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Documents reveal Uber's behind-the-scenes lobbying in Halifax
18 May 2026
Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore delayed a vote on stricter regulations just one day after meeting with an Uber lobbyist, and his approved motion for a review committee used language nearly identical to Uber's official statements.
Niverville Nighthawks crowned national Junior A champions for 1st time
18 May 2026
The junior hockey team from Niverville, Man., is the best in the land, winning the Centennial Cup and earning the title of national champions on Sunday evening in Summerside, P.E.I.
Promised tax cut on food could be delayed as Manitoba politicians fight over bill process
18 May 2026
Manitoba's governing NDP and Opposition Progressive Conservatives are at odds over who will be to blame if a planned sales-tax cut on food is delayed beyond Canada Day.
'Joyous tears': Sask. survivor celebrates landmark intimate partner violence Supreme Court decision
18 May 2026
The decision defines the new tort as covering acts of physical violence, isolation tactics, manipulation, humiliation, surveillance, economic abuse, sexual coercion and intimidation. Brenda Ottenbreit
Kamloops Search and Rescue called in to look for missing person after vehicle lands in North Thompson River
18 May 2026
Kamloops Search and Rescue (SAR) has been called in to search for a missing person after a "motor vehicle incident," according to the group's Facebook page. B.C. Emergency Health Services said a vehic
Habs and Victoire playing on the same day turns Montreal into playoff hockey heaven
18 May 2026
What is Montreal like when the Canadiens and the Victoire are both in town for pivotal playoff matchups? CBC's Melinda Dalton went to both games to capture the city's hockey passion.
Renowned Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen remembered as trailblazer, innovator
18 May 2026
Cris Derksen, 45, died in a highway crash in northern Alberta. Reports from friends and family say Derksen was fatally injured Friday driving home after attending the funeral of their father in Tallcree First Nation, near Fort Vermilion, Alta.
Girls and young women are more likely to tear their ACLs. Here’s why — and how to prevent it
18 May 2026
Female athletes are more likely than their male counterparts to tear their anterior cruciate ligaments — and may be less likely to return to sport afterward. The injury is devastating, but strength and agility training can reduce the risk.
Toronto police officers charged in Spain with ‘serious’ allegations
18 May 2026
Three Toronto police officers were charged while on vacation in Barcelona, a Toronto Police Service spokesperson said. Toronto police did not provide details about the allegations, saying only that they are serious.
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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.
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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.
