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Canada is losing more air traffic controllers than it’s hiring: aviation expert
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2026
OTTAWA — An aviation expert says Canada is losing more air traffic controllers to retirement than it is hiring, despite efforts to ramp up recruitment. John Gradek, a faculty lecturer with McGill University’s aviation management program, said Canada is short about 1,500 air traffic controllers, and 150 more retire each year. “So guess what? You’re ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news: Remembering Quebec pilot killed in N.Y. crash, air traffic hires dwindle
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Tributes for Quebec pilot killed in N.Y. crash The death of Air Canada Jazz pilot Antoine Forest, who perished when his plane collided with an emergency vehicle at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday, has sparked an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hometown mourns Quebec pilot Antoine Forest, who died in LaGuardia crash
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2026
COTEAU-DU-LAC — The death of Air Canada Jazz pilot Antoine Forest, who perished when his plane collided with an emergency vehicle at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Sunday, has sparked an outpouring of sympathy in his hometown southwest of Montreal. Since late Monday, many citizens have been calling city hall in Coteau-du-Lac to offer their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada is losing more air traffic controllers than its hiring: aviation expert
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2026
OTTAWA — An aviation expert says Canada is losing more air traffic controllers to retirement than it is hiring, despite efforts to ramp up recruitment. John Gradek, a faculty lecturer with McGill University’s aviation management program, said Canada is short about 1,500 air traffic controllers, and 150 more retire each year. “So guess what? You’re ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Global Affairs laying off highest-skilled diplomats, union says, as GAC sets targets
By Canadian Press on March 25th, 2026
OTTAWA — The union representing staff at Global Affairs Canada says the foreign service is laying off dozens of its highest-skilled diplomats, while asking other envoys moving across continents to wait months for their personal items. The cuts come as Global Affairs Canada sets out its plans to meet budget belt tightening requirements laid out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. mulls plan to weaken DRIPA, in secret document shared with First Nations leaders
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — British Columbia Premier David Eby is considering amendments that would weaken the province’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, after two recent court decisions siding with First Nations under the law’s current wording. Amendments proposed in a confidential letter and document sent to some First Nations leaders in B.C. on Monday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family of Chinese hiker who died in B.C. mountain fall faces ‘enormous’ medical bills
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
VANCOUVER — An outdoor adventure group says a member who died after trying to rescue a companion on one of Metro Vancouver’s tallest mountains was a visitor from China, whose family now faces “enormous” medical bills. The Pacific Northwest Outdoor Association says in an online statement that Yan Cen, who fell about 100 metres on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. heli-ski company suspends service after avalanche that killed three
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
A heli-ski company in northwestern British Columbia says one of its guides is undergoing surgery in Vancouver after surviving an avalanche on Sunday that killed three skiers, and the company has halted service until further notice. Michael Brackenhofer, the guiding manager for White Wilderness Heliskiing, said the four were “fully buried” after being caught in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Terrebonne byelection to use adapted ballot due to high number of candidates
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
OTTAWA — Voters in Terrebonne will use a write-in ballot in the upcoming byelection, as the Longest Ballot Committee has made the Quebec riding its latest target. Elections Canada’s advisory committee of political parties says voters will have to write in the first name, or initials, and last name of their chosen candidate, as is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Timeline: Safety board releases final minutes of Air Canada collision at LaGuardia
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
NEW YORK — The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released flight data and radio transmissions of the final three minutes of the fatal Air Canada flight at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Sunday night. The information indicates that a fire truck had been cleared to cross a runway at the busy New York airport only ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec tables bill on involuntary hospitalization
By Canadian Press on March 24th, 2026
QUÉBEC — Quebec’s minister of health and social services has tabled a bill to relax the criteria for the involuntary hospitalization of patients experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill aims to overhaul Bill P-38, or the Act respecting the protection of persons whose mental state presents a danger to themselves or to others, adopted ... Read More »
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