Early in the pandemic, the federal government launched benefits such as the Canadian Emergency Response Benefit and the Canadian Emergency Student Benefit to support Canadians as the economy shut down. For students struggling to find work, these benefits offered relief from the financial stress of tuition, rent and other expenses.“CERB was helpful for me because it was the only way...

When it comes to parenting, it is often said that the teenage years are the worst. If you ask Ella Duchaine, she would agree. “He does not like to listen, he kind of ignores you,” said the business administration student. “He complains every time we ask him to sit. He talks back at us.” Duchaine said her teenager started complaining...

Full-time Algonquin College students will have $28.05 reduced from their their Students' Association fees this fall because of the campus closures for most students due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Student Board of Directors have made cuts to the ancillary and administrative fees because of the health restrictions being imposed on all institutions. These restrictions prevent gathering on campus and the...

Sage Lacerete, national ambassador of the Moose Hide Campaign, knows about the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Children first hand. "I have a very shaken reality that two of my first cousins have gone missing and been murdered in British Columbia," she said on Oct. 9 when Sisters In Spirit partnered with the Moose Hide Campaign and...

The doors to the Fitness Zone and gymnasium at Algonquin College will once again be closed to students as the City of Ottawa has re-entered modified stage two of restrictions due to a spike in COVID-19 cases. While open, the guidelines regarding students entering the gym were heavily enforced with sanitization measures in place. The Fitness Zone was only open...

Pride Week, an annual celebration filled with events, kicked off on Sept. 28 with its first event: raising the pride flag in front of the main entrance of the college. Due to the pandemic and to ensure the safety of the students, the Students' Association needed to shift everything online, by streaming the event on their Instagram page. The SA...

We’re calling it “the new normal,” but we’re doing it ironically — there’s nothing normal about the way we live now. Before the pandemic hit seven months ago, we had classrooms to gather in. Now, we’re all just talking boxes on screens. Most of us only get dressed above the waist to sit in makeshift home offices making consecutive Zoom...

“Imagine a box with a lid beside your bed," said the narrator of the guided sleep meditation playing after the event's hosts introduce themselves. "See yourself opening this box placing any worries, busy thoughts, to-do lists, emails into the box. And now closing the lid and sliding it under the bed where it will stay safe until the morning."This exercise...

In March, when the pandemic started, many thought it was not going to last this long. Today, Algonquin students at all three campuses are coping with the changes of remote or modified in-person education and learning how to adjust to these unusual times. On Thursday, Sept. 30, Algonquin Times reporters set out to do a mood check of students in...

As we enter a new school year unlike any other, the Mamidosewin Centre is preparing for a semester filled with events, activities and support to help aid all new and returning students this fall. The Mamidosewin Centre, typically located in the E-building at Algonquin can now be virtually visited through their Facebook page or the Algonquin College website. Throughout the...