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'It's a catastrophe': Montreal community mourns teen cyclist killed in hit and run
03 Nov 2026
Isaac Larivée, a student at Collège Ahuntsic, was struck by a motorist at the intersection of Jeanne-Mance Street and Henri-Bourassa Boulevard W. around noon on Friday. The vehicle was travelling at h
Debate over future of Montreal’s Van Horne overpass heats up
03 Nov 2026
The overpass, which connects the Plateau–Mont-Royal and Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie boroughs, will reach the end of its service life by 2030. The city wants to demolish the structure to make way for a r
Toronto hoping to negotiate new deal with Ontario amid financial uncertainty
03 Nov 2026
Fresh from her election victory, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is preparing to try and convince Ontario Premier Doug Ford to sign a new agreement with her city. Toronto officials are hoping for a deal wit
New documentary explores deep ties between Windsor and Detroit
03 Nov 2026
The relationship between Windsor and Detroit is in the spotlight this week as a new documentary about the Gordie Howe International Bridge has its premiere at the Windsor International Film Festival (WIFF).
Regional Food Distribution Association launches annual Christmas hampers campaign in Thunder Bay, Ont.
03 Nov 2026
The Regional Food Distribution Association launched its 2026 Christmas Hampers for Seniors, Singles and Couples Campaign, also known as the “Be the Reason for the Season” campaign, in Thunder Bay, Ont
How Fort Frances, Ont., residents are collecting donations for seniors displaced by fatal apartment fire
03 Nov 2026
Community members have raised more than $4,000 to support seniors that have been displaced following a fatal fire at an apartment building in Fort Frances, Ont. The fire at Rose Manor, which occurred
Dwights Coffee House in Prince Albert, Sask., turns grief into 'something more meaningful'
03 Nov 2026
A mother from Pelican Narrows opened a coffee shop in Prince Albert, Sask., last year and named it after her late son, who died three years ago.
Putin pushes the myth of Russian invincibility, seemingly to set his terms for peace
03 Nov 2026
When Russian President Vladimir Putin recently declared that inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Russia is "unrealistic," it may have sounded like standard wartime bravado. But he might also be thinking ahead to a diplomatic endgame in Ukraine.
Ryan Wedding's $40M US motorbike collection to go up for auction
03 Nov 2026
A $40 million US collection of rare and high-performance motorcycles seized from Canadian alleged drug lord Ryan Wedding will go up for auction next week in Mexico. The 61 bikes include models from Du
Ottawa wants us all to have emergency supplies for 3 days. The good news is, that number hasn't changed
03 Nov 2026
Public Safety Canada is maintaining its longstanding advice for Canadians to be prepared to go at least three days without running water or electricity, following recent calls in the U.K. and other countries for their residents to do the same.
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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.
