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P.E.I. has a new way to warn Islanders before extreme heat hits
07 Aug 2026
Prince Edward Island is now using a new Heat Alert Response System to warn Islanders about dangerous summer heat, something the province’s chief public health officer says is overdue as hot, humid days become more common.
Are people actually using Edmonton’s bike lanes? Here’s a look at the numbers
07 Aug 2026
To cut through all the rhetoric, CBC News reviewed municipal data to get a sense of how often Edmonton’s bike lanes are used.
Man, 22, charged with second-degree murder in central Edmonton homicide
07 Aug 2026
Sukhjit Randhawa, 48, was found suffering from serious injuries on Wednesday in the area of 112th Avenue and 82nd Street, and later died of his injuries.
Saudi Arabia expects imminent 2-pronged attack from Iran's allies, official says
07 Aug 2026
Saudi Arabia expects imminent co-ordinated attacks from Iraqi militias north of the Persian Gulf state and from Yemen's Houthis from the south under the supervision of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a senior Saudi official said.
N.S. father sues province, health authority after son's death — the 4th in custody this year
07 Aug 2026
An Annapolis Valley man is suing Nova Scotia's attorney general and the provincial health authority following his son's death this spring from an illness while in the custody of the province.
N.W.T. advocates worry school absence rates will worsen as staff shortages, low funding persist
07 Aug 2026
The territory has seen a decline in attendance since the COVID-19 pandemic, with numbers recently stabilizing, but not recovering to pre-pandemic levels. Some say that as long as there are teacher sho
Yellowknife residents ask court to stop plans for Burwash-area housing development
07 Aug 2026
A group of Yellowknife residents is taking their municipal government to court, in an effort to stop a city zoning bylaw that would allow an undeveloped green space to be used for housing.
Health officer says he wants permanent fix for sewage leak at Yellowknife apartment building
07 Aug 2026
The N.W.T.'s chief environmental health officer is recommending Northview Residential REIT provide a permanent fix for a sewage leak in the basement of one of its apartment buildings.
Athletes ready to rock as Corner Brook finishes preparing to host N.L. Summer Games
07 Aug 2026
Final preparations are underway for 1,600 young athletes to descend on Corner Brook for the 50th edition of the Newfoundland and Labrador Summer Games.
‘King of the good times’: John (Bull) Cook remembered as a pioneer of St. John's nightlife
07 Aug 2026
Despite the sombre nature of funerals, Kathie Hicks says the buzz was loud at Carnell’s Funeral Home on Aug. 5 — exactly how John Cook would have wanted 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.
