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Air Canada suspends operations as flight attendants go on strike
Associated Press
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August 16, 2025
TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada suspended all operations as more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike early Saturday after a deadline to reach a deal passed, leaving travelers around the world stranded and scrambling during the peak...
Air Canada cancels all flights as flight attendants go on strike
Mint
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August 16, 2025
TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada suspended all operations as more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike early Saturady after a deadline to reach a deal passed, leaving travelers around the world stranded and scrambling during the peak...
Kraken’s Brandon Montour makes his thoughts clear about opportunity to make Canada’s 2026 Olympic roster
Sportskeeda
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August 16, 2025
Seattle Kraken defenseman Brandon Montour is excited about the opportunity to represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. Montour was invited to Canada's Olympic Orientation Camp, which will take place in Calgary from August...
Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes heaps praise on Ivan Demidov for his work ethic
Sportskeeda
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August 16, 2025
Montreal Canadiens GM Kent Hughes praised one of his team’s most prized prospects, Russian phenom Ivan Demidov. In a piece published on NHL.com on August 14, the Canadiens’ top executive had nothing but fantastic things to say about the club’s...
Air Canada suspends all operations as over 10K flight attendants go on strike
NBC Connecticut
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August 16, 2025
Air Canada suspended all operations as more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike early Saturday after a deadline to reach a deal passed, leaving travelers around the world stranded and scrambling during the peak summer travel...
US women’s hockey sweeps Canada
Adirondack Daily Enterprise - New York
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Team USA U18 women’s hockey players celebrate after beating Canada in the second game of the Rivalry Series on Thursday in Lake Placid. (Provided photo — Jordan Craig/USA Hockey)LAKE PLACID — The U.S. women’s Collegiate and Under-18 select teams...
Marooned by Air Canada flight attendant strike? Here are your options
Brandon Sun
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August 16, 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...
Early defensive stand propels Blue Bombers win over Ottawa Redblacks
Winnipeg Sun
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August 15, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports Football CFL Winnipeg Blue Bombers “Dude. That was massive,” Bombers running back Brady Oliveira said. “I don’t care how good you are, to have a stop like that, man we have some dogs on our defence." Tony Jones has...
True North: Cultural Renewal in Canada
The Imaginative Conservative - Texas
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August 16, 2025
In the long term, the hope is for the Gregory the Great Institute to become a major contributor to the “great conversation,” bringing the wisdom of Christendom to Canada’s beleaguered and floundering culture. We live in exciting times. As a...
Canadian Harvard students expect to return this fall after summer uncertainty
The Globe and Mail
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August 15, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:The U.S. Department of Homeland Security in May issued a letter saying it would not allow international students to study at Harvard, but in court documents last week it signalled that it does not intend to enforce its...
Air Canada begins flight cancellations, readies for complete grounding
AeroTime News
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August 15, 2025
Air Canada has started the process of cancelling flights in advance of a 72-hour strike by cabin crew staff that will leave its fleet “completely grounded’. On August 14, 2025, Air Canada confirmed that 34 flights had been cancelled so far, with...
Alberta family’s Caribbean ‘adventure of a lifetime’ could be grounded by Air Canada strike
Global News
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August 15, 2025
Carla Levitt and Stephen Brown have been planning and saving for their trip of a lifetime for the past four years. The couple had been hoping to set out with their kids and family dog on a year-long adventure sailing the Caribbean. “We really just...
Toronto International Film Festival cancels — and then unpulls — October 7 documentary ‘The Road Between Us’
Unpacked
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August 15, 2025
When word spread that the Toronto International Film Festival had pulled an Israeli-produced October 7 documentary — allegedly over fears of a copyright challenge from Hamas — even seasoned observers did a double take. It sounded less like a...
'I went hunting for dinosaurs in the surreal Canadian Badlands'
The Mirror
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August 16, 2025
Every youngster has a period in their childhood where their fascination with all things dinosaurs and fossils knows no bounds. Reading the books, trips to the Natural History Museum, dragging the family to the Jurassic Coast to look for ammonites....
Everything you need to know about adopting a dog (or other pet) from the City of Vancouver
Vancouver Is Awesome
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August 15, 2025
If you think the SPCA is the only place to adopt animals in the Lower Mainland, you're missing a few top spots. One of them is directly through the City of Vancouver, which operates a pro-adoption animal shelter that helps facilitate 200 to 300...
Here's everything you need to know about Creed's 'Summer of '99' tour stop in Vancouver
Vancouver Is Awesome
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August 15, 2025
It's taking over Rogers Arena on Aug. 16 Rogers Arena is about to welcome Creed with arms wide open, in hopes the American rock band will take audience members (figuratively) higher this weekend. The post-grunge band is on its Summer of '99 tour,...
Departure Lounge: See why Canada has become the alternative in North American travel
Irish Examiner
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August 16, 2025
Domestic and international tourism is soaring in Canada as travellers to North America seek an alternative to US travel. And perhaps nowhere is the unlikely beneficiary more than Saskatchewan, the remote prairie province which is also reporting a...
Why has Canada embraced euthanasia?
Religion News Service
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August 15, 2025
(RNS) — No country in the world has gone as far as Canada in enabling people to die if they want to. And a lot of Canadians want to. In 2023, the last year for which statistics are available, 15,343 of them had their lives terminated by way of the...
APC Denies Being Labeled a Terrorist Group by Canadian Court, Clarifies Judgment
Lagos Post Online
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August 15, 2025
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has refuted claims circulating that a Canadian Court decision designated the ruling party as a terrorist organization. In a statement on Friday, National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Felix Morka, stated...
MOVIES: A US-Canada hybrid and three gems with horse handlers, a tragic pop star and unusual education
Canada's National Observer
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August 15, 2025
It's getting to be festival time again. VIFF in Vancouver is soon to announce its schedule for this year. TIFF in Toronto has been releasing bits of it for some time and this week revealed it all. There are almost 300 features including new work...