Ontario’s new stay-at-home order, announced Jan. 14, will not affect Algonquin College's current COVID-19 health and safety regulations regarding on-campus learning. Ontario went under a stay-at-home order as of Jan. 14, at 12:01 a.m., which increases the lockdown across the province even further. The rules for on-campus learning at Algonquin will remain the same as they were after the lockdown...

A few months ago, my favourite Bollywood actress, Deepika Padukone, was caught in a drug-scandal involving cannabis and I, to my surprise, shrugged it off. Cannabis is illegal in India, my country of birth, so why had that not been a bigger deal to me? Was I too "Canadian" to bother?With a distance of over 11,000 km between me and...

While the NHL is on pause for now until mid-January 2021 at the earliest, I feel this is a good opportunity to consider the merit of another ice sport: ringette. One of the most important rules in ringette is passing the ring over the blue line. With this rule in place, you have to pass it over to one of...

It all started with a trip to Ottawa in grade 12. That's when the seeds of Kendra Sankey's future career were planted. Sankey, 24, valedictorian for the School of Police and Public Safety, and graduate of the paramedic program says it was a privilege to be chosen for the award. "It was a tremendous privilege and honour to be chosen...

Upon starting the journalism program, you quickly realize your job is not to break the biggest story of the century. Your job at the Algonquin Times is to publish a community newspaper. To bring an entire school together with relatable news. People at college often stick with people in their program. You might have a friend in a different program...

The college is leading a $2.5 million program to provide Indigenous youth with job training and skills in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 Rapid Response Initiative, is funded by the federal government as part of Phase 2 of the COVID-19 Support Fund. The program is expected to run until the end of March of 2021, and will provide...

Some kids want to be astronauts or princesses or actors when they grow up. Young Adam Cordick wanted nothing more than to be a race car driver. Not just the car's driver though, but also working on the car as an automotive engineer. He got the inspiration to become a race car driver from his father, Keith Cordick, as the...

Nour Kanaa wants people to know that starting from scratch is really difficult. But her in case, having a clear goal has helped her to stay focused on what she wants to do in life. As the valedictorian for the Teachers of English as a Second/Foreign Language program at convocation this fall, this was message she had for her fellow...

Meghan Boyd, this year's valedictorian for the School of Media and Design, encourages all students to focus on their goals and to strive for small victories. “Stay positive and try to complete one little thing each day that brings you closer to your goal," said Boyd, a 2020 graduate of the public relations program. "You don’t have to make huge...

The pandemic has put strain on many aspects of life, not least of all our relationships with family and friends. Public health restrictions have made visiting with those close to us more difficult. Whether or not we’ve been anxious about our own welfare, or concerned about a loved-one with underlying health conditions, COVID-19 has certainly put a damper on physical...