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Unnecessary or overdue? Debate swirls over whether MHAs should get recommended $22k raise
17 Oct 2026
While prices for pretty much everything continue to rise, Newfoundland and Labrador’s MHAs haven’t seen a pay raise since 2009, and the Members' Compensation Review Committee says it’s time for that to change.
Meet the Streakers — runners who are marking their 20th Cape to Cabot (clothes required)
17 Oct 2026
Regina Coady remembers being afraid of the course when she signed up for her first Cape to Cabot. But she had fun, and signed up again. On Sunday, she and several other original event runners, will take part in the 20th edition of the event.
Paint it, weather it and put some dents in it: these model enthusiasts are all in
17 Oct 2026
'You're trying to make it look like the real thing, only shrunk down, you know, 72 times for display, says club secretary Cory Hiltz.
Dennis Ellsworth spent decades entertaining. Now, he wants to focus on being a husband and father
17 Oct 2026
Dennis Ellsworth started playing shows in his teens. Now, the father and husband is just months away from turning 50 years old, and he says he's ready to take a bit of a break.
New Brunswick PCs get new leader today
17 Oct 2026
Members will gather at the Fredericton Convention Centre to find out who will be the next leader of New Brunswick’s Progressive Conservative Party.
An ox cheek to 'satisfy a working man': Exploring early modern Maritime recipes
17 Oct 2026
Potato soup, plumb cake and spruce beer — Maritimes sure had an interesting palate in the 1700 and 1800s.
N.B's oldest private art gallery marks 50 years
17 Oct 2026
Gallery 78 in Fredericton is celebrating 50 years. The gallery was started by Inge and James Pataki at 78 Brunswick St. in 1976.
Family of Quebec boy killed while cycling calls off ghost bike memorial, cites hate messages
17 Oct 2026
The family of an 11-year-old boy who was fatally struck while riding his bicycle in Quebec City’s Beauport borough is calling off its plans to install a ghost bike in his honour this weekend, citing hateful messages they received.
Repair or replace? Cracked steel beam on Mercier Bridge renews calls for a new structure
17 Oct 2026
With the latest Mercier Bridge problem, an engineer says it's quite likely that a new bridge will be needed. But costs are an important factor to consider, and the provincial government isn't exactly flush with cash.
Quebec health-care technology onboard the International Space Station
17 Oct 2026
Paratus Medical co-founder and CEO, Frédéric Lemaire used to be an emergency physician before launching a clinical assistance platform, which was created to help people in remote regions deal with med
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You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
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Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
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First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
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Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
