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2nd SickKids staff member charged with possessing, accessing child sex abuse material in less than a month
07 Aug 2026
A 55-year-old staff member at SickKids has been charged in a Toronto police child luring investigation.
Electrician becomes 10th person to seek Winnipeg mayoral seat
07 Aug 2026
An electrician wants to charge up Winnipeg's mayoral race by becoming the 10th person to register.
Youth faces sentencing for fiery crash of stolen SUV in Saskatoon
07 Aug 2026
One day in May completely changed the life that an 82-year-old Saskatoon man had built for himself and his family.
Jalapeno-linked salmonella outbreak hits 27 U.S. states. What's the risk in Canada?
07 Aug 2026
Health Canada says the Public Health Agency of Canada is not currently investigating any salmonella infections tied to a jalapeno-linked outbreak in the United States, where at least 345 people across 27 states have gotten sick.
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567M to address platforms' harms to young people
07 Aug 2026
A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million US to address harms to young people from its platforms in the second phase of a landmark trial.
Fogo Island mayor wants aircraft for medical emergencies, after ferry woes this week
07 Aug 2026
Service on the Fogo Island-Change Islands-Farewell ferry run is in the process of being restored on Thursday. The service was disrupted beginning on Wednesday when the MV Veteran had mechanical issues
P.E.I. Liberals to hold leadership convention in October to replace Robert Mitchell
07 Aug 2026
The Liberal Party of Prince Edward Island will hold a convention to find its next leader on Oct. 25.
Sussex pool and rec centre forced to close due to lack of funding, for now
07 Aug 2026
The Nutrien Civic Centre in Sussex is closing its doors this Saturday, because the regional facility has not received its budgeted support from the Kings Regional Service Commission.
Ottawa police say sexual assault reports have gone up
07 Aug 2026
The Ottawa Police Service says reports of sexual assaults have increased by almost 24 percent during January to August this year compared to the same time period in 2025. Police also say 150 sexual as
Ottawa BlackJacks visit Brampton for CEBL quarterfinal
07 Aug 2026
Watch the Ottawa BlackJacks (3) and the Brampton Honey Badgers (2) go head-to-head in this 2026 Canadian Elite Basketball League Eastern Conference semifinal game from the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ontario.
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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
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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.
