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All wildfire evacuees back home in Saskatchewan: public safety agency
The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency says all evacuees who were forced out of their homes due to wildfires have now returned. The agency says the First Nation reserve of La Plonge in northwest Saskat...
Aug 20, 2025 Volunteer firefighters from Davidson, Sask., load up their truck at the Provincial Wildfire Center in Prince Albert, Sask., Wednesday, June 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Poilievre's byelection win sets the table for his return to Parliament this fall
After a summer of rodeos, dinosaurs and door-knocking, Pierre Poilievre is now officially heading back to Ottawa as a Conservative member of Parliament for Alberta. The Tory leader will represent the ...
Aug 19, 2025 Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre gives a speech after his win in the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection in Camrose, Alta., Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Inflation rate cools to 1.7% in July thanks to lower gas prices: StatsCan
Statistics Canada says the annual rate of inflation cooled to 1.7 per cent in July as lower gas prices led the decline from 1.9 per cent in June. The agency says prices for gasoline were down 16.1 per...
Aug 19, 2025 A commuter pumps gas into their vehicle at a Esso gas station in Toronto on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin
Flight attendants union says tentative deal reached to end Air Canada strike
Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants have reached a tentative deal to end a strike that began on Saturday morning. The airline said it will gradually begin operations Tuesday. T...
Aug 19, 2025 Striking Air Canada flight attendants rally at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts in July up four per cent from June
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the annual pace of housing starts in July rose four per cent compared with June. The agency says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts was 294,08...
Aug 18, 2025 New homes are built in a housing construction development in the west-end of Ottawa on Thursday, May 6, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Labour groups pushing back as Air Canada flight attendants' strike poised to continue
It could be another chaotic day for travellers as a labour dispute continues between Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants. Flight attendants with the Montreal-based airline repr...
Aug 18, 2025 Picketers march around the departures level at the Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. Air Canada made the call to halt a return to operation as flight attendants continue to strike. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Union representing Air Canada flight attendants says strike will continue
Air Canada flight attendants intend to remain on strike in defiance of a back-to-work order, the union said Sunday only hours after the airline had announced a plan to resume flights. The Canadian Uni...
Aug 17, 2025 An empty Air Canada bag drop area is shown as Air Canada flight attendants strike at Montreal–Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Air Canada Strike Ends: Government orders binding arbitration
The federal Liberal government is intervening to resolve a labour dispute at Canada's largest airline that scuttled hundreds of flights, stranded travellers and threatened the economy. Jobs Minister P...
Aug 16, 2025 Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is seen at a press conference where she announced that she directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order Air Canada and the union representing its flight attendants to resume operations and resolve the dispute through binding arbitration, in Ottawa, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kyle Duggan
Were you planning to fly Air Canada? What you need to know about the strike
Air Canada flights are cancelled after thousands of flight attendants began a strike early Saturday morning. The company says the work stoppage means all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights would ...
Aug 16, 2025 Luggage is seen as travellers wait in line at the Air Canada counter in Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, Que., Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Air Canada flight attendants on strike, airline's flights cancelled
Passengers around the world are feeling the effects after the union representing more than 10,000 flight attendants with Air Canada announced its members were walking off the job after it was unable t...
Aug 16, 2025 Air Canada flight attendants picket at Pearson International Airport in Toronto on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sammy Kogan
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