Canadians will be celebrating an important anniversary this year, and like most of our anniversaries, we'll be celebrating it largely alone. A century ago, a traveling salesman named Peter L.

Toques? Politeness? Strong beer? Forget all that. It's a simple piece of hardware that sets us apart from Americans. The Robertson square-drive: a screw topped with a square hole ready to receive its ...

We’d still be stripping screws if it weren’t for Robertson, but we wouldn’t have the special effects we do without Cameron Why he’s famous: He’s the inventor of the Robertson screwdriver—you know, the ...

If the "medium is the message," Robertson’s message was clear: life’s too short to deal with stripped screws Why he’s famous: He’s the inventor of the Robertson screwdriver—you know, the square-shaped ...

To most people in town, Peter Lymburner Robertson — better known as P. L. Robertson, inventor of the famous screw — was the cigar-smoking, cane-tapping boss who held the financial well-being of ...

Martin Street, Robertson Crescent, Norrington Place, Matheson Gate, Chris Hadfield Way, Anderson Avenue, Dolby Crescent, Kearns Drive and James Snow Parkway are among the local streets named after ...