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In the news today: Potential strike notice looms for Air Canada
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Potential strike notice looms for Air Canada The union representing around 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants...
Aug 12, 2025 Air Canada flight attendants hold a silent protest at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi)
Petition revives campaign to award Victoria Cross to Afghan war veterans
OTTAWA - A petition sponsored by a Liberal MP is reviving calls for a fresh look at whether veterans of the Afghanistan conflict should be reconsidered for Canada's top military honour. Liberal MP Pau...
Aug 12, 2025 A Canadian soldier surveys the landscape during a dawn patrol in the Dand district near Kandahar, Afghanistan on Monday, June 8, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
Keep your eyes on the skies: Annual Perseid meteor shower set to peak tonight
Stargazers are in for a shimmering show tonight as the annual Perseid meteor shower is set to reach its peak. NASA says the fireball shower began last month and the celestial event is expected to peak...
Aug 12, 2025 A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseid meteor shower in Vinton, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP - Kevin Clifford
Evacuations ordered as wildfire roars near Newfoundland's largest city
ST. JOHN'S - Residents near Newfoundland and Labrador's largest city were ordered to flee a wildfire Tuesday, as thousands of other people across the province faced the prospect of leaving or losing t...
Aug 12, 2025
Federal Liberals looking to provide 'certainty' to investors in fall budget
OTTAWA - Major institutional investors are asking the federal government to give them a reason to invest more at home in the upcoming fall budget, say the Liberal MPs leading budget consultations acro...
Aug 12, 2025
Relief from sweltering conditions expected in parts of Canada after record-breaking 'notable' heat event
Sweltering heat is expected to break in the coming days for many Canadians after Monday's scorching temperatures broke dozens of daily heat records across the country. Around 51 daily heat records wer...
Aug 12, 2025
Cancer survivor celebrates birthday by paying for patients' hospital parking
At the entrance of a London hospital, Krystyna Locke fronts a banner with loopy cursive letters that says, "Happy birthday to me. Your parking is free." The lymphoma cancer survivor is celebrating tur...
Aug 12, 2025
US and China extend trade truce another 90 days, easing tension between world's largest economies
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world's two biggest economies. Trum...
Aug 11, 2025
B.C. court squelches Vancouver bylaw that forced ride-hailing firms to pay fees
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has invalidated a bylaw passed by the City of Vancouver that imposed a fee on ride-hailing companies working on city streets during peak hours. Uber Canada took the ...
Aug 11, 2025
New federal entity to prioritize Canadian-made, affordable housing projects
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's promised new entity to spur massive amounts of housing construction will prioritize the building of affordable housing and the use of Canadian materials, says a c...
Aug 11, 2025
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