Terry Pender

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

Sandvine has ended its controversial contract with the Egyptian government which had resulted in its blacklisting by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The re-branded version of the company, AppLogic Networks Canada Inc., will not be signing new contracts with the Egyptian regime, says the company’s PR firm, Prosek Partners. The company’s technology is still used in Egypt by privately owned internet service providers and telecommunications companies, Prosek added.

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

The ancient light of distant stars sparked enduring wonder in Marcela Carena, leading to a distinguished career in theoretical physics and a long search for dark matter — the subatomic particles that make up 85 per cent of the universe. Carena, the new executive director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, summered on her family’s ranch about 300 kilometres northeast of Buenos Aires when she was growing up.

3 weeks ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

The small ball bearings in huge factory machines are responsible for billions of dollars in lost production every year in North America’s manufacturing sector. So, Nathan Wong and Jesurun Ramesh developed a software platform that monitors the ball bearings and ensures the round metal balls are greased at the right time with the correct lubricant. Ramesh said he was inspired after working in a paper factory for a Fortune 500 corporation that used machines with hundreds of ball bearing housings.

3 weeks ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

A new single-family home is completely unattainable in Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge with an annual income of $115,000, said a new study. The housing affordability crisis has spread across southern Ontario and is deeper than ever before in many cities, said the study called, “The Missing Middle,” which was released Tuesday by the Ontario Home Builders’ Association. The association commissioned the study, which was completed by the Smart Prosperity Institute.

3 weeks ago | therecord.com | Terry Pender

Len Brezynskie pauses on the dark landing in front of the apartment where he’s lived for 45 years. The light above the landing has not worked in more than a year, the hallways are filthy, the storage units for the tenants have been closed, garbage removal is unpredictable and snow shovelling happened only once or twice this past winter. “I almost slipped a couple of times in the winter,” said Brezynskie, who turns 80 next month.