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Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children
Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts on the app to protect children

Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people's lives. Beginning...

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Nearly 138,000 beds are being recalled after reports of them breaking or collapsing during use
Nearly 138,000 beds are being recalled after reports of them breaking or collapsing during use

NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 138,000 platform beds sold at major retailers including Amazon and Walmart are being recalled across the U.S. and Canada because they can collapse, posing fall and injury risks. Utah-based...

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Maple Leaf refutes bread price-fixing claims ahead of attempt to add it to lawsuit
Maple Leaf refutes bread price-fixing claims ahead of attempt to add it to lawsuit

Maple Leaf Foods asserted its innocence in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme ahead of a hearing to determine whether it will be added to an ongoing class-action lawsuit. In a statement Wednesday,...

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TD CEO to retire next year, takes responsibility for money laundering failures
TD CEO to retire next year, takes responsibility for money laundering failures

TD Bank Group, which is mired in a money laundering scandal in the U.S., says chief executive Bharat Masrani will retire next year. Masrani will retire officially on April 10, 2025, at the bank's next...

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Canada makes small emissions cut in 2023, but must ramp up to hit key targets: report
Canada makes small emissions cut in 2023, but must ramp up to hit key targets: report

Hikes to oil production and rebounding air travel put a drag on Canada's climate progress last year, a report published Thursday by a leading policy institute found, though the country was still able to...

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Mission specialist for Titan sub owner to testify before Coast Guard
Mission specialist for Titan sub owner to testify before Coast Guard

A mission specialist for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year told the U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday that the firm was staffed by competent people who wanted to “make dreams...

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Airlines could be charged millions in new fee proposal from transport regulator
Airlines could be charged millions in new fee proposal from transport regulator

GATINEAU, Que. — A new proposal from the country's transport regulator would charge airlines $790 for each passenger complaint it resolves — regardless of which party wins the dispute. The Canadian...

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Airports to be equipped with CT scanners to detect explosives, other threats
Airports to be equipped with CT scanners to detect explosives, other threats

OTTAWA — Canada's transport security agency says several airports will be equipped with CT scanners in a bid to detect explosives and other threats. The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority says...

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BoC sees growing risk that high rates may push inflation below 2%, summary suggests
BoC sees growing risk that high rates may push inflation below 2%, summary suggests

OTTAWA — Some members of the Bank of Canada's governing council are growing concerned that high interest rates may bring down inflation by more than necessary. The central bank's summary of deliberations...
Low pay for junior Air Canada pilots poses possible hurdle to proposed deal
Low pay for junior Air Canada pilots poses possible hurdle to proposed deal

Low entry-level pay in the tentative deal between Air Canada and its pilots could be a stumbling block ahead of a union vote on the agreement, some aviators and experts say. While the tentative agreement's...