National News
Lawyer ‘very confident’ a foreign adversary attacked Canadian diplomats in Cuba
By Canadian Press on August 17th, 2025
OTTAWA — A lawyer for Canadian diplomats and their families says he believes the mysterious ailments they suffered in Cuba were caused by a foreign adversary, despite a federal government report that dismisses the theory. Eight years after foreign service officials and their dependants began reporting such symptoms as headaches, memory loss, mood changes, vision ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada to restart flights Sunday after Ottawa intervenes in strike
By Canadian Press on August 17th, 2025
Air Canada says it plans to resume flights on Sunday after the federal government stepped in and ordered binding arbitration to end a flight attendants’ strike the day before. The Montreal-based airline says the first flights will resume this evening, but that it will take several days before its operations return to normal. Air Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Air Canada restarting flights Sunday
By Canadian Press on August 17th, 2025
Air Canada says it plans to resume flights on Sunday after the federal government stepped in and ordered binding arbitration to end a flight attendants’ strike the day before. The airline says the first flights will resume this evening, but that it will take several days before its operations return to normal More coming. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says Trump is ‘creating the opportunity’ to end war in Ukraine
By Canadian Press on August 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the leadership of U.S. President Donald Trump is “creating the opportunity to end Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.” In a statement released Saturday, the day after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, Carney praised the U.S. administration’s efforts to end the war. “Robust and credible ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver International Airport in B.C. had its wettest year since 1912
By Canadian Press on August 16th, 2025
RICHMOND — Several rainfall records were shattered in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia this week, with the Vancouver International Airport smashing its record from over a century ago. Environment Canada says about 43.2 millimetres of rain fell on late Thursday evening and Friday at Vancouver International Airport, which has doubled the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals defend stepping in to end dispute between Air Canada and flight attendants
By Canadian Press on August 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is defending its decision to intervene to resolve a labour dispute at Canada’s largest airline amid criticism from unions and opposition parties that the move sides with big business. Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu said Saturday that she directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order Air Canada and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Loose bull forces highway closure in Abbotsford, B.C.
By Canadian Press on August 16th, 2025
ABBOTSFORD — Police say a major highway in British Columbia has been shut down on Saturday afternoon after a bull on the loose is standing in the middle of the roadway, blocking the traffic. Abbotsford police say in a social media post that its emergency crews were on scene to deal with a bull loose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Travellers stranded despite federal intervention into Air Canada labour strife
By Canadian Press on August 16th, 2025
Air travellers across the country continued dealing with hundreds of grounded planes on Saturday as the federal government announced it was ordering a binding arbitration in a labour strife between Air Canada and its 10,000 flight attendants on strike. In Ontario, passengers who had received notice that their flights were cancelled still showed up to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says Trump ‘creating the opportunity’ to end war in Ukraine
By Canadian Press on August 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says U. S. President Donald Trump is “creating the opportunity to end Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine.” Carney is praising the U.S. government’s efforts to end the war in a statement today, after Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Operation to free ship run aground in St. Lawrence River near Montreal complete
By Canadian Press on August 16th, 2025
VERCHÈRES — The Canadian Coast Guard says an operation to free a ship that ran aground in the St. Lawrence River this week has been successful. The agency says the Federal Yamaska was successfully refloated on Saturday morning, one day after 3,200 tonnes of sugar was unloaded from the stuck vessel. The coast guard says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Significant amount of rainfall slows the spread of wildfires on Vancouver Island
By Canadian Press on August 16th, 2025
PORT ALBERNI — Firefighters on Vancouver Island say a “significant” amount of rainfall has helped crews to make progress in battling an out-of-control wildfire, which is burning south of Port Alberni, B.C. The BC Wildfire Service says that crews are seeing improvement on the Mount Underwood wildfire after the area has received more than 30 ... Read More »
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