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Cookbook Club: "PlantYou Quickies"
08 Nov 2026
All in a Weekend returns with its second installment of Cookbook Club, this time featuring Carleigh Bodrug, the author of “PlantYou Quickies.” She launched her blog in 2016 to share low-waste, plant-b
York University warns of personal data theft in cybersecurity incident
08 Nov 2026
York University is warning the community of a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the theft of personal information, including personal contact details and student identification numbers.
Search for missing boaters continues between Nain and Natuashish
08 Nov 2026
The search continues for Julius Lampe, 62, and Ephriam Merkuratsuk, 51, on Sunday, the RCMP told CBC News.
Fredericton bassoonist’s Odell Park Overture to premiere
08 Nov 2026
Fredericton Symphony Orchestra bassoonist Samuel Arnold spent a year turning his walks in Odell Park into a nine-minute orchestral work that premieres Monday.
'Extremely grateful': Price, Bergeron headline 2026 Hockey Hall of Fame class
08 Nov 2026
Legendary Montreal Canadiens goaltender and Quebec-born forward were inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto on Saturday.
Quebec immigration minister ‘shocked’ by more than 100 cases of alleged fraud
08 Nov 2026
A former employee at Quebec's immigration ministry has been charged for allegedly issuing more than 100 false Quebec selection certificates between 2016 and 2019.
Teaching professors at U of O go on strike
08 Nov 2026
Teaching professors at the University of Ottawa have gone on strike after their union and the administration failed to reach a new collective agreement.
Federal budget proposes funding to help build, refurbish ice rinks | Hanomansing Live
08 Nov 2026
Vance Weber, a volunteer with the Wolseley Mustangs Junior ice hockey team in Saskatchewan, says funding for ice rinks in communities like his would be a game changer.
CBC Edmonton wins national award for digital coverage of Alberta school book ban
08 Nov 2026
CBC Edmonton won an award Saturday for best local news in Canada for its breaking online news coverage of the Alberta government’s school book ban.
Beef prices in Canada stay flat after years of hikes but remain high | Hanomansing Live
08 Nov 2026
Beef prices remain at record highs, but industry experts say there are signs of stability, with grocery store price tags remaining relatively flat for much of 2026.
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
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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?
Wishful thinking about cars
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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.
