After suddenly losing my father, Scott, when I was 18 years old, it was a daily struggle to get up every day and go out without having an awful feeling in the pit of my stomach. I was grieving, but it had also grown into anxiety. Finally, after two years, I decided it was time to tell my mom about...

Around the world, wine production has fallen to a 60-year low and experts are saying climate change is to blame. The International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) looks at data from 94 per cent of the world's wine harvest for the year and found the season of 2023 had the lowest grape production since 1961. The OIV blames the...

Growing up in Halifax and going on the ship where my dad worked was a highlight for me. I loved going to the mess hall on the HMCS Preserver to get a Rice Krispy treat or trying on the firefighter's personal protective equipment. I was tiny, so I always laughed at how I looked in the gear. Even though I...

I have walked on the same path for seven years, and in all that time it has never changed. While the seasons shift, the path running through the heart of Gemmill Park near my home in Almonte has remained the same. It's a shady forest trail, something out of a fairy-tale. The dirt path is narrow with roots snaking across...

From the onset of the Industrial Revolution, approximately 2.5 trillion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide has been released, leading to the build-up of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. From January to October, the global temperature has risen 1.43ºC above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average, making 2023 the warmest year on record, according to Copernicus. Carbon Removal Canada, an independent policy initiative...

Dulce Tapp left Mexico and came to Canada in 1992 and stayed to marry the man she fell in love with. Studying architecture at the time, Tapp attended a conference and discovered the country she would soon call home. Thirty-two years later, Tapp celebrates her heritage through art. She has been painting for 13 years and has focused specifically on...

Your goals, your career, your college. That is the motto for Algonquin College, and many students see that motto realized throughout their time on campus. Some find their career after graduation; others discover their goals during their education. In some cases, students discover their careers lie in a different field than what they are studying. Nicholas Durocher left the school...

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...

What I like about my part-time job at a Value Village in south-end Ottawa is the calmness that settles in when we close the store. The timely hits play on the store's speakers while I listen to my earbuds. It's just me and the shelves. Well, and the other workers of course. I get to do my closing duties in...