Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Ivan Semeniuk
Publication Date: August 15, 2025 - 07:06
Concordia University student rocket makes history but falls short of reaching space
August 15, 2025
For the first time this century, a rocket built and launched in Canada has reached for outer space – an attempt made not by a private company or government agency, but by a group of engineering students at Concordia University in Montreal who spent seven years turning their homegrown dreams of spaceflight into reality.
The rocket, dubbed Starsailor, lifted off on Friday at 5:34 a.m. E.T. from an isolated launch site in the Mistissini region of northern Quebec.
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August 15, 2025 - 14:45 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
A Federal Court judge has temporarily stopped the deportation of a man from India over Ottawa’s handling of health concerns by his Canadian wife who has ADHD, and financial problems his departure would cause his sister.
Jagjit Singh, a citizen of India, came to Canada in 2021 on a temporary resident visa and made a refugee claim for asylum. While that claim was being processed, he met a Canadian woman, in November 2024, and married her the following January.
The woman, identified only by the initials L.B., in the court decision, submitted a spousal sponsorship for her new husband to...
August 15, 2025 - 14:42 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
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August 15, 2025 - 14:36 | | The Globe and Mail
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