Algonquin College confirmed classes in all locations will be suspended the week of March 16 to March 22, until it moves to mostly online learning due to concerns about COVID-19. In an email statement to students on March 13, Claude Brulé, the college's president, explained that faculty will continue to work and will use the upcoming week to prepare. “Classes...

It's a common drill during a mixed martial arts workshop: attack an opponent in turtle position, reverse it and then progress into a guillotine choke so your adversary will submit. It's something you would see in a fight that ends in submission, like Chiesa vs. Condit on Dec. 29, 2018, where Chiesa won in the second round. Only this time,...

As of March 11, the COVID-19 outbreak has been classified as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. With two cases of COVID-19 now in Ottawa, Claude Brulé, president of Algonquin College, sent his fourth email to students and faculty since Jan. 28 to update the community on how the college is handling the situation. As of right now, Algonquin...

As COVID-19 becomes an official pandemic, Algonquin Times reporters set out to do a mood check of students and staff in the Algonquin community. On Thursday, March 12, reporters fanned out to lounge and study spaces all over the Woodroffe campus to hear what students have to say. Reporters asked: What are your biggest practical concerns just now? What are...

An excited crowd filled the Student Commons Theatre with cheers and applause as Antoni Porowski made his way on stage. The 35-year-old TV personality from the Emmy award winning Netflix show Queer Eye stopped at Algonquin College to talk food, his cookbook, representation and what it’s like working with his co-stars. Melina Kokkinos, a graduate of the public relations program,...

LOCAL OTTAWA CITIZEN Parents at a smaller school in the Ottawa Valley have mixed feelings about the provincial government's latest announcement regarding class sizes. Stephen Lecce, the minister of education, announced at a press conference on March 3, the government's willingness to fall back on their previous cuts. This includes implementing larger class sizes and mandatory online classes. Parents at...

LocalOttawa Citizen Two Ottawa schools have cancelled overseas trips due to outbreaks of Coronavirus. Broadview Public School cancelled their May exchange trip to South Korea and Merivale High School cancelled their March Break trip to Italy. Ottawa-Carleton District School Board spokesperson Darcy Knoll said that the board is planning to review all planned trips based off of the federal government’s...

LocalCTV News Twelve trains entered the O-Train Confederation Line Monday morning - one train short of the required 13 trains for adequate levels of service during peak hours. OC Transpo described the 13 trains as “full service” but the number has dropped to as low as six in recent weeks. Trains now run every five minutes during the morning rush....

Growing up in competitive dance, I never thought I would step away from it at 18 to start a sport as intense as competitive cheerleading. Also known as all-star, the sport involves two-and-a-half-minute routines where athletes stunt, tumble and dance. And yes, cheerleading is a sport. When the word “cheerleader” gets brought up, many people think to the NFL sideline...

On a table at the front of the Makerspace sits a sprawl of disfigured shapes of varying colours. Behind them, a series of detailed info-graphics. Just a few days earlier, these models buckled under immense pressure when they were crush tested. The lines on the graphs illustrate when these moments occured. Now, some of the models are nearly unrecognisable from...