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Israel solidarity walk underway in Toronto as police vow to maintain security
07 Jun 2026
An annual fundraising walk for Israel is underway in Toronto on Sunday.
Winnipeg Pride parade, events to see road closures, heat warnings
07 Jun 2026
The annual Pride parade will be marching through downtown Winnipeg on Sunday in a colourful celebration of the city's 2SLGBTQ+ community that will see road closures and heat warnings throughout the day.
Arbitrator blasts former RMWB manager for handling of failed layoff plans
07 Jun 2026
An arbitrator said former CAO Henry Hunter was “tone deaf” towards the concerns of staff during the affair, and that how the layoff plans were handled “amounted to bullying.”
Climate change affecting algae in N.W.T.'s Great Bear Lake, study says
07 Jun 2026
Algae in Great Bear Lake have changed significantly since the turn of the century due to climate change, a new study has found.
Earring exhibit puts beadwork and storytelling on display in Whitehorse
07 Jun 2026
Yukon First Nations artists have intricately hand-made earrings on display at the Kwanlin Dun Cultural Centre gallery for My Big Bougie Beaded* Earrings.
Tentative agreement reached in 8-week Nova Scotia long-term care strike, says union
07 Jun 2026
The union representing roughly 3,600 striking long-term care workers in Nova Scotia says a tentative agreement has been reached, meaning staff could return to work as early as Monday morning.
Hundreds attend Winnipeg festival celebrating Serbian heritage
07 Jun 2026
Everybody is welcome to a Winnipeg festival celebrating Serbian heritage through food, music and dancing this weekend, organizers say.
Family of Sask. woman allegedly killed by ex-partner shares devastating ripple effects
07 Jun 2026
Danielle Dobersheck is remembered by her family and friends as a loving, compassionate mother whose goal in life was to help others. On Monday, her ex-partner Cody Chubey goes on trial in Melfort, charged with first-degree murder.
Knowledge keepers creating inventory of medicinal plants found on land shared by Prairie farmers
07 Jun 2026
Since it began more than five years ago, the Treaty Land Sharing Network has worked to honour the original intent of the treaties: to share the land and resources. It is expanding its scope by adding
Q&A: How Pride has changed over the years in Edmonton
07 Jun 2026
Ron Byers, a queer historian and Pride promoter with Pride Edmonton, spoke to CBC’s Edmonton AM on Friday to go through the history of these celebrations and why they’re still important.
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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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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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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
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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.
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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.
