It's the end of March 2023 and I am making my way to Restaurant International, Algonquin College's student-run fine-dining restaurant, to cover a charity dinner for the campus newspaper. I'm just a little over eleven weeks into my new role as a reporter and everything is still fresh. I spot the person I have to interview helping his crew put...

Students and staff at the Woodroffe campus do not all have a case of jazz hands: They are flicking their dripping hands and wiping them on their clothing after washing them in the bathrooms. The wet handprints on everyone’s jeans are indicative of valuable savings: savings to the environment, to labour and with money. All three Algonquin College campuses are...

One morning in mid-September, three students wearing hoodies and small waist bags, rummaged through big boxes of different electronic gadgets at an Ottawa discount store. Visiting big shopping malls to find deals is not for them. Loyal customers of Quick Pick, a liquidation store with eight locations in the Ottawa area, sets a fixed price for all freshly stocked bin...

If you missed celebrating the start of the new school year by attending the City Folk Festival, don't fear: consider this a reminder to go next year. The festival, which ran between Sept. 13-17, was back in Ottawa for the 29th time. Originally founded as the "Ottawa Folk Festival," it was inspired by the folk scene in the city."The event...

Crabapples filled the trees, and the ground was covered in them. Students and faculty gathered to pick small crabapples on campus Sept. 14 just outside the B- building near parking lot 1. These tiny apples were a handful to capture as attempts were made to reach them with apple pickers. The devices used were long adjustable metal poles, with a...

Rosin Sara Roy never imagined Canada would be this expensive. Her 10-hour night shift with the Amazon fulfillment center starts at 8 p.m. after a long day of classes at school. Sara Roy is currently looking for another job to make ends meet. The level-one brand management student left sunny Kerala in 2022 to fight the cold weather in Ottawa....

Embassies from around the world welcomed students on April 5 as part of a collaboration between the Students' Association and student support services to celebrate the diverse cultures on campus. The event was the 25th time embassies were invited to the college.“The celebration of culture happens every year with an exception to the restrictions during the pandemic lockdown,” said Nakeya...

LocalCBC: Two groups of PSAC workers have begun their second day of striking including more than 155,000 workers within multiple government departments and agencies under the Treasury Board, as well as tax workers from the CRA. The two sides have agreed that the workers deserve a raise, however the current dispute between the union and the government is now about...

When Nikola Mihelcic, Matthew Adams and Eddy Phillips, graduating electrical engineers students, were assigned to help their client by working on their project for months, they quickly realized there was a huge problem. They didn't know how to program the device. At table one in the Dare District on April 14 at the Re/Action event, the group demonstrated that they'd...

Algonquin College students gathered for an Esports gaming event on March 20 organized by the Algonquin Students’ Association and We Got Game. The event featured a variety of games such as FIFA 23, NBA 2k23 and Just Dance. Students competed against each other, with the chance to qualify to participate in an online tournament and the chance to win over...