When lockdowns were implemented in Spring 2021, public relations students along with their professor, Stephen Heckbert, had to discuss a plan of action for the in-person charity event in support of the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre they had planned. They came to the consensus that delaying their event to Fall 2021 was best. On Sept. 18, the students were...

In the face of a short-notice, start-of-the-school year federal election, reporters from the Algonquin Times have fanned out across Ottawa ridings to cover the results. The Algonquin Times team is also on campus hosting live radio coverage on CKDJ 107.9 from 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Follow this live story to hear from our hosts and reporters in the field...

Shawn O’Connor, a student in the office administration health services program, believes in the power of individual voters and the difference each one of us can make. If enough people don't vote, it impacts an election's results. “Low attendance to voting can put the wrong candidate into power," said O’Connor. "Having an individual put in power that may or may...

The Algonquin Times team has been hard at work covering the ongoing federal election in the Ottawa area. Here's an overview of some of the ridings in the Ottawa region and what to watch in Ottawa Centre, Ottawa Vanier, Nepean, Ottawa West-Nepean, Carleton, Kanata-Carleton and Glengarry-Prescott-Russell on Monday, Sept. 20. Listen in to our live radio coverage of election night...

At age 50, Turkish-born Kenan Avsar graduated from Algonquin College, finding success in Canada after fleeing Sri Lanka due to threats from Turkish authorities. "We were hearing about people being kidnapped by Turkish forces and sent back to Turkey in the region; it was obvious the local Sri Lankan authorities were pressured by Turkish authorities to deport us,” Avsar said....

Noah Sabourin, also known as DJ Noah, spent the evening of March 7, 2020 rocking out in his famed orange jumpsuit at the Canadian Tire Centre during a Lumineers concert. Little did the LiVE 88.5 FM host know that it would be last time he'd wear his orange jumpsuit — his DJ persona's signature attire — in a public place...

Over the last two years, Aicha Drame has quit her full-time job at Aldo, started her own business and enrolled in the business management and entrepreneurship program at Algonquin College. The prime motives behind Drame's decision? She wanted to do work that fascinated her while being her own boss. While being an entrepreneur is not everyone’s cup of tea -...

New Covid-19 restrictions put in place by the provincial government on April 16 forced the second-level public relations students to postpone two of their charity fundraising events. The Community Sweat charity event, an in-person fitness training session, was forced to postpone again after the Government of Ontario announced a six-week extension on lockdown measures. Aileigh Karson, a second-level student in...

Algonquin College has approved the addition of four new foundational programs beginning September 2021. The new programs available this fall are design foundations, drawing for foundations animation and illustration, music, media and film foundations and human services foundations. All four programs are now open for enrollment and offer three to four exemptions, providing plenty of room for students to hone...

When Larse Mantilez picked up a guitar for the first time at age 12, it was just meant to be a fun afternoon activity with a friend. But Mantilez wasn't putting in the amount of effort needed to be a serious guitar player. After a week of working to learn the basic chords, his friend decided he was beyond help....