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Q&A: N.S. has the most ticks in Canada — here's how to protect yourself
23 May 2025
Vett Lloyd, a professor at Mount Allison University and the head of the Lloyd Tick Lab, explains what can be done to avoid ticks and what to do if you find one on you or your pet.
Lithium-ion battery fires on the rise in Montreal, fire service warns
23 May 2025
The Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal (SIM) says there’s been a 195 per cent increase in lithium fires over the last two years.
How lowering costs for developers could save you money on your next home
23 May 2025
Ontario wants to change the rules around development charges, but will it help Toronto's housing crisis? CBC's Chris Glover digs into the data — and speaks to developers and officials to find out.
Windsor looks to hire new police chief by October to replace Bellaire
23 May 2025
The city of Windsor is aiming to hire a new police chief by October of this year, the board that oversees the force said Thursday.
Death of man found injured on Cumberland Avenue was a homicide, police believe
23 May 2025
The death of a 39-year-old man who was found seriously injured in Winnipeg’s Central Park area on Friday is being investigated as a homicide.
Man convicted of murdering Edmonton woman in 1987 seeks bail
23 May 2025
A man accused of murdering an Edmonton woman more than three decades ago is seeking bail, months after his conviction was quashed by the federal justice minister.
Federal public service shrinks for 1st time in a decade
23 May 2025
The federal public service has shrunk for the first time since 2015, after shedding nearly 10,000 jobs over the last year, according to new data released by the Treasury Board Secretariat.
'Energy is Canada's power': New federal energy minister touts past Alberta oilpatch ties
23 May 2025
The new federal energy minister delivered a boisterous speech in support of the country's energy sector on Friday morning, while highlighting his past involvement in the sector and the urgent need to build a variety of new energy projects.
Ukraine, Russia begin what is expected to be largest prisoner swap since 2022 invasion
23 May 2025
Russia and Ukraine each released 390 prisoners on Friday and said they would free more in the coming days, in what is expected to be the biggest prisoner swap of the war so far.
Nova Scotia Power says ransomware hackers have published stolen data
23 May 2025
Nova Scotia Power has confirmed it is the victim of a ransomware attack and that the hackers who stole data have published it.
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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
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
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.
