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Destroyed community hall to be cleared soon, paving way for Sanikiluaq’s new recreation hub
03 Oct 2026
Sanikiluaq's arena was damaged by fire in 2023, and the neighbouring community hall burnt down the following year. The hamlet has made progress finding a contractor to clean up and rebuild.
Manitoba censures nurse for inappropriate behaviour with students, another for bashing regulator on podcast
03 Oct 2026
Manitoba's nursing regulator has separately censured three nurses, for improperly accessing someone's medical records, for inappropriately touching students and for making "false and defamatory statements" about the regulator on a podcast.
Yes, Newfoundland does have wolves — and wildlife officials are studying them
03 Oct 2026
Inter-breeding of canids, coyotes and wolves is not uncommon and it can be hard to know an animal's genetic mix. That said, provincial wildlife is welcoming information on unusual canid sightings and
Newfoundlanders helped me through the hardest summer of my life
03 Oct 2026
Some folks may think it was an overzealous move to travel by myself with a toddler, a broken ankle and a case of morning sickness, and they would be right. But in hindsight, it might have been the best judgment call of my life, writes Grace Elliott.
Retired Supreme Court justice starts charity to help N.B. families with sick kids
03 Oct 2026
A retired Supreme Court of Canada justice has launched the Michel and Yolande Bastarache Foundation to help New Brunswick families with sick children — a mission fuelled by a promise to his late wife and his own personal experience.
Capturing the cascade: N.B. waterfall series concludes for the season
03 Oct 2026
With on-the-ground visits and drone footage, CBC New Brunswick took on some of the province's stunning waterfalls this summer. But the series has come to an end for now and videographer Roger Cosman is reflecting on the experience.
Quebec’s secularism laws upended their lives. They fear what comes next could be worse
03 Oct 2026
Every Monday for four months, a group of Muslim women have been organizing protests at the premier's office in downtown Montreal. They denounce the widening scope of the province's secularism laws. Th
New riding in Drummondville, Que. — same concerns about deteriorating hospital
03 Oct 2026
Residents in Drummondville, Que., will have a stronger voice at the National Assembly thanks to a new riding in the city. They say the new riding is good for representation, as long as the plan to rep
'Basic human rights': Access to local health care top of mind for voters in Gaspé, Que.
03 Oct 2026
Improving access to health-care services is one of the main expectations voters across the Gaspé region have for the future government. But in a region where basic services can mean driving for several hours, the solution isn’t straightforward.
Despite growing PQ support on Montreal’s South Shore, some voters not sold on referendum
03 Oct 2026
The suburbs on Montreal’s South Shore have been a big part of the Coalition Avenir Québec’s past election success. But polls have shown the tide is turning, and many voters in the area say they’re looking for change.
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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.
