Three years ago, when Randy Blue Kakegamik was taking a cab after his treatment care in Ottawa the driver asked what he was passionate about. “I told my new friend that I really didn't know," he said. "I had no idea what I was going to do. I thought about it and came to the realization of music.” Kakegamik knew...

When the pandemic started in Ottawa, I did my best to follow the government's request to just stay home, stay clean and try to stay healthy. It wasn’t until workers were sent home from their jobs and told not to come back until COVID-19 was all over, did the situation really start to affect my life. For three and a...

After the college announced on March 13 that it would suspend classes and shift to online learning due to COVID-19, an Algonquin Times reporter visited campus to retrieve her belongings from her locker. These are some of the photos that were taken during that brief visit on March 20. At that time it was apparent that students and faculty were...

The spring convocation ceremony has been postponed until fall 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement issued by President Claude Brulé on Friday, March 27. In his update about college services and the spring 2020 term, he explained that because of social distancing measures being taken by the college, spring convocation ceremonies are postponed at the...

For Hamza Haq, becoming an actor was always a pipe dream, but his journey of turning his desire into a reality started at Carleton University. The 29-year-old actor and film studies graduate, who grew up in Ottawa, bagged a lead role in CTV’s latest medical drama, Transplant, which premiered Feb. 26, 2020. Prior to making it in the Canadian media...

Marie-Chantal (MC) Ozorak, 21, a much-admired defender on the Algonquin Thunder women's volleyball team, has ended her four-year run as a varsity player. The second-year social service student will complete her program this spring - she graduated from the police foundations two years ago - and is moving on from the collegeOriginally from Saint-Pascal-Baylon, Ont., Ozorak has played volleyball since...

On March 25, 2019, Jeff Hay, a public relations student, got a devastating phone call while at work. His little brother Tyler, 22, had passed away from a fentanyl overdose – Ottawa’s fifth that day. Ottawa Inner City Health reached out to Hay and sent resources to his family following the death of his brother. The organization was present at...

In early March, a team from the International Education Centre brought out crates of gulal - coloured powder used in Hindu rituals - for Algonquin College’s 2020 Holi celebration. Over 90 students gathered at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11 at residence to herald the end of winter and the start of spring. Holi is a longstanding ancient Indian festival...

With in-class learning now suspended for the remainder of the 2020 winter term, the Algonquin Students' Association is looking for a potential refund for the U-Pass, which students rely on for the city's transit system. In an email to students on March 30, Shanti Cosentino, the SA president, explained what the SA knows about it so far."The SA has heard...

Although Cree singer and community activist Iskwē wasn't able to perform at the Juno Awards in Saskatoon on March 15 because they were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she did perform in the Dare District on March 9 as part of the Students' Association's Intimate and Interactive event. True to its name, the theme was Intimate and Interactive. Before...