WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech and President Diederik Pen issued statements from the airline’s Calgary headquarters on Saturday morning, condemning a sudden and “absurd” strike by the union maintaining the company’s planes (AMFA) on Friday. This resulted in at least 235 flight cancellations, impacting roughly 33,000 WestJet customers.
U.S. President Joe Biden is trying to turn the page after what many are calling a “disastrous” debate performance. In the first debate of the 2024 presidential race, Biden had hoped to make the case that his opponent Trump was “unfit” to return to the White House. Instead, he reignited questions about his own fitness
40 free public sunscreen dispensers are being installed in communities across Canada. They’re part of a pilot project to fight skin cancer by making sunscreen more widely available, and raise awareness about the importance of sun safety. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for June 5, 2024.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have identified the family of four found dead in a home in Harrow, south of Windsor, last week. The deceased has been named Steven Walsh, 42; Carly Walsh, 41; Madison, 13; and Hunter, 8. The initial call to the police was for a “wellbeing check,” leading to the heartbreaking discovery
A motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital following a collision with the driver of a car on Tuesday evening in northeast Scarborough. The crash happened in the Hillside neighbourhood near Steeles Avenue East and Reesor Road. Toronto police said they were called to that area around 6:20 p.m. The driver remained at the scene. Police
Outside a retirement complex in east Toronto, where all but shift workers are asleep in the early hours, a dramatic police takedown is about to unfold.In less than five hours, a police officer will be in hospital, a suspected car thief in handcuffs and a second suspect – a wanted fugitive.This is the frontline in
WARNING: Video contains violent content; discretion is advised. Armed militants have attacked two Orthodox churches and a synagogue, and have opened fire on police in the southern Russian region of Dagestan. Six police officers were killed, as well as one priest, and 12 injured on Sunday, according to the Russian local interior ministry. At least
Donald Sutherland, the gravelly-voiced Canadian actor who graced both TV and movie screens, passed away Thursday in Miami from a long illness. He was 88. Known for his easily identifiable baritone, Sutherland starred in a multitude of recognizable and memorable films, including 1980’s Ordinary People, 1991’s JFK, 1998’s Without Limits and the Hunger Games franchise.
Speaking in Ottawa on Wednesday, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg pushed Canada to meet the target agreed on by members of the military alliance to spend two per cent of its GDP on defence spending. He said he knows its not easy for politicians to invest in defence but said greater spending is needed “when tensions
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is set to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when he visits Ottawa on Wednesday, which is his first visit in nearly two years. David Akin has more on his visit and how it is putting a spotlight on Canada’s military spending.