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Here’s the latest in the labour dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants
OTTAWA — Air Canada flight attendants remain on strike despite back-to-work orders by the Canada…
Vancouver’s airport breaks rainfall record set in 1912
RICHMOND — Several daily rainfall records were shattered in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley…
Low on clothes, insulin and options, travellers’ woes continue amid Air Canada strike
John and Lois Alderman said they felt like “prisoners,” stranded in Toronto as they waited…
Anand says war in Ukraine influencing Canada’s Arctic security policy
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday the federal government is leaving “no…
Quebec union leaders say workers could face same fate as Air Canada flight attendants
MONTREAL — The presidents of two major Quebec unions fear that workers in the province…
Sun Youth co-founder Sid Stevens dies at 85 after seven decades of community service
MONTREAL — Sid Stevens, the co-founder of Montreal-based community organization Sun Youth, has died at…
Carney, Ford shift focus to what ‘we can control’ amid U.S. trade uncertainty
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford put the focus on…
Wildfire season’s ‘not slowing down’: emergency management minister
OTTAWA — Western provinces and the East Coast should remain on alert for the possibility…
With the Ottawa Treaty under threat, an expert warns landmines won’t keep Europe safe
OTTAWA — An expert who has disposed of bombs in some of the world’s most…
Lawyers for alleged B.C. hijacker get more time to prepare bail application
RICHMOND — The man accused of hijacking a plane and triggering a security scare at…
Indigenous leaders on Trans Mountain lessons as Building Canada Act moves forward
OTTAWA — Two former Indigenous leaders on both sides of the debate over the Trans…
Doctors are seeing more non-smokers, especially women, with later-stage lung cancer
TORONTO — Katie Hulan’s family doctor thought she might have asthma. Her cough, which had…
In the news today: Flight attendant strike set to continue
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up…
Ukraine’s allies meet as Zelenskyy travels to Washington to meet with Trump
OTTAWA — Ukraine and its allies held a virtual meeting Sunday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…
Air Canada cancels plan to resume flights Sunday as union defies back-to-work order
Air Canada cancelled hundreds of additional flights on Sunday after the union representing its flight…
Air Canada travellers still scrambling to rebook as more flights cancelled
Passengers were still scrambling to rebook their flights home on Sunday, as Air Canada cancelled…
Lawyer ‘very confident’ a foreign adversary attacked Canadian diplomats in Cuba
OTTAWA — A lawyer for Canadian diplomats and their families says he believes the mysterious…
Trump’s takeover of Washington law enforcement faces anger, pushback and protests
WASHINGTON — Members of the United States National Guard stood near the Washington Monument on…
Byelection day in Alberta nears for vote with 214 candidates, including Poilievre
EDMONTON — Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and 213 others vying for a seat in…
Liberals defend stepping in to end dispute between Air Canada and flight attendants
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is defending its decision to intervene to resolve a…
Travellers stranded despite federal intervention into Air Canada labour strife
Air travellers across the country continued dealing with hundreds of grounded planes on Saturday as…
Ottawa imposes binding arbitration, forcing Air Canada flight attendants back to work
The federal government ordered Air Canada and its flight attendants into binding arbitration on Saturday,…
Carney says Trump is ‘creating the opportunity’ to end war in Ukraine
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the leadership of U.S. President Donald Trump is…
Loose bull forces highway closure in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD — Police say a major highway in British Columbia has been shut down on…