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Essex teen on e-bike seriously injured in collision with vehicle
05 Nov 2026
OPP say it happened near an intersection in the town around 9 p.m. Wednesday
'A good portion' of real estate listings in Sudbury, Ont., now use AI, says board chair-elect
05 Nov 2026
The majority of real estate agents in Sudbury, Ont., now use content generated from artificial intelligence in their listings, according to the Sudbury Real Estate Board's chair-elect.
Parents say new Harbour Landing school in Regina long overdue
05 Nov 2026
The province announced the new joint-use school is 70 per cent complete and set to open next September.
Committee backs bigger, YMCA-run pool on Saskatoon's east side
05 Nov 2026
City administration had recommended moving ahead with a less ambitious hybrid model featuring a six-lane pool with a 4,000-square-foot fitness area, run by the YMCA as a city facility. But Coun. Zach
Sask. producers 'very pleased' with China's tariff-relief extension, cabinet minister says
05 Nov 2026
The Saskatchewan government and agricultural producers are pleased China is extending tariff relief on canola meal and peas until the end of 2028.
Family of injured Wainwright soldier holds bedside vigil in burn unit
05 Nov 2026
Pte. Liam Ramage, 27, of Red Deer, Alta., was one of dozens of service members hurt in an out-of-control grass fire at CFB Wainwright on Oct. 17.
Northern B.C. teen who moved schools for volleyball denied competitive play by transfer bylaw
05 Nov 2026
A 16-year-old B.C. teen who moved from Hudson's Hope to Fort St. John to attend a school with a senior girls volleyball team won't be allowed to play this year because of a longstanding bylaw on athlete transfers.
1 in 3 young people in Canada have faced dating violence, pediatricians warn
05 Nov 2026
A third of Canadian youth have faced dating violence — from physical and sexual abuse to online harassment — warns new guidance for health-care providers to help them screen for abusive relationships among kids and teens.
Is Grand Theft Auto VI the most anticipated video game of all time? Here are some reasons why
05 Nov 2026
The latest in the long-running series of crime simulators by Rockstar Games is predicted to be the biggest release in video game history.
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You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
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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
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
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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
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
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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.
