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It grew from a few veggie tables to a community hub — St. John’s Farmers Market is turning 18
24 Jul 2026
The St. John’s Farmers Market is celebrating its 18th birthday with a full weekend of free activities. But it’s also looking back at how far the market has come, and what it’s come to mean to so many.
New training aims to make P.E.I. health care safer for Indigenous patients
24 Jul 2026
P.E.I. nurses and midwives will soon be required to complete Indigenous cultural safety training aimed at improving the experiences of Indigenous patients in the province’s health-care system.
Trial of Montreal man accused of killing his 9-year-old daughter enters 2nd day
24 Jul 2026
A New York jury is expected to hear testimony from more police officers as the trial of a man accused of killing his nine-year-old daughter resumes.
When it comes to tornado warnings, experts say it's better to be safe than sorry
24 Jul 2026
If you were jarred by a tornado warning on your mobile phone around 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, you weren't alone — more than one million people in a swath of eastern Ontario stretching from Arnprior to Hawkesbury and encompassing Ottawa got one, too.
He died after a violent altercation with Ottawa police. 10 years later there are still calls for change
24 Jul 2026
Saturday will mark 10 years since a Black man in crisis died after a violent arrest by Ottawa police, and advocates say that while some positive steps have been taken in the last decade to help people
India's 'Cockroach' protesters press on after activist Sonam Wangchuk ends hunger strike
24 Jul 2026
Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ended a 26-day hunger strike on Friday that helped galvanize a youth movement that’s become one of India’s largest protests in recent years, as demonstrators took to the
Orcas filmed smashing sunfish to smithereens
24 Jul 2026
Orcas in the Gulf of California have been filmed teaming up to smash dead sunfish to pieces. In a new study, researchers speculate why they might be doing this.
Elmer MacKay, longtime former N.S. Progressive Conservative MP, dies
24 Jul 2026
MacKay represented the riding of Central Nova and held several ministerial portfolios under former prime minister Brian Mulroney.
Expansion plan for Yellowknife's Kam Lake area met with skepticism from residents
24 Jul 2026
The city of Yellowknife presented its concept plan to expand its Kam Lake neighbourhood at an open house Thursday evening to a room of about 30 residents. The plan includes about 68 hectares set aside
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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?
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By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
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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
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.
