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'I'm living my dreams': Iranian woman in St. John's finds freedom in running
09 Aug 2026
For Ladan Jahankha, participating in her local running group is more than a fun pastime — it’s a dream come true. That's because before she moved to St. John’s in 2022, she lived in Iran, a country wh
Found a dead smooth green snake on P.E.I.? Wildlife officials ask you to freeze it
09 Aug 2026
P.E.I. is asking Islanders to take home and freeze any dead smooth green snakes they find for research. Just know what to look for: once dead, they aren't green at all.
Montreal and Laval paramedics reject agreement in principle reached with Quebec
09 Aug 2026
Paramedics in Montreal and Laval voted 60 per cent against the tentative agreement reached with the Quebec government last month.
Parades, festivities mark the end of Pride week in Montreal
09 Aug 2026
After a week of daily events and celebrations, Pride festivities are taking over downtown Montreal including two parades.
3 dead in 3 separate road incidents in Quebec
09 Aug 2026
Three people died in three separate road incidents in Quebec overnight.
Motorcyclist, 52, dead after head-on crash in Muskoka Lakes: OPP
09 Aug 2026
A motorcyclist has died following a head-on collision in Muskoka Lakes, Ont., Saturday evening, provincial police say.
Hamilton police investigating lethal stabbing
09 Aug 2026
The Hamilton Police Service is investigating a homicide after a 21-year-old man was lethally stabbed early Sunday.
Fatal Saskatoon overpass crash ends in flames
09 Aug 2026
A fatal single-vehicle collision in Saskatoon early Sunday morning at the overpass near Highway 16 and Boychuk Drive left one man dead after the vehicle was consumed by fire.
N.L. Regiment's Veitch scores in Canada's victorious Hlinka Gretzky Cup final
09 Aug 2026
Brock England, Maddox Schultz and Liam Pue each scored twice, the power play went 3-for-5, and Canada whipped the United States 8-1 to win the Hlinka Gretzky Cup on Saturday in Edmonton.
Road to Avonlea fans thrilled to rub shoulders with TV show’s cast and crew in P.E.I.
09 Aug 2026
Fans of hit 1990s TV show Road to Avonlea flocked to Charlottetown this weekend to meet the cast and crew. The three-day convention included oyster and wine tastings and panel discussions.
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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.
