Murray Wood: The most charming words kids say are usually the wrong ones
Kids mispronounce the funniest things. And Murray Wood thinks that sometimes, parents shouldn't rush to fix them.
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WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic, urges aggressive action
GENEVA - The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic and urged aggressive action from all countries to fight it, as U.S. stocks plunged into bear market territory and several Ame...
Mar 11, 2020
Trudeau says government eyeing ways to curb COVID-19 spread as pandemic declared
OTTAWA - The federal government rolled out a $1-billion package Wednesday to help the country's health-care system and economy cope with the novel coronavirus outbreak as the number of cases in C...
Mar 11, 2020
UK interest rates cut, funds freed up to ease virus impact
LONDON - Britain took bold steps on Wednesday to cushion the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak, as the government announced a 30 billion-pound ($39 billion) stimulus package and the Bank of E...
Mar 11, 2020
Airlines slash flights, freeze hiring as virus cuts travel
Airlines are slashing flights and freezing hiring as they experience a sharp drop in bookings and a rise in cancellations in the face of the spreading coronavirus. Delta Air Lines said Tuesday that tr...
Mar 10, 2020
Stocks surge on Wall Street following worst day since 2008
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks, oil and other financial markets around the world clawed back some of their historic plunge from a day before on hopes that the U.S. and other governments around the world will ...
Mar 10, 2020
Juul Labs sought to court AGs as teen vaping surged
WASHINGTON - It was a blunt warning about the dangers of youth vaping: Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced late last month that his state had joined 38 others to investigate whether Juul Lab...
Mar 09, 2020
Virus closes sites around the world; stocks, oil prices sink
SOAVE, Italy - Anxiety over the new coronavirus epidemic sent global stock markets and oil prices plunging Monday, touched off prison riots in Italy and caused a cascading shutdown of sites and events...
Mar 09, 2020
Italy announces virus quarantine affecting 16 million people
ROME - Italy's prime minister announced a sweeping coronavirus quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of the country's population in a bid to limit contagions at the epi...
Mar 07, 2020
Tim Hortons is scrapping Roll Up The Rim cups due to the coronavirus
TORONTO - Tim Hortons says it is scrapping plans for its upcoming Roll Up The Rim contest due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The coffee-and-doughnut chain is removing all of the contest's paper cu...
Mar 07, 2020
Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy
WASHINGTON - The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of fear on Wall Street may be the bond market, where the moves over th...
Mar 06, 2020
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Sarah Mills: There is some AI and robotic technology we all should be embracing
While many people have concerns about the future of technology, Sarah Mills says robots that can fold the laundry and do...
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