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New water treatment plant at Giant Mine site set for operation in spring 2027
20 Oct 2026
The new plant replaces an obsolete treatment system that has been operating since the 1980s. It will treat surface and ground water from the site for arsenic and other potentially harmful contaminants before releasing it into Yellowknife Bay.
1 in 4 candidates running in P.E.I.'s largest municipalities are women — officials say they want more
20 Oct 2026
Municipal elections in Prince Edward Island are now only two weeks away, and there are concerns about how few women are running.
4th person arrested as protests continue against bike lane removal in Toronto
20 Oct 2026
A fourth person has been arrested at a protest against the removal of bike lanes in Etobicoke.
Ontario college pauses classes after province freezes OSAP
20 Oct 2026
Trillium College has suspended all classes after Ontario paused OSAP funding for private career colleges. CBC’s Lorenda Reddekopp speaks to students left stranded mid-program.
Winnipeg mayor warns anyone trying to rip off city after inquiry report praises its efforts to recoup funds
20 Oct 2026
Praise for Winnipeg's legal efforts that recouped $29 million in police headquarters costs led Mayor Scott Gillingham to issue a warning against anyone thinking of defrauding the city.
More pharmacist prescribing power would help rural Manitoba, Progressive Conservatives say
20 Oct 2026
Manitoba pharmacists are the most restricted when it comes to what they can prescribe without a doctor, and Progressive Conservatives reiterated Monday that they want to change that.
Law dean facing extradition to Canada taught at German for-profit school for years
20 Oct 2026
A disgraced former Manitoba law dean who was arrested in France earlier this year had been working at Germany's largest university for several years.
Murder trial pre-empted by accused pleading guilty to manslaughter in shooting at Regina YWCA
20 Oct 2026
An agreed-upon-statement of fact says Crane had been hiding out at the YWCA from Skylar Ochuschayoo because of "Facebook beef."
Parks Canada not laying charges after Banff National Park superintendent admits to violating federal law
20 Oct 2026
Parks Canada isn’t pressing charges against Banff National Park superintendent Salman Rasheed after he admitted to violating federal law by having his dog off-leash.
As community recovers, Tsawwassen First Nation re-elects Chief Laura Cassidy
20 Oct 2026
The Tsawwassen First Nation has re-elected incumbent Chief Laura Cassidy, who will be leading the nation as it navigates two big challenges.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
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The history of safety glass
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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?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
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.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
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.
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.
