Just about any Tom Green fan who follows the comedian on social media has been virtually invited on his adventure through the American West with his dog, Charley. Green has been sharing a vlog series on his YouTube channel documenting his road trip through the desert: what he sees, what he finds and what he is creating. Through the years,...

This year marks the 11th Bell Let's Talk Day, which aims to dismantle the stigma around mental health and raise money for mental health services. Bell Let’s Talk hopes that by raising conversations around mental health and encouraging people to speak up about their own struggles with mental illness, Canadians will feel more comfortable seeking help. Today, Bell is donating...

Sweat dripping off your face, you struggle to finish your last rep. You crank up the music and find it in you to do one more. When you’re done, you feel invigorated and confident, but most of all, satisfied. If you’re a gymgoer, you know this scene. Leaving the gym with your sneakers in hand, you’re already thinking of what...

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...

The Students’ Association Food Cupboard hosted their second drive-thru donation outside of C-Building on Wednesday, Dec. 9. This time around, the Food Cupboard saw twice as many participants' and received double the amount of food donations than they did at the first contactless drive in October. Jessica Clark, coordinator of the Food Cupboard organized this event to help Algonquin students...

Students readying to do winter field placements have begun to get their flu shots. Trina Budd, manager of health services, would like to encourage students to help stop the spread of the flu this winter. They can do this by getting vaccinated before going on their winter internships.“Up to and including Dec. 4, we have provided 388 flu shots,” Budd...

Algonquin College announced a higher than normal projected fall 2020 dropout rate in comparison to the fall 2019 semester, during the Oct. 26 board of governors meeting. Most often, the college experiences a period of withdrawals before day 10 of the fall semester. This is a period when students are able to receive a full tuition refund when they withdraw....

Sammy J. Lewis has been around the college block a few times. Fresh out of high school in 2008, he joined what was then Algonquin’s pre-music program, but didn’t feel that it clicked for him. He took a stab at the college’s television broadcasting program a few years later but dropped out after the first year. “It wasn’t really what...

You’ve probably heard your friends or family talking about it. Support the Canadian economy. Buy local. That’s easy to say, but much harder to do when it comes to buying food. Many of the locally sourced grocers in Ottawa are 30 minutes to an hour away from university and college campuses by bus. However, during the pandemic, these local businesses...

Standing at several checkpoints throughout Quebec's La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve Park this fall, two Algonquin College students joined with other members of the Algonquin Nation to stop traffic and spread a message about moose hunting. “A study in the La Vérendrye Park showed declining population of moose,” Liam Cote, 21, said. “The community of Barriere Lake decided to block the...