By Amy Smart The Canadian Press Posted December 22, 2022 10:50 pm Updated December 23, 2022 12:19 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size WestJet says it’s proactively cancelling flights at airports in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec as storm systems bear down on the regions. The airline says the cancellations apply to
Canada is facing a massive cross-country winter storm that has caused plunging temperatures and destructive winds and has left hundreds of thousands without power from coast to coast. The storm blew into Canada on Thursday night and is expected to wreak havoc on the country into the holiday weekend.About 320,000 people across the country are
A Newfoundland man was barrelling home Wednesday in a rented Toyota Corolla after his WestJet flight from Toronto to St. John’s was cancelled three days ago. David Bradbury hasn’t seen his wife since September, and he said all he could think about as he drove across Eastern Canada was throwing his arms around her as
For the fourth day in a row, delays and cancellations were wreaking havoc at several Canadian airports. Airlines and airports alike pointed to frigid temperatures in Alberta and snow in B.C. as the main culprit, as conditions created challenges for ground crews, delayed operations and suspended flights. Read more: Chaos continues at Western Canadian airports.
The Department of National Defence recently received quiet approval to spend $7 billion on 16 F-35 fighter jets and related gear. Two defence sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss matters not yet made public, said a funding request sent to the Treasury Board got the green light earlier this month.The Canadian
Starting Tuesday, Canada will ban the manufacture and import for sale of single-use plastics in an effort to achieve zero plastic waste by 2030, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. The ban covers single-use plastics including checkout bags, cutlery, food service ware, ring carriers, stir sticks and straws, the federal government stated in a
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 19, 2022 5:04 pm Updated December 19, 2022 5:51 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size CTV News head Michael Melling, who became embroiled in the fallout of the departure of top anchor Lisa LaFlamme, is now being replaced in his role. Several months after Melling
Every day in airports across the country, Canadians feel the sting of strict security rules. Shampoo bottles and refreshing beverages are banished to a bin. Carefully folded clothing is chaotically unfurled to peel a forgotten laptop from the bottom of a bag.But as U.K. airports aim to ditch restrictions on liquids and laptops in carry-on
Six people are dead, including a suspect, after a shooting at a Vaughan condo building Sunday evening, the York Regional Police chief says. In a press conference around 11 p.m., Chief Jim MacSween said emergency crews responded to an active shooting call around 7:20 p.m. at a building on Jane Street, just north of Rutherford
Russia‘s ambassador to Canada says Ottawa is at the vanguard of an effort to isolate his country, following a series of social-media squabbles and ongoing salvos where each country summons the other’s top diplomat. Oleg Stepanov told Russian state media that he’s exasperated by Canada’s foreign-affairs department tweeting unflattering information about the war in Ukraine