August 2019

Attention, Budget-Watchers: 4 Canadian Alternatives to U.S. Hot Spots

Travel /

It’s no secret that frugal American travelers can stretch their budgets wherever the United States dollar is strong. One such place is, conveniently, our northern neighbor. For the past year, the dollar has fluctuated between 1.30 and 1.36 Canadian dollars, effectively offering a discount of about one third to American travelers visiting Canada, compared to […]

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APNewsBreak: US government issues final Utah monument plan

Technology /

The U.S. government’s final management plan for lands in and around a Utah national monument that President Donald Trump downsized doesn’t include many new protections for the cliffs, canyons, waterfalls and arches found there, but it does include a few more safeguards than were in a proposal issued last year. The Bureau of Land Management’s

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The Weekly | Life-Changing Drugs Almost Nobody Can Afford

Politics /

Episode 11: ‘The Six Million Dollar Claim’ Producer/Director Suzanne Hillinger Patients suffering from rare diseases who had little hope for a treatment now have access to life-changing medicines, thanks to pharmaceutical companies’ investment in so-called orphan drugs, which treat diseases that affect fewer than 200,000 people. But the increasing number of people who would benefit

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Edinburgh Fringe female performers ‘sexually harassed’

Entertainment /

Image caption Lizzie said one man “moved his hand, quite forcefully, up my skirt” Women working on shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have reported facing sexual harassment on a daily basis while out promoting their performances, the BBC has been told. Some reported being groped, while others said lewd comments had left them feeling

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