LocalCTV News: Ottawa’s LRT service was temporarily stopped downtown on Tuesday due to a water leak in the Rideau Station tunnel. Although trains continued to run up the line, they did not stop at Rideau Station for the duration of the leak. Emergency crews were fast to fix the problem, with service being restored roughly 30 minutes after the alarm...

Students who are coming back to Algonquin College in the 2023-2024 academic year and planning to stay in residence will find their bank accounts lighter than they were this year as their fees are going up. This spike in fees will range from $250 to $370 more than what students were charged for the 2022-2023 academic year, according to the...

Communicating with others about our mental health struggles can be essential for our long-term wellness. This is just one of the messages participants learned when mental health experts from The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre and Do It For Daron came together on Jan. 25, in the Student Commons to present Let's Keep Talking About Your Mental Health."Seventy-five per cent...

After shutting its doors in late September, the Observatory, once a fixture of campus life, is eyeing a reopening on March 6. While the popular campus hangout was open for events in the fall, the only bar on campus that is open right now is the Wolves Den, located in the Jack Doyle Athletics and Recreation Center. While many students...

Local news Ottawa Citizen: Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe is announcing that transit fares will be frozen. Additionally, $30 million a year will be invested into road maintenance once the budget is granted. Sutcliffe says that the budget is “a much more realistic and much more responsible assumption about ridership than last year’s budget.” An expected $706 million will be spent...

A record-breaking number of members visited the Jack Doyle Athletics and Recreation Center during the second week of the winter term. According to Alison Jordan, manager of the athletic operation at the Jack Doyle Athletic and Recreation Center, over 11,000 students visited the facility, which opened in the Fall of 2021. “Students are very active and are using the facility...

Only an estimated 10 per cent out of the 18,000 students on campus are using counselling services, and Student Support Services wants to make it easier for students to find the tools they need. There are plans for a new website for this upcoming fall 2023 in partnership with Stepped Care Solutions, a not-for-profit mental health organization that provides organizational...

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...

The wheelchair-accessible buttons for the main doors into the N-building have been broken on and off since early 2022. As the weather continues to get colder, this goes from being a nuisance to being a danger. Logan Stewart is a first-year student in the public relations program at Algonquin College. He uses a wheelchair, and has been left out in...