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Pierre Poilievre wins Alberta byelection, regains seat in House of Commons
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
CAMROSE — The Canadian Press is projecting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has won the byelection in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot. Poilievre was leading by about 5,500 votes with almost 20 per cent of polls reporting just over an hour after voting closed. That means he has secured a seat in the House ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Polls close in Alberta byelection for Battle River—Crowfoot
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
CAMROSE — Polls have closed in the rural Alberta byelection of Battle River—Crowfoot. The riding was left vacant shortly after the spring general election, when Conservative Damien Kurek stepped down to make way for his party’s leader, Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre had lost in the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton, after winning that seat seven straight times. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flight attendants union says it’s in meetings with Air Canada on Monday night
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
The Air Canada component of CUPE says in a statement that the company has reached out and that the parties have moved forward in their “continued attempts to reach a fair deal” to resolve a strike by flight attendants that has grounded planes for days. The union says in an online update to members that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Flight attendants union says it’s in meetings with Air Canada tonight
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
The Air Canada component of CUPE says in a statement that the company has reached out and that the parties have moved forward in their “continued attempts to reach a fair deal.” The union says meetings with Air Canada started this evening with the assistance of mediator William Kaplan in Toronto. The union says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada says no deal with union until planes moving as it cancels more flights
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
TORONTO — Air Canada says its flight attendants need to return to work before the airline can push on with negotiations, even as the union says it won’t end its now unlawful strike until a deal is reached at the bargaining table. “We’re available and ready to work on an industry leading deal for our ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada says no deal with flight attendants until flights resume
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
TORONTO — Air Canada says its flight attendants need to return to work before the airline can push on with negotiations, even as the union says it won’t end its now unlawful strike until a deal is reached at the bargaining table. Air Canada chief operating officer Mark Nasr says the airline is ready to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver’s airport breaks rainfall record set in 1912
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
RICHMOND — Several daily rainfall records were shattered in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia on Friday, with the Vancouver breaking a record set over a century ago. Environment Canada says about 43.2 millimetres of rain fell on Friday at Vancouver’s airport, up from the previous record for that date of 26.9 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Low on clothes, insulin and options, travellers’ woes continue amid Air Canada strike
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
John and Lois Alderman said they felt like “prisoners,” stranded in Toronto as they waited with their children for a flight back home to Manchester, U.K. The couple said they were hesitant to go sightseeing in case they got an email from Air Canada with a last-minute flight, although the airline has told them they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada extends flight cancellations as strike action continues
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
TORONTO — Air Canada says all flights of Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge remain suspended through 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday as members of the union representing its flight attendants continue strike action. It says customers whose flights are cancelled will be notified. Flight attendants were supposed to stop striking Monday after the Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada union says right to strike on the line as it defies back-to-work order
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
TORONTO — A shutdown of Air Canada by flight attendants over wages and unpaid work has rapidly escalated into a fight for the right to strike as union leaders said Monday they’ll push despite orders to stop, while the airline said it hoped workers will soon comply. The rising stakes of the impasse have left ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anand says war in Ukraine influencing Canada’s Arctic security policy
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday the federal government is leaving “no stone unturned” to defend Canada’s North as changes in the global order in recent years are having direct implications for Canada’s Arctic sovereignty. Anand was in Helsinki to meet with her counterparts from Nordic countries to discuss Arctic security, which ... Read More »
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