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These P.E.I. farmers are growing food — for bees
29 Jul 2026
Some farmers on P.E.I. are planting patches of fields for bees and other pollinators as part of a global campaign. There are 33 farms participating this year, and the hope is to build on that success. CBC’s Nancy Russell reports.
N.B. homeowners and contractor in dispute over $200K, prompting calls for stronger oversight
29 Jul 2026
A St. Andrews couple is fighting to recoup about $200,000 in losses from a renovation that they say was started, but never finished, by a contractor now embroiled in several disputes with former clients.
Saint John councillors question transition housing vacancies, praise encampment reductions
29 Jul 2026
Saint John councillors pressed city staff this week over vacancies at transition housing sites, asking why 16 of 66 units remain empty as the city continues to grapple with chronic homelessness.
Peel Region shelter crisis deepens as intimate partner violence incidents rise
29 Jul 2026
As intimate partner violence incidents rise in Peel Region, local leaders say provincially funded emergency shelters are overburdened and hamstrung by outdated funding rules. Mississauga’s mayor and t
B.C. ranch shelters dozens of horses as wildfire forces evacuations
29 Jul 2026
A ranch in British Columbia has taken in nearly 30 horses after wildfires forced families to evacuate. Jessica Heikes, manager of Double Seven Ranch near Cache Creek, says opening the ranch to evacuees and their animals was never a question.
Work begins to remove decades-old fish sauce from St. Mary’s plant
29 Jul 2026
Work has begun to remove decades-old vats of foul fish sauce from a St. Mary’s plant. The Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company closed in 2001, but the stench from the sauce left in the building has wreaked
An N.L. optometrist wants to put goalies’ eyesight to the test
29 Jul 2026
A Newfoundland and Labrador optometrist with a passion for sports is looking for hockey goalies to volunteer a bit of their time in the hopes one day it could help local athletes boost their skills.
Canada urged to welcome Haitians fleeing U.S. deportations as Trump ends protected status
29 Jul 2026
Montreal refugee advocates say they are hearing from a growing number of Haitians in the United States who are considering coming to Canada after the Trump administration moved to end deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people.
Police watchdog investigating alleged sexual assault by on-duty Ottawa officer
29 Jul 2026
An Ottawa police officer has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman while on duty early this year, CBC News has learned.
Toronto city council meeting for the last time before the election. Here’s what’s on the agenda
29 Jul 2026
Wednesday marks the last council meeting before election season takes over, when the mayor and councillors will need to convince Torontonians they deserve to keep their jobs.
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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
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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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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
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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.
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.
