75 m. ago Air Canada gears up to cancel flights ahead of potential strike

Canadians with Air Canada flights booked this week may want to consider alternative travel options ahead of the looming strike.The airline has issued a 72-hour lockout notice to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) after it said it intends to begin a strike as early as Saturday, Aug. 16. The union represents 10,000 flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, which carry approximately 130,000 customers a day who could be affected by a labour disruption."To provide customers certainty, Air Canada will begin a phased wind-down of most of its operations to be completed over the next three days," reads the Wednesday announcement. "The airline has also sought government-directed arbitration to resolve the situation."The Air Canada Component of CUPE issued its 72-hour strike notice on Wednesday, claiming that the carrier "refused to recognize that flight attendants should be paid for all their time on the job.""For t...

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3 h. ago Trump announces Kennedy Center honorees and says he will host award ceremony

‘We ended the woke political programming,’ Trump bragged as he announced recipients including actor Sylvester Stallone, rock band Kiss and disco diva Gloria Gaynor

Culture

3 h. ago Melania Trump demands Hunter Biden retract ’extremely salacious’ Epstein comments

WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump demanded that Hunter Biden retract comments linking her to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and threatened to sue if he does not. Trump takes issue with two comments Biden, son of former president Joe Biden, made in an interview this month with British journalist Andrew Callaghan. He alleged that Epstein […]

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4 h. ago Donald Trump veut donner un coup de fouet à l'industrie spatiale américaine

Donald Trump ordonne l’allègement de procédures et de réglementations afin de permettre au secteur spatial privé américain d’augmenter ses lancements.

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4 h. ago Israeli gunfire kills at least 25 in Gaza as Netanyahu urges ‘voluntary migration’

TEL AVIV — Israeli gunfire killed at least 25 people seeking aid in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials and witnesses said, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again called for what he refers to as the voluntary migration of Palestinians from the war-ravaged territory. Netanyahu wants to realize U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision of relocating much […]

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5 h. ago MANDEL: Why was alleged dangerous driver still behind the wheel?

Surely, they won’t again release an accused dangerous driver now facing new charges of killing a father of three. Or so you would think. But that’s hardly a sure thing. A bail hearing was held in Oshawa Wednesday for 18-year-old Jaiwin Kirubananthan, who was arrested Aug. 3 after a head-on collision, on Hwy. 48 in […]

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5 h. ago Newfoundlanders busking, cooking to help in fight against roaring wildfires

ST. JOHN’S — Evacuees who fled a roaring wildfire near Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest city received a special donation Wednesday from a young musician. Ten-year-old accordion player Zander Wright raised $121 while busking Tuesday outside a convenience store south of St. John’s, the same day some residents of nearby Paradise, N.L., were told to evacuate […]

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6 h. ago 'Would we be in a safer community?': Edmonton moves forward on affordable and supportive housing amid public debate

"These are private, barrier-free homes, staffed 24 hours a day by trained health care professionals, licensed practical nurses, healthcare aides"

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7 h. ago CRIME SCENE: Cops identify victim of fatal East York stabbing

17-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder after arrest made at scene

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7 h. ago White House vows ‘significantly higher’ U.S. troop, police presence in D.C.

For two days, small groups of federal officers have been visible in scattered areas of the city. That is about to change, the administration says.

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7 h. ago CUPE: Air Canada is missing in action at the bargaining table

TORONTO — With 55 hours to go until Air Canada’s lockout notice takes effect, the airline has been absent from the bargaining table for nearly a full day. The union tabled its most recent proposal to Air Canada on August 12 at 9 p.m. ET. The union has been at the bargaining table ever since, […]

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8 h. ago Police oversight agency clears Ottawa officer over suspect's injury

The suspect tried to flee from an officer and was struck by a passing vehicle on Bank Street in April

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8 h. ago Carney, world leaders meet to discuss Ukraine war ahead of Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron said U.S. President Donald Trump was very clear that he wants to achieve a ceasefire on Friday

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8 h. ago Missing senior last seen in Kanata on Tuesday, Ottawa police say

The Ottawa Police Service has issued a missing person notice for 81-year-old Winston Reid, saying Wednesday that he last been seen a day earlier in the 600 block of Eagleson Road in Kanata. Reod was described as a Black man standing six feet one inch tall with a a large build, short salt-and-pepper hair and […]

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9 h. ago Appeals court lets the White House suspend or end billions in foreign aid

WASHINGTON — A divided panel of appeals court judges ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration can suspend or terminate billions of dollars of congressionally appropriated funding for foreign aid. Two of three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that grant recipients challenging the freeze did not meet […]

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9 h. ago Oasis fan store coming to Toronto’s Queen Street ahead of two stadium dates

An Oasis Live ‘25 fan store is coming to Toronto ahead of their Aug. 24-25 shows at Rogers Stadium. The fan store, open daily from 11 a.m. onwards at 468 Queen St. as of Aug. 21, will feature official Oasis merch — like limited-edition and exclusive brand collabs in menswear, womenswear, childrenswear, and accessories. Fans […]

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10 h. ago U.S. human rights reports criticize NATO allies, minimize some abuses

The reports, which cover 2024 before U.S. President Donald Trump took office, reflect his administration’s focus on free speech and restricting access to abortion.

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10 h. ago Canada’s Trump trade tensions ‘intensifying’ trend of falling rents, says RBC

Rents have dropped in half of Canada's major cities, especially in regions hit by job losses

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11 h. ago Trump veut réunir Poutine et Zelensky après le sommet en Alaska

Le président américain souhaite mettre un terme à la guerre en Ukraine.

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11 h. ago Powerball winner tackled and tased after kicking Florida deputy in the face

Florida police just gave a man 167 million reasons why he should not have attacked them. Body-cam footage shows the winner of a $167.3-million Powerball jackpot getting tackled and Tased after kicking a deputy in the head. James Farthing, 50, of Georgetown, Ky., was arrested in St. Pete Beach after police were called to the […]

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