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2026 Olympic Games: Canada and Finland tied 2-2 late in 3rd period of men's hockey semifinals
20 Feb 2026
Island companies could dig in to Ottawa's increased defence funding, says P.E.I. premier
20 Feb 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled a new defence industry strategy this week, and P.E.I.'s premier says the province will create an advisory panel to advise Island companies on how to take advantage of the billions in spending the plan contains.
Danielle Smith to talk immigration in her address to Albertans Thursday
20 Feb 2026
Premier Danielle Smith said the province is facing combined pressures from decreased revenues as oil prices trend lower and increased costs of covering services for a rapidly growing population.
People who live in Matt Jeneroux’s Edmonton Riverbend riding react to MP's floor-crossing
20 Feb 2026
Edmontonians who live in MP Matt Jeneroux’s riding are reacting to the news he is leaving the Conservatives to join the Liberal caucus.
What's the equal time rule at the heart of the Colbert-CBS dispute?
20 Feb 2026
The nearly century-old rule requires broadcasters to give equal opportunity to candidates who are running for the same position. Talk shows have long been exempt, but the FCC under Trump is changing that, according to experts.
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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.
