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Regina man pleads guilty in pitbull attack that severely injured woman walking her dog
21 May 2026
Gerald L. Pocha will serve a community-based sentence of two years less a day after pleading guilty to criminal negligence causing bodily harm for the dog attack in August 2024.
Spotify swapped its logo for a discoball to mark a milestone. A backlash ensued online
21 May 2026
Who hates a sparkly disco ball? Turns out a vociferous swath of Spotify users do. A short-term swap of its regular mobile app icon for a 3D mirrorball version to celebrate a company milestone has set off an online kerfuffle.
Marineland moves its bears to a sanctuary in Colorado
21 May 2026
Twelve black bears at Marineland are on the move to their new home at a sanctuary in the United States more than 2,000 kilometres away as the park slowly winds down its operations.
Mexican cartel, Hells Angels associates among 33 arrested in $37M drug bust: Winnipeg police
21 May 2026
Thirty-three people have been arrested and more than $37.2 million worth of cocaine, meth and fentanyl was seized in what Winnipeg police are calling the largest drug bust in Manitoba history.
N.S. organization rescinds refugee job offers
20 May 2026
Nova Scotia’s Northwood continuing care organization has rescinded more than a dozen job offers sent to refugees through a federal program designed to help skilled, displaced people find jobs and address Canadian labour shortages.
3 Toronto police officers arrested and charged in Spain are suspended with pay. Here’s what could change that
20 May 2026
Three off-duty Toronto police officers who were arrested in Spain last week are now back in Canada and suspended with pay, but the Toronto Police Service said they’re still waiting to get information
Flavia de Luce mystery writer Alan Bradley dead at age 87
20 May 2026
The Ontario-born author is known for his mystery series featuring an 11-year-old detective, that has sold over six million copies.
Travel restrictions lifted in northwestern Ontario as wildfire risk remains low
20 May 2026
As cooler, rainier weather has eased wildfire risks in northwestern Ontario, a number of travel restrictions have been lifted in the region. However, Sandbar Lake Provincial Park remains closed due to
Time for a survey: Province asks public to weigh in on future of time change in Manitoba
20 May 2026
Should Manitobans abandon the practice of changing their clocks twice a year? Only time — and a survey — will tell.
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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
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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.
