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‘A turning point’: Yellowknife’s new councillors reflect on election night victories
20 Oct 2026
With Monday night’s vote replacing more than half of Yellowknife’s city council, newly elected members say they are arriving ready to work.
City of Corner Brook locks out civic centre workers amid labour strife
20 Oct 2026
A media release says the city couldn't risk workers walking out of the building with no notice, so it "was left with no choice" but to lockout the workers.
N.L. has Canada's worst retention rate for young nurses, report finds
20 Oct 2026
In 2024, for every 100 nurses who registered to work in the province, 61 nurses under 35 did not renew their registration in N.L, according to a report from the Montreal Economic Institute.
CFB Wainwright tragedy a 'reality check' for P.E.I. mom whose son is at the base
20 Oct 2026
A mother in Prince Edward Island says support from other military families helped her through the fear and uncertainty after the deadly incident at the Canadian Armed Forces base in Wainwright, Alta., where her son was taking part in training.
3rd person charged in death of Elsipogtog man, RCMP say
20 Oct 2026
A third person has been charged after the homicide of 21-year-old Hayven Francis of Elsipogtog First Nation, according to the New Brunswick RCMP.
New survey shows Sutcliffe with single-digit lead over Leiper
20 Oct 2026
Quorus survey puts Mark Sutcliffe and Jeff Leiper well ahead of other candidates in survey published one week before election day.
Former Blue Jay, wife charged with fraud linked to Ontario youth baseball program fees: police
20 Oct 2026
Former big leaguer Richard Butler and his wife, Michelle, have been charged after a fraud investigation into the Ontario Devil Rays baseball training program, which allegedly took thousands of dollars
12-year-old girls hurt after their e-scooter collides with minivan in Windsor
20 Oct 2026
The injuries to both 12-year-olds are considered "serious" but not life-threatening.
Edmonton sergeant killed in CFB Wainwright fire remembered as volunteer leader, mentor
20 Oct 2026
A 26-year-old Edmonton man killed in the CFB Wainwright fire on Saturday is being remembered as a strong leader and mentor who spent years volunteering as a medical first responder.
Hudson's Hope voters approve borrowing for new community hall, construction estimated to cost more than $34M
20 Oct 2026
Residents in Hudson's Hope, B.C., have approved borrowing up to $10 million dollars to help finance a new community hall and multi-use gathering space, decided through referendum voting on Saturday.
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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
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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.
