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Lilly’s leap: An American's gamble on a rural N.L. way of life
25 Oct 2026
As northern cod makes its historic comeback, and a workforce ages, Lillian Saul, an American with no ties to Newfoundland and Labrador, bought a fishing enterprise, hired a crew and found a new home at just the right time.
N.L. Liberals, NDP want ‘action’ from government during House of Assembly's fall sitting
25 Oct 2026
N.L. Premier Tony Wakeham says his government has a heavy legislative agenda planned for the House of Assembly’s upcoming fall sitting — kicking off on Monday — but what exactly those bills entail are details he didn’t share.
N.L. government doesn't yet know who's paying for its new dry dock
25 Oct 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador took the next step towards construction of a new dry dock and marine industrial facility on Friday, as the Oil and Gas Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador issued a Reque
Is this Quebec-developed fruit the 'apple of the future'?
25 Oct 2026
Quebec apple producers say it’s been a good season, harvest- and sales-wise. They say it has much to do with U.S. tariffs and new varieties developed in — and for — Quebec.
More young Quebecers are turning to evangelism. A new documentary explores why
25 Oct 2026
Journalist Clément Hamelin’s documentary, Faites du bruit pour Jésus, sheds light on a crop of new, young evangelicals in the province. He spoke with Let’s Go's Sabrina Marandola about the project.
Platform cheat sheet: Where the mayoral candidates stand on infrastructure
25 Oct 2026
In the last days before the municipal election, CBC Ottawa is comparing what the leading candidates for mayor are promising on the issues voters told us matter most. Today: infrastructure.
Why have so many people died this year on Ottawa's roads?
25 Oct 2026
With more than a month left in 2026, there have been 32 traffic-related fatalities in Ottawa this year — the highest figure in more than a decade. Police are partly pinning the blame on a rise in stunt driving and impaired driving.
Toronto artist brings ‘spooky’ to city’s west-end through monster exhibition
25 Oct 2026
Halloween is fast approaching and this Toronto artist is bringing the spooky to a west-end art gallery.
Niagara artist paints 'love letter to Canada' on retired classic airplane in her Wainfleet, Ont., yard
25 Oct 2026
Niagara artist Paula Jane Marie has taken love for all things Canadian to another level with an unusual canvas in her yard in Ontario's Wainfleet township: an airplane featuring her paintings of a moose, loons and, of course, a beaver.
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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.
