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Cannabis sales keep climbing, but Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries' profit still falls
01 Oct 2026
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries is buzzing with an extra $12.1 million in revenue because of cannabis, but that sector's continued growth wasn't enough to blunt losses in some of the corporation's other revenue streams.
Dene National Assembly brings residential school survivors together in N.W.T.
01 Oct 2026
On Wednesday, Sept. 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, some residential school survivors are thinking of the past, present and future.
More mice or rats in and around your home? There are a few things you can do about it
01 Oct 2026
Pest control companies on Prince Edward Island say they're getting more calls about mice and rats, but there's plenty you can do to keep them out of your home — and lots of options if they already found a way inside.
Montreal's anti-insult bylaw challenged in court over freedom of expression concerns
01 Oct 2026
Two Montreal legal rights organizations are asking Quebec Superior Court to strike down the city’s new anti-insult bylaw, arguing that its broad restrictions on behaviour toward city employees — parti
Montreal’s Metro turns 60 soon, but experts warn of challenges beyond aging infrastructure
01 Oct 2026
With Quebec’s election just days away, public transit hasn’t seemed to be a priority for party leaders. The STM’s CEO says the Metro’s asset maintenance must be a priority, but transit experts warn th
2 people accused of defrauding Ajax FC Soccer Club of over $650K: police
01 Oct 2026
Two people who were employed at the Ajax FC Soccer Club have been charged after allegedly defrauding more than $650,000 of league funds, Durham police have found.
Chatham-Kent schools faced lockdowns over weapon report, police say
01 Oct 2026
Multiple schools in Chatham-Kent went into lock-down procedures Wednesday, after reports of an individual brandishing a possible firearm outside the property of Chatham-Kent Secondary School, Chatham-Kent police said.
Abandoned school burns in Peguis First Nation in Manitoba's Interlake
01 Oct 2026
An abandoned school in Peguis First Nation was left to burn after wind fanned the flames out of control, the community's fire chief says.
'Where's the reconciliation?': Saskatoon encampment occupants fear removal
01 Oct 2026
Fear and uncertainty gripped those living at a Saskatoon encampment on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation after a legal defeat, a spokesman for the camp says.
'I dance to feel whole again': How a Sask. father is reclaiming his culture
01 Oct 2026
David Brass remembers what growing up was like without learning about his culture. Now, he is reclaiming his Indigenous identity through dance. Brass and his young daughter were the front dancers at an honour walk in Regina on Wednesday.
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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.
