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Successful Sask. rehab program for people with neurological conditions still growing
28 May 2026
The Enrich neurorehabilitation program at the University of Regina offers patients a unique place to stay strong physically, while giving them a sense of community.
Edmonton hospital using medical technology to offer non-surgical weight loss procedure
28 May 2026
A procedure at the Royal Alexandra Hospital sees tiny tools used to stitch up a stomach to reduce its size.
How a Canadian Epstein survivor found her voice
28 May 2026
Sharlene Rochard was a teen when she started travelling to the U.S. to model and ended up in the orbit of convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Now, the Canadian survivor is transforming her perso
#TheMoment a pilot honoured his co-pilot and childhood friend
28 May 2026
American Airlines pilot Andrew Anderson tells The National about the moment he delivered a tribute speech to his co-pilot and childhood friend Andre Turner before a flight to Toronto.
Hurricanes blank Canadiens 4-0 to take 3-1 series lead in Eastern Conference final
28 May 2026
Sebastian Aho sparked a three-goal surge late in the first period and Frederik Andersen made a comfortable 18 saves for his third shutout of the playoffs as the Carolina Hurricanes cruised past the Mo
Chief Stubbs to give update on OPS response to officer misconduct reports: Ottawa Police Service Board
28 May 2026
Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs will provide a public update on steps taken to address gender-based violence and sexual violence within the force, the Ottawa Police Service Board has announced, follow
Atlético Ottawa coach on his bittersweet departure
28 May 2026
Diego Mejía announced he's leaving the Canadian Premier League team he coached to its first North Star Cup to join sister club Atlético San Luis in Mexico. He told Rachelle Elsiufi what his time in Ottawa has meant to him.
Iqaluit's reservoir has two years of water stored: councillor
28 May 2026
After years of struggling with low water levels, an Iqaluit city councillor says the city's reservoir has adequate water stored.
N.W.T. gov't should contact residents affected by lead in schools, MLA says
28 May 2026
As testing continues to uncover elevated lead levels in school drinking water across the N.W.T., one MLA is calling for the government to reach out directly to residents who may have been affected.
'Please... come home': Family, friends plead for help locating Nasha Wong
28 May 2026
Family and friends of Nasha Wong are urging the public to come forward with any information that could help Yukon RCMP locate her. Wong was reported missing on May 15. She was working at the Keno Hill mine at the time of her disappearance.
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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
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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.
