The Algonquin College food court is where community members recently found David Carty, a 20-year military veteran who was a police army captain for the Canadian Armed Forces. He meticulously set up a table for the Royal Canadian Legion with bright red poppies, wristbands, a donation box, a tap machine, family army medals and an album of 105 years of...

“It wasn’t at all planned,” Paul Anthony told me as he looked steadily across the table of the bustling Ottawa diner where we had scheduled to meet. With a sly, infectious smile, and jet-black hair cresting into a pair of grandiose sideburns, he certainly looked as though he was destined to impersonate one of the world’s most culturally ubiquitous figures....

Once the first alarm sounds, Kody Kelleher, 28, and his firefighting crew have 60 seconds to be fully geared and ready to go in the bay. The young firefighter’s heart rate jumps from 40 to 120 beats per minute as the alert tones go off in the middle of the night and he prepares to carry 120 pounds of gear...

A story that could have easily been wrapped up in one movie and maybe pushed for two came out with its fourth sequel in September 2022 for its third year of production. If you are a fan of long storylines, mediocre acting and a love affair that probably should have ended not long after it started, the After films is...

When I graduate, I will miss attending events like comedy shows, concerts, and festivals at Algonquin College. Despite all the stress from meeting assignment deadlines, I love being a college student. There is more freedom, and more things to do on campus compared to high school. Everyone, including non-students, can go to college events. Students get a discount on tickets...

I was eight years old the first time my parents took me to a Blue Jays game at Toronto's Rogers Centre. I remember it vividly: the sea of blue surrounding the striking green field, the air filled with the smell of popcorn and hotdogs, thousands of people draped in blue chanting ‘"Let’s go, Blue Jays!," and the bass booming out...

The grass underneath is cold and I am shivering. My arms are killing me because I am holding a camera lens that weighs over 10 pounds. I can’t help but think to myself, what am I doing here?The answer is simple. I am photographing a soccer game for an article I am not even going to write, but this was...

When I graduate, I will miss the Mamidosewin Centre. After class, I head to the cafeteria to grab a coffee. The place is alive and bursting with energy. Feeling rushed, I take my time going to Mamidosewin—the word means “meeting place” or “walking together” in Algonquin/Ojibwe. As I near where I want to go, the smell of sage burning reminds...

It’s Sept. 7 and there seem to be a million people in the Algonquin College hallways. It’s hot and noisy and everyone is pushing. Backpacks thwack into me and shoulders accidentally knock me around. I’ve only been here 10 minutes but I’m already annoyed. I’m walking down one of those super-heated glass bridges between buildings amidst a sea of students,...

Outgoing Mayor Jim Watson says he hopes politicians of today make sure they underpromise and over-deliver."I think they all have to realize nothing is free in life. You can't promise free transit because you got to pay it somehow," said Watson. Watson, who isn't seeking re-election in the Oct. 24 municipal vote, talked to the Algonquin Times about his exit...