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If doing less means saving more, try these 5 money moves

If doing less means saving more, try these 5 money moves

The coronavirus has upended countless jobs, schools and bank accounts.
Virus still throwing theme park attendance for a loop

Virus still throwing theme park attendance for a loop

TOLEDO, Ohio — Theme park operators who spent months installing hand sanitizing stations, figuring out how to disinfect roller coasters seats and checking the temperatures of guests at their gates so they'd come back in the midst of the pandemic are
Filmmakers relying on virtual world to build buzz at Toronto film festival

Filmmakers relying on virtual world to build buzz at Toronto film festival

TORONTO — For many filmmakers, a festival is often a crucial first step in the birth of a project or career.
Czech Oscar winning director Jiri Menzel dies at age 82

Czech Oscar winning director Jiri Menzel dies at age 82

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Jiri Menzel, a Czech director whose 1966 movie “Closely Watched Trains” won the Academy Award for the best foreign language film has died. He was 82.
Big tippers: Alaska man joins push to aid restaurant workers

Big tippers: Alaska man joins push to aid restaurant workers

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — It was a busy Taco Tuesday at Midnight Sun Brewing Co. in Anchorage, Alaska — a blessing these days at any restaurant — when a guy at a table with three buddies wanted to chat with their waitress.
Navajo woman who survived COVID-19 finds joy in simple steps

Navajo woman who survived COVID-19 finds joy in simple steps

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — An ambulance whisked Carol Todecheene from her house in late March as some of her 13 rescue dogs barked and neighbours stood in their yards wondering what was wrong.
Nick Cordero, actor who died from COVID-19, to get online memorial tribute

Nick Cordero, actor who died from COVID-19, to get online memorial tribute

TORONTO — A memorial tribute to Nick Cordero, the Canadian stage icon who died from COVID-19 in July, is set to air on a new streaming platform tonight. The tribute, which is free to watch via Broadway On Demand at 7 p.m.
Faced with a pandemic-altered festival, TIFF makes big compromises with sponsors

Faced with a pandemic-altered festival, TIFF makes big compromises with sponsors

TORONTO — When the Toronto International Film Festival unfurls its red carpets each year, executives at Visa expect moviegoers in the hundreds of thousands to see the credit card company's name in glowing lights, but in the midst of a global pandemic
West Indian Day festivities go virtual, but police remain

West Indian Day festivities go virtual, but police remain

NEW YORK — The sights and sounds of one of the world's largest celebrations of Caribbean culture will be virtual this Labor Day, as New York City's West Indian American Day Parade joins the ranks of the other major events turned upside-down by the co
Flu vaccine orders up in Canada as simultaneous COVID and flu infections feared

Flu vaccine orders up in Canada as simultaneous COVID and flu infections feared

VANCOUVER — Pamela Hardy will be getting her 11-year-old twins vaccinated against flu as soon as an immunization program begins but she's worried about how public health officials will deal with any overcrowding at clinics to reduce transmission of C
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