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By Chad Hackl

Playing with puppies: Loyalist College broadcast journalism professor Len Arminio enjoying himself with Abby and Sterling's poodle playgroup in Peterborough. Arminio is set to retire from teaching after 28 years as a journalism professor at Loyalist College. Submitted photo.If there was ever a news story to break in the Quinte Region Len Arminio made sure his students were there.
For the past 28 years, Arminio taught Broadcast Journalism and more recently Journalism: Online, Print, and Broadcast at Loyalist College. In his final year as a journalism professor at Loyalist, Arminio is set to retire from teaching.
“I don’t know if I’ll ever leave journalism, but I’m certainly leaving the college,” he said. “Whether or not I plug back in or whatever, right now I’m just looking forward to the next page in the chapter of my life.”

Loyalist College broadcast journalism professor Len Arminio enjoying himself with Abby and Sterling's poodle playgroup in Peterborough.

By Kevin Martindale

Some students at Loyalist College sympathize with 68 former summer lifeguards, whose boss was charged last week with failing to pay them.
One Loyalist student is especially empathetic, because while working for a private pool company, she also was also ripped off.
“I’m not surprised, because a lot of companies do that and especially with lifeguards you’re dealing with young kids who really don’t have a lot of experience in the workforce.”
Peter Check, a 62-year old from Acton, was charged last Thursday under the Employment Standards Act with six counts of failing to comply with orders to pay his former employees. The unpaid wages span two years, from 2007 to 2008, and total almost $64,000.

By Chad Hackl

Loyalist College graduates have no trouble finding jobs, and current students are confident about their futures in the workforce, according to a survey released this week.
Key Performance Indicator (KPI) results released yesterday state that 87.1 percent of 2008-2009 graduates from Loyalist found jobs in the workplace within six months of graduation. This is a slight reduction from the 90.8% in 2007-2008 graduates.

By Kevin Martindale

Ontario’s Premier claims colleges and universities are not as fiscally responsible as elementary and secondary schools, but a Loyalist College spokesperson disagrees.
Premier Dalton McGuinty said in a meeting at the Globe and Mail’s editorial board last Friday, colleges and universities have not met the same standards.
“We have not demanded the same kinds of accountability that we have with our hospitals and elementary secondary schools,” he said.

By Kevin Martindale

Some Loyalist College say they are not pleased with the actions of large drug retailers to protest against the provincial government price freeze.
On Tuesday, Rexall followed Shoppers Drug Mart’s lead to change the way it will do business in Ontario. It all began Monday when industry leader Shoppers Drug Mart announced it was cutting store hours and streamlining seven of it’s stores, beginning with those in London, Ontario. That also happens to be the same riding Mathews represents at Queens Park.

By Andrew Mendler

It looks like Loyalist College may not get to build a new residence after all.

LOYALIST- NEW RESIDENCE PROJECT
BELLEVILLE COUNCIL AGENDA/COMPANY WEBSITE

By Katrina Geenevasen

The Jams for Cans fundraiser was a success last night, raising over 165 kg of canned goods, along with $155.26 in funds, say organizers.

“We thought it was a great turn-out for a mid-week event, so we were very pleased,” said Kerry Ramsay, professor and co-ordinator of the Public Relations Program.

Erin Colton throws Sean Gadpaille during a routine self-defence manoeuvre in Thursdays class at Shinjudo in Belleville. Photo by Bromley Chamberlain

Chef Christopher Ennew, one of three judges at Loyalist College's ninth annual Junior Iron Chef competition, observes Amanda Green of Kingston’s Loyalist Collegiate Vocational Institute as she seaso

By Phyllis Papoulias

College students across the province can breathe a sigh of relief as a slim majority of faculty representing Ontario’s 24 colleges have voted to accept what the colleges called their final offer, narrowly averting a strike.
The final ballot count on Feb. 24 revealed 51.45 per cent of the teachers voted to accept the three-year collective agreement that will increase salaries by 5.9 per cent by Sept. 1, 2011.
Final results from the initial vote on Feb. 10 were postponed until all the mail-in ballots could be received and counted.

By Khush Bhandari

Loyalist’s student government has a new president.

Elections for the new president were held from Tuesday, Feb. 23 to Thursday, Feb. 25.

Ryan Scott was elected with 142 votes, or 62 per cent of the total ballots cast. Finishing second was Ashley English, a first-year social service worker student, with 88 votes or 38 per cent of the ballots cast.

By Dan Boot

In the wake of recent economic events, things all around us are changing. Everyone is looking to cut costs and The Pioneer is no exception.

Newspapers everywhere have been slashing jobs, reducing their page numbers, and, in an effort to save money and gain readership, putting their news online.

By Phyllis Papoulias

Watching closely: Chef Christopher Ennew, one of three judges at Loyalist College's ninth annual Junior Iron Chef competition, observes Amanda Green of Kingston’s Loyalist Collegiate Vocational Institute as she seasons pork tenderloin on Feb. 20. Photo by Phyllis PapouliasAfter spending two hours cooking under the scrutiny of stone-faced judges and the glare of television cameras, four Prince Edward Collegiate Institute students walked away with the title of Junior Iron Chefs during the ninth annual competition, a third consecutive win for the school.

Their scallop appetizer, pork tenderloin main course and dessert cake of hazelnuts, chocolate, raspberries and English cream won each of the high school chefs a $500 bursary to Loyalist College. The winners, Henry Goddard, Marlayna Church, Erik Neilson, and Andrea Heuving were also given a host of prizes from cooking knives to chef whites and even a new mixer for the Prince Edward County high school’s kitchen.