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Man dies after falling onto the tracks at Lionel-Groulx Metro in Montreal
04 Oct 2026
Montreal's transit authority says a man died after accidentally falling onto the tracks at the Lionel-Groulx metro station around 11 a.m. Saturday morning.
Russia to intensify strikes on Ukraine after Zelenskyy remarks, defence ministry says
04 Oct 2026
Russia will intensify strikes on targets in Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine following recent remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday.
Pro-Ukraine governing coalition wins 35% in Latvian election
04 Oct 2026
Latvian lawmakers on Sunday planned to begin negotiations to form a new government following a parliamentary election in which pro-Ukraine prime minister Andris Kulbergs's four-party coalition emerged with 35 per cent of the vote.
Inuktitut AI technology still vital amidst global slowdown, Northern developers say
04 Oct 2026
As global leaders in artificial intelligence call for a pause in the technology’s advancement, developers across Inuit Nunangat are continuing community-led efforts to develop Inuktitut-language AI tools.
Aspiring young artist from Yukon wins national student art competition
04 Oct 2026
Farrow MacDougall, a student at Robert Service School in Dawson City, took first place in the sixth annual Canadian Art Inspiration Student Challenge, hosted by the Art Canada Institute. But she says art is not about winning awards.
Charity supporting seafarers opens office in St. John’s as ‘home away from home’
04 Oct 2026
Mission to Seafarers Canada is establishing a office in St. John's, which station manager Morgane Sheppard says will provide a welcoming and supportive space for those who work at sea.
After 34 years, King's Point Pottery changing hands but staying in the family
04 Oct 2026
The owners of King's Point Pottery in King's Point are retiring and won't be running their popular gallery shop next summer. However, the shop won't be closing.
'We lose their stories': Only 4 residential school survivors remain on Lennox Island
04 Oct 2026
There are now just four residential school survivors in Lennox Island First Nation. Margaret Labobe is one of them, and she wants their stories to live on through the next generation.
Autumn sunsets: Enjoy these photos from around New Brunswick
04 Oct 2026
If you get any nice shots, be sure to send them to us at cbcnb@cbc.ca for a chance to be featured in next week's edition. Don't forget to include your name and the location where the photo was taken.
CBC spoke with 4 Quebec major party leaders. See what they had to say
04 Oct 2026
As the 39-day Quebec election campaign unfolded, CBC caught up with four of the province's major party leaders: Éric Duhaime of the Conservative Party of Quebec, Charles Milliard of the Quebec Liberal
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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?
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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.
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.
