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Air Canada, pilots reach tentative deal, averting strike
By The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2024
MONTREAL – Air Canada says it has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing more than 5,200 of its pilots. The news of a preliminary deal came just days ahead of a potential work stoppage. The country’s largest airline says Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge will continue to operate as normal while union ... Read More »
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By The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2024
MONTREAL – Air Canada says it has reached a tentative collective agreement with the union representing more than 5,200 of its pilots. It says Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge will continue to operate as normal. The carrier says the new four-year contract “recognizes the contributions and professionalism” of its pilots. It says the terms ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs to face new political realities on their return to Ottawa
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2024
OTTAWA – On Monday Parliamentarians will return to the familiar stone walls of West Block in Ottawa to find the political landscape has shifted significantly. When they last gathered in the capital the Liberals knew their prospects were poor after languishing in the polls for more than a year, but they were secure in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada, pilots still far apart as strike notice deadline approaches
By The Canadian Press on September 14th, 2024
Labour talks between Air Canada and its pilots are approaching a midnight deadline, when either side could trigger the start of a shutdown for Canada’s largest airline. After more than 14 months of negotiations, starting Sunday the two sides will be in a position to provide 72-hour notice of a strike or lockout that could ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. accepts change for psychiatric care after alleged attack by mentally ill man
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A report into a triple stabbing at a festival in Vancouver’s Chinatown last year says the man accused of the crimes had been let out of a psychiatric care facility 99 times in the year prior without incident. The report, authored by former Abbotsford Police chief Bob Rich, says the suspect in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Call for more Muslim professors: Quebec says anti-Islamophobia adviser must resign
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Quebec government says Canada’s special representative on combating Islamophobia must resign, after she sent a letter to college and university heads recommending the hiring of more Muslim, Arab and Palestinian professors. The existence of the letter, dated Aug. 30, was first reported by Le Journal de Québec, and a Canadian Heritage spokesperson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Telesat Lightspeed: Canada, Quebec give billions of dollars for satellite production
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Canadian government has announced a loan of $2.14 billion to satellite operator Telesat, to help the company build its broadband satellite constellation. Quebec’s government, meanwhile, announced a loan of $400 million to the company, which has contracted aerospace technology firm MDA to build its satellites in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., in the Montreal area. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Yearlong criminal trial of ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers comes to an end
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2024
OTTAWA – After 45 days of evidence and legal arguments the criminal trial of “Freedom Convoy” organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is finally at an end. A verdict could be as much as six months away. “I don’t know in this moment when I will be in a position to give my decision,” Justice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario’s top court dismisses application for bail from Jacob Hoggard
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2024
TORONTO – A justice with Ontario’s Appeal Court has dismissed an application for bail from Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard as he tries to appeal his sexual assault conviction at the country’s top court. Justice Jill Copeland heard arguments at a bail hearing for Hoggard earlier this week, not long after the Hedley frontman began serving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP caving to Poilievre on carbon price, has no idea how to fight climate change: PM
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the NDP is caving to political pressure from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre when it comes to their stance on the consumer carbon price. Trudeau says he believes Jagmeet Singh and the NDP care about the environment, but it’s “increasingly obvious” that they have “no idea” what to do ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau says up to Air Canada and pilots to reach a deal as deadline approaches
By The Canadian Press on September 13th, 2024
TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it’s up to Air Canada and the union to reach an agreement to avoid disrupting travellers and businesses. Speaking at an event in Saint-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que. on Friday, Trudeau said he wouldn’t tip the scales towards either party, while dodging the question of whether he would force pilots back ... Read More »
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