Monthly Archive: May 2018

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Free-range parenting law among hundreds taking effect

SALT LAKE CITY — Starting Tuesday, restaurants across Utah can begin taking down state-mandated signs saying they aren’t bars. Parents can be protected if they let their children roam freely. And farmers can begin to eye the prospect of legally growing marijuana for a narrow range of purposes. Most of the more than 500 laws […]

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WestJet plunges the most in two years as costs of Swoop and overseas expansion mount

WestJet Airlines Ltd. dropped the most in more than two years after it said increased spending to create a new low-cost unit and expand overseas will vastly exceed revenue growth. Costs for each seat flown a mile, excluding fuel and employee profit sharing, will climb as much as 8.5 per cent this quarter, Canada’s second-biggest […]

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Swaddle, rock, whoosh: Putting babies to sleep in the Snoo

NEW YORK — “I don’t even call it a bed. I kind of think of it as your grandmother.” So declares Dr. Harvey Karp, a Los Angeles pediatrician whose smart-tech baby sleeper, the Snoo, is a game-changer for some sleep-deprived parents. The Snoo has earned rave reviews from baby gear experts and parents alike, including […]

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AP source: NASCAR memo: France family ‘dedicated’ to sport

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The president of NASCAR told employees Tuesday the France family that owns a majority stake in the nation’s top auto racing series “remains dedicated to the long term growth of our sport” following a report of a possible sale. President Brent Dewar sent a memo to staff one day after a media […]

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La Presse plans to go not-for-profit — if Quebec lets it

Montreal-based La Presse news group says it plans to adopt a not-for-profit structure if Quebec repeals a provision allowing it to do so. The French-language publication says in a statement the change requires the Quebec government to repeal a provision of a Private Act adopted in 1967, regarding its ownership. President Pierre-Elliott Levasseur says the […]