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Baseball P.E.I. calls on coaches, fans to 'be better' after reports of bad ballpark behaviour
30 Jul 2026
Increasing reports of adults acting inappropriately at ballparks on the Island has prompted officials with Baseball P.E.I. to speak out.
Quebec confirms 1st raccoon rabies case in stray cat
30 Jul 2026
Quebec’s first case of raccoon rabies in a stray cat was confirmed last week in the Montérégie region, and now the province's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food is reminding pet owners to vac
Toronto residents push for moratorium on data centres in city, raise concerns over environmental impact
30 Jul 2026
Some Toronto residents are demanding a one-year moratorium on two proposed data centre projects in the city's Etobicoke and Scarborough areas.
Dead crow tests positive for West Nile virus in Windsor-Essex, health unit says
30 Jul 2026
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) is notifying local residents that a dead crow has tested positive for West Nile virus. The health unit says the positive test follows a recent detection o
German utility locks in long-term LNG purchasing deal from B.C.'s Ksi Lisims
30 Jul 2026
The Duesseldorf-based company Unifer will purchase two million tonnes per year of LNG for up to 20 years, with first deliveries expected in 2032.
Potential buyer of Yukon mine at site of disaster given another 90 days
30 Jul 2026
The territorial government said in a statement that the sale of the mine and related assets would create an opportunity for it to recover the $220 million funding advanced through a receivership loan.
Housing demand slows across the North but not necessarily for good reasons, expert says
30 Jul 2026
While slowed demand may appear to ease housing pressures on the surface, CMHC's deputy chief economist says this speaks to economic uncertainty and could be forcing people into unfavourable housing situations.
St. John's mayor hopes for solution to Southlands exit issue, but says it's on the developers
30 Jul 2026
A resident wants to see the Southlands Boulevard completed, both for convenience and to create another exit from the area in the event of an emergency. But according to the City of St. John’s, it's up
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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.
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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
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.
