7 h. ago MP calls for Canada to honour pilot who died in flight over England

Pilot Officer William McMullen was captaining a training flight in a Lancaster Bomber on January 13 1945 when the plane caught fire above Darlington.

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36 h. ago Canadian Star Trek legend William Shatner has epic meltdown at Trump's push to make neighbor America's 51st state

William Shatner has apparently had it with President Donald Trump's calls to make Canada the 51st state.

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48 h. ago Trump makes stunning '51st state' call in front of Canada's new PM Mark Carney: Live updates

It come as the relationship between the U.S. and its neighbor has been undermined by the president's tariffs and talk of annexing Canada as the '51st state.'

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3 d. ago Flight attendant reveals why you should never order a Diet Coke on planes

According to one flight attendant, Diet Coke and Coke Zero orders can present a challenge for the crew.

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5 d. ago EgyptAir disaster which killed British man a decade ago was caused by an oxygen fire and not an explosion on board, coroner rules

Richard Osman, who grew up in Carmarthen, Wales, died alongside 65 others nearly a decade ago, when EgyptAir flight MS804 vanished over the Mediterranean in May 2016.

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6 d. ago EgyptAir crash which killed British man and 64 others caused by fire not ‘explosion’, coroner rules

Richard Osman died alongside 65 others when EgyptAir flight MS804 vanished over the Mediterranean in May 2016

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2 w. ago American Airlines flight attendants let passenger die while others disembarked, family says

Exclusive: “How long does it take to deboard an airplane? 20, 30 minutes? That’s critical time,” attorney Joseph LoRusso told The Independent

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2 w. ago American Airlines flight crew let passenger die while others disembarked, family says

Exclusive: “How long does it take to deboard an airplane? 20, 30 minutes? That’s critical time,” attorney Joseph LoRusso told The Independent

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2 w. ago Worries about flying seem to be taking off. Here's how to cope with in

The evidence is anecdotal, but psychologists and flight attendants say they are seeing and hearing increased worries about flying

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2 w. ago ‘We’re going to stand up to Trump,’ says Mark Carney in second Canadian election debate

PM focuses on threat from across the border as most polls show his Liberals leading Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party in tight raceCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, faced sustained attacks from his Conservative rival at an election debate on Thursday but the Liberal leader sought to focus attention on what he calls Canada’s top threat: Donald Trump, the US president.Most opinion polls show Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party trailing Carney’s Liberals ahead of the 28 April vote for Canada’s federal government. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Who is going to face Mr Trump’: Canada leaders’ debate dominated by US crisis

Mark Carney’s Liberals have surged in the polls since Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada, scuppering Conservative calls for change after Trudeau eraPrime Minister Mark Carney said the key question in Canada’s upcoming election is who is best to deal with Donald Trump as he faced his Conservative rival in a French-language leaders’ debate on Wednesday.Opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said during the debate Canada needs change after a decade of Liberal party rule and Carney is just like his predecessor, Justin Trudeau. Carney responded: “Mr Poilievre is not Justin Trudeau. I’m not Justin Trudeau either. In this election the question is who is going to face Mr Trump.” Continue reading...

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