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Creditors circle as cull controversy shines light on B.C. ostrich farmers' unpaid bills
07 Oct 2025
After years of chasing debts through the courts, creditors of a high-profile ostrich farm in southeastern B.C. have filed paperwork against the Canada Food Inspection Agency in the hopes of recouping
Migrant worker says N.L. immigration lawyer owes him $24K after job as cook falls through
07 Oct 2025
With the hope of starting a new life in Canada alongside his wife and children, Dattaray Avhad paid a lawyer over $24,000 to help him find a job as a cook in Newfoundland and Labrador and obtain permanent residency.
Freedom Convoy figures Tamara Lich and Chris Barber to be sentenced today
07 Oct 2025
Tamara Lich and Chris Barber — two major figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" — will find out Tuesday if they will receive prison time after being found guilty of mischief earlier this year.
Construction workers overwhelmed after new work permits issued by Immigration
07 Oct 2025
Raddy Adams Manicadao, Jafferson Palabasan and Rene Logrinio were ordered off the job and told they might have to leave the country after their work permit extensions were rejected in August.
Halifax launches new civilian mental health crisis team
07 Oct 2025
Halifax has launched a new civilian team to help people in distress in the Dartmouth area as an alternative to calling police. The pilot project called CARE — Crisis Assistance and Response — began Monday.
WestJet hikes checked bag fee for 2nd time in 2 years. Will Air Canada be next?
07 Oct 2025
WestJet has hiked its first checked bag fee by $5 for ultra-basic and economy fares. The increase follows several new charges introduced by Canadian airlines, sparking concerns from some consumer advo
In Game 3, Blue Jays have a chance to sweep Yankees, clinch American League Division Series
07 Oct 2025
The Toronto Blue Jays are on the verge of their first MLB playoff series victory in nearly a decade, getting the chance to sweep the Yankees and advance to the next round Tuesday night in New York after dominating in two home games over the weekend.
Trial in Halifax Alehouse death hears from officers, victim's brother
07 Oct 2025
A Halifax police officer testified Monday he had to grab a bouncer’s arm to get him to release the chokehold he had on a patron who was unconscious and limp and had turned purple during an incident outside a downtown bar nearly three years ago.
EverWind seeks approval for largest wind project in Nova Scotia
07 Oct 2025
A company that wants to build a green hydrogen plant in Nova Scotia has filed for environmental assessment for what would be the largest onshore wind farm in the province.
Acadian riding hearings in Cape Breton reveal deep divisions
07 Oct 2025
Efforts to create a new protected provincial riding for the Cape Breton community of Chéticamp are resulting in divisions in the nearby Margaree area — on and off the electoral map.
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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.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
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.
