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Marooned by Air Canada flight attendant strike? Here are your options

Marooned by Air Canada flight attendant strike? Here are your options

You were planning to catch a flight and the dreaded text pops up on your phone: your flight has been cancelled. Now what? More than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants are off the job after a strike deadline passed Saturday without a deal.
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Were you planning to fly Air Canada? What you need to know about the strike

Were you planning to fly Air Canada? What you need to know about the strike

Air Canada flights are cancelled after thousands of flight attendants began a strike early Saturday morning. The company says the work stoppage means all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights would be cancelled amid the work stoppage.
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Ohioans came out strong for Trump — now they're bracing for his tariffs

Ohioans came out strong for Trump — now they're bracing for his tariffs

COLUMBUS — In 1837, two brothers-in-law living in Ohio — one a candle maker, the other a soap maker — merged their businesses to form what later became the multinational juggernaut Procter & Gamble.
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Skipping the U.S. and taking a vacation to East Coast this year? It will cost you.

Skipping the U.S. and taking a vacation to East Coast this year? It will cost you.

FREDERICTON — In September 2024, Natasha Beitman Brener and her husband decided to take a three-week vacation to Canada's East Coast. Beitman Brener, a lawyer in Kingston, Ont.
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Jobs Minister Hajdu calls on union, airline to return to table to 'finish this deal'

Jobs Minister Hajdu calls on union, airline to return to table to 'finish this deal'

OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is urging Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants to get back to the negotiating table, suggesting she's not ready to intervene in a dispute that has upended hundreds of flights.
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'The same country': Canada often seen as extension of U.S., Indo-Pacific experts say

'The same country': Canada often seen as extension of U.S., Indo-Pacific experts say

OTTAWA — Ottawa's Indo-Pacific strategy has yet to give Canada adequate visibility or distinguish it from the U.S. in the region, experts have told researchers commissioned by the federal government.
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B.C. to fund upgrades to reduce avian flu risk for Fraser Valley poultry farms

B.C. to fund upgrades to reduce avian flu risk for Fraser Valley poultry farms

ABBOTSFORD — British Columbia says it will be providing $2.5 million in funding that will allow about 75 poultry farms in the Fraser Valley to upgrade their barns to reduce the risk of avian flu.
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S&P/TSX composite edges slightly lower as markets watch Trump-Putin meeting

S&P/TSX composite edges slightly lower as markets watch Trump-Putin meeting

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index edged lower to cap off Friday's trading session, weighed down by losses in technology stocks, while U.S. markets were mixed amid a high-profile international meeting.
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Concordia University students launch rocket from northern Quebec

Concordia University students launch rocket from northern Quebec

MONTREAL — Students at Concordia University in Montreal have pulled off what they're calling the first attempted space launch in Canada this century.
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Operation begins to free ship run aground in St. Lawrence River near Montreal

Operation begins to free ship run aground in St. Lawrence River near Montreal

VERCHÈRES — Authorities began unloading thousands of tonnes of sugar from a cargo vessel run aground in the St. Lawrence River near Montreal on Friday in an attempt to free the ship. The Federal Yamaska became stuck near Verchères, Que.
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