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Firm behind planned Anthropic data centre in Nova Scotia denies owing fees to N.L.
22 Oct 2026
EverWind, a company planning a massive data centre in Nova Scotia for artificial intelligence giant Anthropic, is in the midst of a dispute about land fees for a failed wind-powered hydrogen project in southern Newfoundland.
Teacher shortage in Happy Valley-Goose Bay linked to housing shortage, says NLTA president
22 Oct 2026
The president of the NLTA says two teachers gave up jobs in Happy Valley-Goose Bay this year because they couldn't find housing—and he's calling on the provincial government to offer clear solutions.
MUN international students down by 45% after federal restrictions
22 Oct 2026
The number of international students at Memorial University has dropped 45 per cent in the past three years, following a federal clamp down on study permits.
These groups are making sure Island kids stay warm this winter
22 Oct 2026
As the weather cools off and families start pulling out winter clothes, some groups on P.E.I. are helping make sure children have what they need. CBC's Connor Lamont reports.
Mount Allison brings back teaching-degree program nearly 30 years after nixing it
22 Oct 2026
The university will offer a 16-month post-baccalaureate degree with options to teach either grades K to 5 or 6 to 12.
He bought a used SUV from a Volvo dealer. He regrets trusting their inspection process
22 Oct 2026
Ashton-Vitaly Evdosin, a 21-year-old student says he's had continuous problems with his certified pre-owned Volvo since he bought it last fall. None of the problems were flagged in the dealership's in
Taking the road less travelled by: Montreal rideshare driver releases poetry collection
22 Oct 2026
After eight years of balancing 10-hour workdays and writing, Jibril Adamu is releasing his first poetry collection, Ode to a Red Country Rooster, at the end of the month.
Here’s how Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford plan to hire more cops
22 Oct 2026
Despite their contrasting outlooks on the issue of public safety, both Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford are promising to hire more police officers as part of their bids for the job of Toronto mayor. Here's how their plans compare.
Detroit tourism bureau halts advertising in Canada amid trade war, hopes Canadians won't 'hold a grudge'
22 Oct 2026
Detroit’s tourism bureau has completely stopped marketing to Canada, saying they understand that “antagonistic” American actions have strained relations between the two countries.
Healing walk in memory of teen hit by truck on Ont. highway highlights need for more pedestrian safety efforts
22 Oct 2026
Noreen Agnew says she doesn't want her 17-year-old daughter’s death to be in vain, so she’s leading a healing walk along Highway 11 in northwestern Ontario today to raise awareness about concerns for
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
