Thousands of passengers had their travel plans disrupted, and some were left stranded, after Canada’s second-largest airline canceled hundreds of flights this weekend. WestJet canceled 832 flights between last Thursday and Tuesday, over the country’s Canada Day holiday weekend. The strike ended up grounding 130 aircraft across 13 airports in Canada, and left some passengers […]
(Reuters) -Canada’s WestJet Airlines has begun cancelling flights again after a union representing its maintenance engineers rejected a new pay offer and served a second strike notice, the carrier said on Wednesday. WestJet said this action would lead to an estimated 25 flight cancellations from June 27-28 and impact over 3,300 travellers. The airline had […]
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party has suffered a major upset in a special election for a Toronto district it has held for three decades, raising doubts about Trudeau’s leadership ahead of next year’s general election. Elections Canada reported the opposition Conservative candidate winning the Toronto-St. Paul’s district by almost 600 […]
(Bloomberg) — Canada’s Conservative Party won a special election in a district in central Toronto, dealing a substantial blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party ahead of a national vote expected next year. Most Read from Bloomberg Voters in Toronto-St. Paul’s elected Conservative candidate Don Stewart to the House of Commons, flipping a seat […]
(Reuters) -Canadian carrier WestJet Airlines said on Thursday it is working to resume normal operations after the union representing its maintenance engineers rescinded its strike notice, with both parties agreeing to return to the bargaining table. WestJet, which is backed by Onex Corp and competes with Air Canada, has been facing demands from employees for […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — Canada looks on track to meet NATO’s military spending guideline soon, Defense Minister Bill Blair said Friday, notably by boosting investment in the Arctic near its shared border with Russia as the region warms quickly due to climate change. After Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014, NATO allies agreed to halt […]
If it weren’t the maple leaf on the Canadian flag, then it could just as easily be the canoe. This storied means of transport is a symbol of the millennia-old history of the indigenous population and an enduring one given that this canoeist’s paradise of a country is home to more than 2 million lakes […]
Researchers say Canadian super pigs, a cross of between domestic pigs and wild boars, could invade the US. They can withstand more cold than wild hogs, which already cause billions in damage in the South. Areas of four northern US states are the most likely to be invaded by super pigs, a new study found. […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A wildfire that forced thousands of residents from their homes in western Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray earlier this month is now under control, Alberta officials said Wednesday. Alberta wildlife officials said the blaze remains less than six kilometers (3.7 miles) from the community and is about 190 […]
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — Residents who were ordered out of Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, due to a nearby wildfire are clear to return home, authorities said Saturday. The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo lifted the evacuation order for the Abasand, Beacon Hill, Prairie Creek and Grayling Terrace neighborhoods on the […]
In December 2022, in the middle of the night, 25-year-old Aiden Pleterski was kidnapped in downtown Toronto. His captors released the self-proclaimed “Crypto King” after three days but under threat – Mr Pleterski had to come up with some money, fast, according to court documents. “I’m sorry, I really am, I didn’t want to or […]
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — A wildfire that has forced thousands of people out of their homes in Canada’s oil sands hub city of Fort McMurray was held in place Thursday, as rain and cooler temperatures swept the area. Alberta provincial wildfire information officer Christie Tucker said the blaze remained out of control — the […]