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Abduction charge filed against father of N.L. girl taken to Egypt despite court order
30 Oct 2025
Bouchra Marbouhi says she last saw her daughter the morning of Friday, Sept. 26, when she got her ready for school. She told the girl that her father would be picking her up for a sleepover. But he never brought her back.
Here's where rain is most likely to rain out trick-or-treaters in Nova Scotia
30 Oct 2025
Parts of the province will see improving weather throughout the afternoon and evening of Halloween
Woodstock working with Covered Bridge Potato Chips to address community concerns over new location
30 Oct 2025
People living in the Covered Bridge chip plant in western New Brunswick have complained of smells, around-the-clock noise from production, and the removal of a five-metre buffer of mature trees.
Moncton man accused of stabbing RCMP officer in head to stand trial in February
30 Oct 2025
A Moncton man accused of stabbing an RMCP officer in the head and neck in August is scheduled to stand trial during two days in February in Moncton provincial court.
Government will make 'workforce adjustments' in a 'smart way': finance minister
30 Oct 2025
Ahead of next week's federal budget, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the government has been fair and balanced in making ‘tough choices’ around cuts to civil service.
Billion-dollar government deals with Stellantis, NextStar for EV battery plant revealed
30 Oct 2025
Confidential government deals worth billions of dollars to help fund a Stellantis-backed electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., carry dozens of conditions that, if violated, give federal off
Jury issues 13 recommendations after inquest into death of Wiikwemkoong man at Sudbury jail
30 Oct 2025
Jurors in a coroner’s inquest jury has made 13 recommendations aimed at improving health care at the Sudbury Jail following the death of a Wiikwemkoong man four years ago. The five-member jury release
Murder trial witness recalls knife exchange at campground before Misha Pavelick died
30 Oct 2025
The man charged with second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Misha Pavelick during a 2006 graduation party at a campground near Regina Beach had a knife in his pocket that night, a witness told the jury trial Wednesday.
13 Canadian books to read with your kids this Halloween
30 Oct 2025
Whether you're looking for a not-so-scary picture book to read with your kids, or an eerie mystery for your avid teen reader, CBC Books has put together a list of our favourite kids' and YA books this Halloween.
Dawson Creek seeks to extend state of local emergency over worries drought-stricken water supply could freeze
30 Oct 2025
The northeastern B.C. city of Dawson Creek says it's concerned the Kiskatinaw River could freeze solid this winter amid an ongoing drought, forcing the community to rely entirely on stored water.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
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Wishful thinking about cars
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The history of safety glass
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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?
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
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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.
