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Fredericton lawyer found guilty of professional misconduct
03 Jun 2026
Suspended Fredericton lawyer Stephen James Hill will face a hearing on sanctions next month, after a committee of the Law Society of New Brunswick found him guilty of the misconduct allegations against him.
BlackJacks host Western-leading Vancouver
03 Jun 2026
Watch the Vancouver Bandits and the Ottawa BlackJacks go head-to-head in Canadian Elite Basketball League action from TD Place Arena in Ottawa.
Pickering, Ont., councillor running for mayor after multiple misconduct complaints
03 Jun 2026
A Pickering, Ont., city councillor previously embroiled in multiple misconduct complaints and pay suspensions has announced she's running for mayor in this year's municipal elections.
Much of southern Manitoba under severe thunderstorm watch
03 Jun 2026
Much of southern Manitoba is under a severe thunderstorm watch for Tuesday night as storms roll in from Saskatchewan and North Dakota. Large hail, strong winds and heavy rains are expected.
Crash claims life of motorcycle passenger northeast of Winnipeg
03 Jun 2026
A 70-year-old woman was killed when the motorcycle she was on collided with a vehicle crossing a highway northeast of Winnipeg, RCMP say.
Flood watches remain in place as rainfall continues in Alberta
03 Jun 2026
Environment and Climate Change Canada's heavy rainfall advisory for Calgary has been lifted. But rain continues pouring, with up to 10 millimetres expected Tuesday and possibly continuing into Wednesday morning.
Carney, Fréchette hold news conference near Montreal
03 Jun 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette make an announcement and take questions in Longueuil, Que. They are expected to announce a new agreement on public transit funding.
Yellowknife mulls bylaw change to expand $1 land sales for affordable housing
03 Jun 2026
City council currently can sell municipal land for as little as $1 to just one organization: Habitat for Humanity. Deputy Mayor Rob Warburton wants to see that expanded.
Former board member, instructor express concern as N.W.T.'s Camp Connections 'on hiatus' for 2026
03 Jun 2026
People who have been involved with a Northwest Territories camp for foster and adopted children and their siblings are speaking about its importance after The Foster Family Coalition announced Camp Connections is going on hiatus in 2026.
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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?
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
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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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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
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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.
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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.
