, Ranaya and Kelly Wickramasinghe are dead, while the father, Dhanushka Wickramasinghe...