Local NewsCityNews: An Ottawa marketing firm has joined a growing list of organizations offering support to displaced people of Ukraine. Danger Co Marketing Services provides free marketing support to Ukrainian refugees looking to start over in North America as entrepreneurs. Founder and CEO Jordan Stalker says while it will be challenging for many people to restart their lives in a...

The Algonquin Wolves women’s basketball team defeated the Lambton Lions 66-45 on Saturday, March 12, in their OCAA quarter-final game. The team is heading to Windsor for the semi-finals of the championship with a perfect record on their home court. Head coach Jaime McLean was very pleased with his team’s performance in Saturday’s match. “I feel great,” he said. “That...

College faculty in Ontario will escalate to a full strike on Friday, March 18 at 12:01 a.m. if their employer does not agree to end the labour dispute through binding interest arbitration. The professors, instructors and counsellors of Ontario's public colleges transitioned to phase 3 of work-to-rule on March 2. Now, they have agreed to reach a contract resolution with...

Coming off six straight wins, the Algonquin Wolves women’s basketball team beat the short-handed Loyalist Lancers to move onto the second round of playoffs. Tension filled the air of the Jack Doyle Athletics and Recreation Centre entering the fourth quarter as the Wolves trailed the Lancers 42-39. Coach Jaime McLean was crouched over with his hands on his head, players...

The highly anticipated 34-foot climbing wall and 15-foot bouldering wall in the Jack Doyle Athletics and Recreation Centre have officially opened. Members of the Algonquin College community have wanted this and waited patiently for a long time, according to Timothy Lee, manager of athletic operations and fitness at the ARC. Student athletes up for the challenge are invited to experience...

Local NewsCTV News: Ontario announced that mask mandates will end on March 21. Masking will be up to individuals, but the province will no longer require it in schools, restaurants, bars, gyms and movie theaters. Furthermore, individuals exposed to COVID-19 in their own household will no longer have to isolate. “We are now learning to live with and manage COVID-19...

Local News Ottawa Citizen: Tamara Lich, one of the principal organizers of the convoy protest has been released on $25,000 bail Monday, March 7. Her release is with strict conditions, including the immediate return to her home in Medicine Hat, Alta., under supervision. This is because Superior Court Justice John Johnston found “errors” in the previous judge’s detainment of Lich,...

The Algonquin Wolves women’s basketball team has wrapped up their short eight-game season with two close wins against a tough Centennial Colts team this weekend, finishing 7-1 and second in the East Division standings. On Friday, March 4, the Wolves were down 13 points going into the half but came back from the large deficit and won 55-53. The Wolves...

Ontario college faculty have started phase three of their work-to-rule action on March 2 after they rejected the contract offer by a vote of 62 per cent. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union's action is meant to increase pressure on the College Employer Council to reach a resolution either by negotiating to an agreement or is resolved through arbitration. The...

It is the end of the day in August 2021 and students in Algonquin’s television broadcasting program have just finished their last round of filming for a collaborative project with the CHEO Research Hospital. Dr. Samantha Boggs, a pediatric ICU doctor and researcher, is watching closely as the students act out her scripts and film cardiac arrest scenarios. The plan...