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Destructive wildfires prompt evacuations in Washington state
03 Aug 2026
About 5,000 homes have been evacuated and about 600 homes, businesses and other buildings have been destroyed by wildfires that remained uncontained Sunday in eastern Washington state, authorities said.
IN PHOTOS: Moosehide Gathering brings reconnection, revitalization and a good time to Dawson City, Yukon
03 Aug 2026
The 17th bi-annual Moosehide Gathering was one of the largest gatherings yet, with 1500 people in attendance on Friday according to organizers.
One year after devastating wildfires, Conception Bay North firefighters look towards the future
03 Aug 2026
A year after losing 200 structures to the Kingston wildfire, a community gathers, not to dwell on the fires, but to look at the good that came out of it.
N.L.'s Mary Walsh included in CBC's 13 Canadian nonfiction books to read this summer
03 Aug 2026
From musical memoirs to the impacts of AI, these titles offer a range must-read Canadian nonfiction.
P.E.I. celebrates record turnout for Emancipation Day
03 Aug 2026
Hundreds gathered in Charlottetown on Saturday to celebrate Emancipation Day, marking the largest turnout on Prince Edward Island since the day was officially recognized in 2021.
Saint John cultural festival running smoothly after last year's conflict, arrests
03 Aug 2026
Organizers of Saint John’s International Culturefest hope to put past conflict behind them after a smooth opening day on Water Street.
Targeting the taps: Why foreign hackers are striking Quebec's water plants
03 Aug 2026
Last week, the municipality of Saint-Noël was the victim of a cyberattack that targeted its drinking water facility. Cybersecurity experts traced the attack back to an organized Russian hacking group
Athletes brave the rain at Ottawa's second Ironman triathlon
03 Aug 2026
University of Calgary student Kiyan Sunderji took home the men's title while Quebec City's Ariane Lalancette was the fastest woman at Sunday's Ironman Triathlon, held as the nation's capital was under a heavy rainfall warning.
Man, 29, dead after being struck by pickup truck in Downsview Park parking lot: police
03 Aug 2026
Toronto police say a man is dead after being struck by a pickup truck in a Downsview Park parking lot Friday.
Man, 35, charged in random stabbing near human rights museum, Winnipeg police say
03 Aug 2026
A man has been arrested after what Winnipeg police say was a random stabbing near the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Saturday.
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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.
