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Gahcho Kué sees 'encouraging' diamond sale despite $120.6M net loss in second quarter
17 Aug 2026
Despite the net loss, president and CEO Jonathan Comerford said in a press release that the mine's most recent diamond sale showed an improvement in diamond prices, which Comerford attributed to a reduced global diamond supply.
Carney, N.L. and Quebec premiers expected to announce new deal on Churchill Falls
17 Aug 2026
After days of speculation, the details of a new contract on Churchill Falls electricity are expected to be unveiled on Monday. Prime Minister Mark Carney joins Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony W
Preliminary inquiry begins in Moncton for pair accused of killing Melissa Price
17 Aug 2026
Leandra Beaulieu and Devlin O'Blenis are accused of second-degree murder in the death of Melissa Price, 39, whose body was found in a garbage bin in Moncton on Feb. 15.
Weeks before classes, Quebec City elementary school relocated after cracks discovered in building
17 Aug 2026
Cracks discovered at Quebec City’s Saint-Fidèle elementary school have forced more than 300 students and their teachers to move to another school shortly before the start of the academic year.
Montreal's blue-collar workers could launch strike during road cycling world championships
17 Aug 2026
The blue collar workers' union in Montreal could go on strike during the UCI 2026 Road World Championships, which are set to begin in September.
5 charged, including 2 youths, in fatal double shooting on Brampton school grounds
17 Aug 2026
A 21-year-old and two 17-year-olds from Brampton are facing two charges each of first-degree murder, after a shooting on school grounds in Brampton that took the lives of one man and one youth in April, Peel police say.
Toronto Public Health investigating legionnaires' disease outbreak
17 Aug 2026
Public health officials in Toronto say they are investigating another outbreak of legionnaires' disease. They say the outbreak of six confirmed cases spans about a one-kilometre radius of the intersection of Bathurst and Dupont streets.
Trump would cut off Canadians' data centre access in '3 seconds,' says Ford
17 Aug 2026
Speaking to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario on Monday, Premier Doug Ford made the case for building data centres in his province to protect the sovereignty of Canadians' data. The other o
$140K allegedly stolen during break-in spree by thieves wearing ankle monitors, police say
17 Aug 2026
Two thieves outfitted with ankle monitoring bracelets for previous crimes committed multiple break-ins throughout Winnipeg and the rural municipality of Headingley, taking about $140,000 worth of goods, police allege.
Alberta’s Filipino community raising questions about its future ahead of referendum
17 Aug 2026
The October 19th referendum has members of Edmonton’s Filipino community talking about their future in the province. As the CBC’s Tristan Mottershead reports, there’s growing concern from temporary residents.
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You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
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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?
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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
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
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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.
