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Ohioans came out strong for Trump — now they’re bracing for his tariffs
By Canadian Press on August 16th, 2025
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. Nearly two centuries later, the company — which makes everything from toothpaste to diapers — could be the canary in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Decades after a PM got pied, the threat landscape in Canadian politics has changed
By Canadian Press on August 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — When Prime Minister Jean ChrĂ©tien got hit in the face with a pie 25 years ago, the only thing hurt was his pride. A quarter-century later, Canada’s security landscape has changed radically. Threats of violence against politicians have become far more common. What seemed like a harmless prank then looks more like a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada flight attendants on strike, airline’s flights cancelled
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
The union representing more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants says its members have walked off the job after it was unable to reach an eleventh hour deal with the airline. The strike officially began just before 1 a.m. ET on Saturday. The airline said all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights would be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Marooned by Air Canada flight attendant strike? Here are your options
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
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. The airline had already cancelled 500 flights on Friday in anticipation of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada flight attendants on strike as no deal reached
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
The union representing more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants says its members have walked off the job after it was unable to reach an eleventh hour deal with the airline. Air Canada says all flights will be cancelled amid the work stoppage. The company has previously asked Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu to intervene by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How a Vancouver blood trail ended with Canada’s first unexplained wealth order
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
It was a trail of blood after a double shooting that led police to an alleged illegal cannabis operation in East Vancouver in September 2023. Now two property owners have been ordered to show how they acquired funds to buy three B.C. homes after declaring “minimal” taxable income for nearly two decades. The B.C. Supreme ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jobs Minister Hajdu calls on union, airline to return to table to ‘finish this deal’
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
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. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Hajdu said it’s “critical” that the two parties “return ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. legislator enraged by American state senator’s ‘nonsense’ pitch to join U.S.
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
VICTORIA — A British Columbia legislator said he went from “disappointed” to “enraged” after receiving a pitch from a Republican state senator for Canada’s four western provinces to join the United States. Brennan Day, with the Opposition B.C. Conservative Party, said his office had to first confirm the authenticity of the “nonsense” letter from Maine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First in Canada unexplained wealth order issued in B.C. against alleged pot growers
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s Public Safety Minister Nina Krieger says she’s “pleased” that the B.C. Supreme Court has issued Canada’s first unexplained wealth order against two accused illicit pot growers tracked down by police who followed a trail of blood after a shooting. A court ruling issued in Victoria on Thursday says Jianxin Huang and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jobs Minister Hajdu calls on union, airline to return to table as deadline looms
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is urging Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants to get back to the negotiating table, a call that comes as the deadline for a strike grows nearer by the hour. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Hajdu says it’s “critical” that the two parties “return ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Screaming into silence’: Parents of serial killer victim address special hearing
By Canadian Press on August 15th, 2025
WINNIPEG — The father of a First Nations woman who died at the hands of a Winnipeg serial killer told a special court hearing his family was left to “grieve in pieces” for three years before she was identified. The family and community of Ashlee Shingoose presented victim impact statements Friday during the hearing in ... Read More »
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