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Charlottetown Islanders will work hard but may not expect 'to win every night,' new head coach says
27 Jul 2026
John Mitchell was named the Islanders' new head coach earlier this month, replacing Jim Hulton, who led the team for 11 seasons.
Free mug exchange brews community connection for Riverview family
27 Jul 2026
The Stauffer family moved to the area from Calgary almost two years ago. Their front-yard mug library has brought joy and an opportunity for socializing to the neighbourhood. The CBC's Rhythm Rathi reports.
Quebec paramedics reach tentative deal with government after negotiation blitz
27 Jul 2026
After more than three years without a collective agreement, the CSN-affiliated unions representing Quebec paramedics said it has reached an agreement in principle with the government.
BlackJacks taking on Niagara in CEBL action
27 Jul 2026
Watch the Ottawa BlackJacks and the Niagara River Lions go head-to-head in this Canadian Elite Basketball League clash from the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Body found near train tracks in Brampton being investigated as suspicious death: police
27 Jul 2026
Peel police say they are investigating a suspicious death after a body was found near train tracks in Brampton, Ont.
Stretch of Toronto could be temporarily co-named 'BTS Boulevard'
27 Jul 2026
There's no 'Fake Love' in Toronto for K-pop boyband BTS as city council is set to vote on a temporary street dedicated to the group for just one month.
Thousands of triathletes swim, ride, run across the city at Supertri Toronto
27 Jul 2026
Thousands of triathletes took to Toronto’s highways and Lake Ontario Sunday morning for the second edition of Supertri Toronto, a global short-course triathlon. CBC Toronto spoke with some of the athletes along the ride.
Canada's Carol Zhao receives main-draw wild card for final National Bank Open
27 Jul 2026
Canada's Carol Zhao has received a main-draw wild card for what will be the final National Bank Open of her career.
Here's the latest on northwestern Ontario's forest fires: Sunday, July 26
27 Jul 2026
There are 130 active wildfires across northwestern Ontario, according to the latest update from Ontario's Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services (AFFES) issued Saturday evening. Here's what we k
Searchers comb downtown Winnipeg to find stolen puppy
27 Jul 2026
A frantic hunt for a missing nine-week-old puppy stolen from its foster home's yard last week saw volunteer searchers sweep the streets of downtown Winnipeg to rescue the animal.
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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.
