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'Try to set goals every day': Finding moments of positivity during the pandemic

'Try to set goals every day': Finding moments of positivity during the pandemic

Just over a year after picking up the guitar for the first time, Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins brought his instrument to spring training in Florida but didn't get a chance to play it.
Hello and welcome: robot waiters to the rescue amid virus

Hello and welcome: robot waiters to the rescue amid virus

RENESSE, Netherlands — You can always count on a robot for perfect timing. When Shaosong Hu saw robotic waiters serving food in China last fall, he knew exactly what he wanted for his oriental restaurant in the Dutch beachside town of Renesse.
Brazilians say 'I do' at drive-thru weddings to avoid virus

Brazilians say 'I do' at drive-thru weddings to avoid virus

RIO DE JANEIRO — For João Blank and Erica Blank’s first kiss as husband and wife, they didn’t lock lips. The couple could only press their face masks together while sitting in the back of a hatchback, where they had just been wed.
'Antigone' wins five trophies, including best picture, at Canadian Screen Awards

'Antigone' wins five trophies, including best picture, at Canadian Screen Awards

TORONTO — The refugee drama "Antigone" was declared best motion picture on the final night of the Canadian Screen Awards as the film won five trophies, tying with "The Song of Names," which got the same amount.
'Antigone' wins five trophies, including best picture, at Canadian Screen Awards

'Antigone' wins five trophies, including best picture, at Canadian Screen Awards

TORONTO — The refugee drama "Antigone" was declared best motion picture on the final night of the Canadian Screen Awards as the film won five trophies, tying with "The Song of Names," which got the same amount.
Cancer, coronavirus are a dangerous mix, new studies find

Cancer, coronavirus are a dangerous mix, new studies find

New research shows how dangerous the coronavirus is for current and former cancer patients. Those who developed COVID-19 were much more likely to die within a month than people without cancer who got it, two studies found.
AMC drama revisits 'Millionaire' quiz show coughing scandal

AMC drama revisits 'Millionaire' quiz show coughing scandal

LOS ANGELES — Any misconduct that attached to ABC's “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” was of the garden—variety business type.
Rapper lethally targeted in brazen gunplay on downtown Toronto street

Rapper lethally targeted in brazen gunplay on downtown Toronto street

TORONTO — A brazen daylight ambush and shootout on a busy downtown street that cost an up-and-coming rap artist his life this week could have caused numerous casualties among bystanders, police in Toronto said on Thursday.
TIFF still planning some type of physical festival, execs say in 'We Are One' talk

TIFF still planning some type of physical festival, execs say in 'We Are One' talk

TORONTO — Organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival say they're still planning to have some type of physical festival this year. But TIFF executive director and co-head Joana Vicente adds "it's definitely going to look different.
Review: Bracing tenor helps Teddy Thompson do retro right

Review: Bracing tenor helps Teddy Thompson do retro right

Teddy Thompson, “Heartbreaker Please” (Thirty Tigers) Teddy Thompson's roots are showing, and that's nothing new.
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