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Air Canada union says right to strike on the line as it defies back-to-work order
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
TORONTO — A shutdown of Air Canada by flight attendants over wages and unpaid work has rapidly escalated into a fight for the right to strike as union leaders said Monday they’ll push despite orders to stop, while the airline said it hoped workers will soon comply. The rising stakes of the impasse have left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anand says war in Ukraine influencing Canada’s Arctic security policy
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday the federal government is leaving “no stone unturned” to defend Canada’s North as changes in the global order in recent years are having direct implications for Canada’s Arctic sovereignty. Anand was in Helsinki to meet with her counterparts from Nordic countries to discuss Arctic security, which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa to probe unpaid airline work allegations key to Air Canada strike
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu tells The Canadian Press that the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on. One of the key complaints from the union representing Air Canada flight attendants is that workers are not paid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Ottawa launching probe of unpaid work in airline industry
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu tells The Canadian Press that the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on. One of the key complaints from the union representing Air Canada flight attendants is that workers are not paid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec union leaders say workers could face same fate as Air Canada flight attendants
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
MONTREAL — The presidents of two major Quebec unions fear workers in the province could soon face the same treatment as striking Air Canada flight attendants under a provincial law passed in May. The law gives Quebec’s labour minister the power to end a labour dispute by imposing arbitration when the strike or lockout is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sun Youth co-founder Sid Stevens dies at 85 after seven decades of community service
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
MONTREAL — Sid Stevens, who co-founded well-known Montreal-based community organization Sun Youth, has died at age 85. The organization said Stevens died Sunday surrounded by loved ones. An obituary on Sun Youth’s website pays tribute to Stevens’ legacy of “generosity, solidarity and community engagement” during seven decades of community service. He started in 1954 at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CUPE pushes on with Air Canada strike in defiance of order, says defending rights
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
TORONTO — It’s still not clear when Air Canada might start flying again as the flight attendants union resolved Monday to push on with a strike but the airline expressed hope that it could get planes off the ground Tuesday. Flight attendants were supposed to stop striking Monday after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ruled ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wildfire season’s ‘not slowing down’: emergency management minister
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Western provinces and the East Coast should remain on alert for the possibility of more wildfire activity throughout the rest of summer, based on the latest federal government update. Wide swaths of B.C. and the prairie provinces are expected to be drier and hotter than normal. Federal government forecasters also see above-average seasonal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyers for alleged B.C. hijacker get more time to prepare bail application
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
RICHMOND — The man accused of hijacking a plane and triggering a security scare at Vancouver International Airport last month appeared briefly at a provincial court in Richmond, B.C., where his lawyers were granted an adjournment. Shaheer Cassim attended the court virtually from Surrey Pretrial Centre wearing an orange sweatsuit. He acknowledged he could see ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Not ideal’: Travellers’ woes continue as Air Canada flight attendants strike
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
Thousands of passengers faced another day of travel disruptions Monday as Air Canada flight attendants continued to strike despite a return-to-work order from the Canada Industrial Relations Board. Among them were John and Lois Alderman, who said Air Canada has told them they could be stranded in Toronto for another four to five days while ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous leaders on Trans Mountain lessons as Building Canada Act moves forward
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Two former Indigenous leaders on both sides of the debate over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion say the federal government can’t ignore First Nations on future infrastructure projects it seeks to approve. Their comments come as Prime Minister Mark Carney aims to fast-track major projects, such as pipelines and mines, through his government’s ... Read More »
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