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Low eligibility rates for legal aid could be leaving some Yukoners in-between
14 Nov 2026
To be eligible for legal aid, an individual can't make more than $27,000 per year. A private family lawyer can cost someone hundreds of dollars per hour. Compounding the problem could be the territory
Toronto Tempo have 1-in-3 shot at No. 1 pick in Sunday's WNBA draft lottery
14 Nov 2026
After posting a 11-33 record in its inaugural season, the Toronto Tempo enter the WNBA draft lottery tied for the best odds at the No. 1 pick, and potentially a chance to select University of Southern California star JuJu Watkins.
Highways destroyed, livelihoods in jeopardy and lives lost: The toll of B.C.'s 2021 floods
14 Nov 2026
Thousands were evacuated from their homes. Floodwaters washed out roads. At least five people were killed as a direct result of the downpour, and many more were injured. It was a historic storm.
Microsoft services fully restored after global outage
14 Nov 2026
Microsoft said on Saturday that services had fully recovered across Teams, Outlook and its other products, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses and governments for over 24 hours.
Carney says Canada will only sign a U.S. trade deal that includes viable auto sector
14 Nov 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney was speaking at a news conference, three months after Canada pulled out of trade talks with the U.S., saying there had been last-minute demands from Washington that included a hit to Canada's auto sector.
New Iqaluit course teaches youth how to be content creators
14 Nov 2026
In Iqaluit, there's a new content creator course teaching youth how to be influencers and streamers. The organizer says it’s the first step in a larger project, the launch of the Pinnguarvik “playroom” platform.
Scam targeting minor hockey teams 'heartbreaking' for affected kids
14 Nov 2026
Valerie Favreau, the chair of the Oromocto Minor Hockey Association, said two under-13 teams signed up for a tournament in Stanley, with each team losing around $750 in fake registration fees. It's a
Rise in costs cause disability non-profit to close its doors after 14 years
14 Nov 2026
The John Wood Foundation is a charity that raises funds to support disabled New Brunswickers. It announced they will close for good after 14 years because of increasing operational costs.
Ford government spent nearly $46M on 2 ad campaigns, FOI docs reveal
14 Nov 2026
The Ford government spent nearly $46 million on two ad campaigns that ran across various social media and video platforms over the course of the 2025-26 year, records obtained by the CBC through a freedom-of-information request show.
Dill pickle English muffins? Meet the Timmins librarian-turned-baker with a new spin on the classics
14 Nov 2026
After leaving her job as a school librarian, Vanessa Boutin Lembo decided to pursue a career in baking. She told the story to Up North host Jonathan Pinto for this week's edition of Northern Nosh.
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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.
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.
