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Do you dare? Frightful forest walk a Halloween favourite in Kahnawà:ke
26 Oct 2026
The Haunted Woods is a 20-minute walk through different sections of a Kahnawà:ke forest, just outside Montreal. It’s packed with creepy twists, horror movie favourites, and actors ready to bring your
Montreal wants rent control, mandatory registry. What would that look like?
26 Oct 2026
The city of Montreal passed a motion asking the Quebec government to create a mandatory rent registry and to cap rent increases to inflation over a three-year average. Housing advocates are praising the move, but not everyone is on board.
After long restoration Notre-Dame Basilica back on display
26 Oct 2026
Following ten years of work, the updated facade of the well known Montreal building was unveiled to the public Sunday. But the work is far from over.
It's voting day. Here's how to cast your ballot in Ottawa's municipal election
26 Oct 2026
Today's the day that residents in municipalities across Ontario will pick their next mayor, city council and school board trustees. Polling stations in Ottawa open at 10 a.m. and stay open until 8 p.m.
Ottawa drone makers tool up for increased defence budget
26 Oct 2026
New and established drone companies in Ottawa are expanding their manufacturing base as the federal government signals it plans to rearm the Canadian Forces with domestic gear.
Sweet food, sour comments: The realities of posting restaurant content on social media
26 Oct 2026
Many restaurants say they need social media to survive, but how do they manage when the comments turn nasty? Henry Monkhouse, who runs the page The Best Eats 613, explored how restaurant owners find t
Toronto’s mayoral campaign is ending in a tight race. Here's how it got so close
26 Oct 2026
Brad Bradford announced he would run again to be mayor last year, setting himself up early as the main challenger to Olivia Chow. The incumbent has led polls through the campaign, though the race has tightened towards the end.
It's municipal election day in Windsor. Here's what you need to know
26 Oct 2026
Windsor voters head to the polls Monday to choose their next mayor, city councillors and school trustees. And a new voting system is giving residents more flexibility in where they cast their ballots.
U.S. officials accuse Canada of midterm meddling — but Trump has endorsed foreign candidates
26 Oct 2026
Despite U.S. officials repeatedly warning Canada not to get involved in the upcoming U.S. midterms, U.S. President Donald Trump has his own track record of weighing in on foreign elections.
Air Canada blamed maintenance issues to deny compensation. Records show it wanted planes for other routes
26 Oct 2026
Documents obtained by Go Public show Air Canada told passengers their flights were cancelled for safety-related aircraft maintenance, making them ineligible for compensation. But the planes they had b
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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
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
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.
