Despite the financial burden students are facing to try and keep up with the steady pace of inflation, they must prepare for another blow as Algonquin College parking prices are set to rise another three per cent for the 2024-2025 academic year. Parking rates at the Ottawa campus froze during the pandemic due to the lack of traffic coming through...

Ottawa is constantly teaming with life, the night as lively as the day. For some international students at Algonquin College, that is all they know. But just outside Ottawa’s borders lies a sleepy little town far from the bustling streets of the city, quiet and inviting. An escape from city life for a few hours in historic Almonte may introduce...

The Algonquin Wolves women's volleyball team won its second game of the season with a hard-fought 3-1 win over the George Brown Huskies on Oct. 28. Coming out of a win over La Cité, the Wolves started strong against the Huskies, winning the first set 25-15. Outside hitter Maddy Nadeau and right side Natasha Lauzon put many points down with...

Fighting their way through five tough sets, the Algonquin Wolves men’s volleyball team beat the George Brown Huskies 3-2 on Oct. 28. After the Wolves decimated the Huskies in November 2022, George Brown returned to Ottawa this month with a better game. “Simply, they’ve improved this year,” said Wolves head coach Jelle Kooijmann. “I think they have some really efficient...

Stormtroopers and Jedi wove their way through the misty, cold afternoon. A sole bagpiper led a team of kilted strongmen through Lansdowne Park towards the fire trucks. Wonder Woman, Spider-Man and superheroes of all varieties limbered up for competition. Among the curious array of tutus and city officials, representatives from Epilepsy Ottawa meticulously counted the donation totals. Algonquin College’s C...

Long lines of people filled the Student Commons as they waited to speak with a fortune teller at a psychic fair held there on Oct. 16. The Students’ Association holds the psychic fair once every term. The most recent fair had five fortune tellers offering services ranging from tarot card readings to Reiki, which is a type of energy healing....

Since graduating from Algonquin College’s animation program and joining Mercury Filmworks as a junior animator, Sara Connelly had been dying to be put on Hilda’s animation team. “When I first got to see a preview of Hilda, I thought I was going to lose my mind,” Connelly said. “It’s beautiful, the storytelling is so wonderful, the animation is really good...

Just over a month after classes resumed at Algonquin College, students had an opportunity to decorate or freshen up their homes. In the cafeteria, posters were for purchase by staff and students. The Imaginus pop-up shop was selling posters during its annual visit to the college. The poster sale came at a good time of year in the eyes of...

For over 17 years, local artist Bonnie McQuillan has inspired thousands of students through her art. With her rise in popularity in 2016, McQuillan started attending events to help beginner painters. "It's a fun thing to do," McQuillan said. "I think the most important thing to realize is a lot of people get caught up in the intimation of the...

Orange rocks stood their ground all over, reminders of what the week embraced: strength, courage, fortitude, but most of all, remembrance of the children of Indigenous communities all over this land. Each rock is a reminder of a child who never made it out of the residential school system. A reminder of the trauma left behind. The cool temperature on...