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Canada’s DaLeaka Menin expected to play a key role at Rugby World Cup
The Globe and Mail
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August 18, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:France's Madoussou Fall, left, and France's Manae Feleu, right, tackle Canada's DaLeaka Menin during WXV 1 women's rugby union action, in Vancouver, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.ETHAN CAIRNS/The Canadian Press Canada coach...
Canada leaving ‘no stone unturned’ to defend Arctic alongside NATO: Anand
Global News
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August 18, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday the federal government is leaving “no stone unturned” to defend Canada’s North as changes in the global order in recent years are having direct implications for Canada’s Arctic sovereignty. Anand...
Canada's Flightpath launches Dassault Aviation operations
Ch-Aviation
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August 18, 2025
Flightpath Charter Airways (KNT, Kitchener) has launched Dassault Aviation operations with the addition of a Falcon 7X. "We're thrilled to welcome the Dassault Falcon 7X to our managed and charter fleet, based in Calgary," the company announced in...
Boston College, SMU Dedman among 42 best law schools for law firm employment
The National Jurist
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August 18, 2025
When Boston College Law School redesigned its first-year curriculum, it wasn’t just to check a box. It was to prepare students for the jobs they want and to get them hired. “Recruitment has moved earlier and earlier in the law school lifecycle,”...
Canada’s post-Trump economy will need a much broader strategy: New report
Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives
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August 18, 2025
OTTAWA—U.S. tariffs and other economic attacks on Canada require a comprehensive strategy for economic self-sufficiency, not a narrow focus on building petroleum pipelines, cutting regulations, and cutting taxes, concludes a new report from the...
The Peak Numbers Canada’s Oil-Friendly Newspapers Keep Ignoring
DeSmog
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August 18, 2025
Canadians have been bombarded with media stories promoting a common and simplistic theme equating more oil production with greater Canadian prosperity. But what if the opposite was true? Lost in the oil-friendly media cacophony was a recent report...
Prime Minister Carney engages Métis leadership on the Building Canada Act
Patriotic Vanguard
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August 18, 2025
Canada’s new government is ready to get our country building major infrastructure projects again – in partnership with Indigenous Peoples. To that end, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, convened the Métis Major Projects Summit in Ottawa to discuss...
Air Canada Flight Attendants Are Still on Strike—Here’s What Travelers Need to Know
Conde Nast Traveler
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August 18, 2025
Air Canada’s flight operations were halted for a third day as the carrier’s flight attendants continued to strike into Monday, August 18. The airline had initially expected to resume flights on Sunday, August 17, after a federal agency overseeing...
Labour declares Air Canada workers’ strike unlawful
New National Star
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August 18, 2025
Canada’s labor board has ruled the strike by 10,000 Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flight attendants illegal and directed them back to work, ending a three–day disruption that has stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers at the peak of the...
Air Canada flight attendants' union says it will risk jail time to strike for a better deal
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 18, 2025
The union representing thousands of striking Air Canada flight attendants says it will risk jail time and fines but will not order its members back to work, despite the federal labour relations board calling the strike illegal. "We will not be...
Air Canada suspends profit forecast as union defies order
Kuwait Times
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August 18, 2025
MONTREAL: Air Canada suspended its third-quarter and annual profit forecasts as its fleet of hundreds of planes remained grounded on Monday morning after striking flight attendants refused a government-backed order to get back to work and called...
Lane Hutson contract extension: NHL analyst updates what's going on behind closed doors between Canadiens & star D-man
Sportskeeda
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August 18, 2025
The Montreal Canadiens don’t appear to be in a rush to extend star blue liner Lane Hutson this offseason, despite ongoing conversations. NHL analyst Marco D’Amico of RG Media shared his insights into what he’s heard behind closed doors regarding...
How the Air Canada strike impacts travel insurance
Canadian Underwriter
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August 18, 2025
Toronto, Canada – June 5, 2018: Air Canada and rouge airplanes at the Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada. iStock.com/jimfeng An ongoing strike by Air Canada flight attendants has already affected more than 500,000 passengers, meaning...
Air Canada Cabin Crew Strike Blocked by Regulators
Aero-News Network - Florida
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August 17, 2025
Less than 12 hours after Air Canada flight attendants finally walked out on the job, the nation’s regulators have called them back to work and into arbitration. Canadian officials claim that stranding hundreds of thousands of travelers during peak...
Y Media Political Sensex: Big Attention on Alberta Byelection as Poilievre Tries for Seat
South Asian Daily
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August 18, 2025
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is fighting to re-enter Parliament through a by-election in Alberta’s Battle River—Crowfoot riding, a contest that has captured national attention. After unexpectedly losing his long-time seat in Ottawa during...
Can Canada Stop Immigration?
PeopleTalk Online
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August 18, 2025
Can Canada stop immigration? The simple answer is No. Even as rising underemployment, legislative backlogs, and growing anti-immigrant sentiment dampen the country’s appeal to global talent, the truth remains: Canada’s future hinges on...
Stuck at home or stranded abroad? What your options are if you have Air Canada travel plans
The Globe and Mail
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August 18, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:Stranded Air Canada passengers at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Sunday. Under Canada’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations, many affected customers who booked with Air Canada are owed new tickets from the...
What Air Canada’s Flight Attendants Are Fighting For
PressProgress
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August 18, 2025
Over 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants across the country are on strike, defying an order from the federal government to return to their jobs. Last week, the union representing flight attendants at Air Canada, CUPE’s Air Canada Component, issued...
Senior Lawyer Backs Canadian Court’s Label of APC and PDP as ‘Terrorist’ Organisations
This Day
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August 18, 2025
Stories by Steve Aya A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, J.S. Okutepa, has weighed in firmly in support of a landmark Canadian court decision that classified Nigeria’s two major political parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the...
Air Canada strike focuses on flight attendants’ unpaid work
The Globe and Mail
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August 18, 2025
The union for 10,000 striking Air Canada flight attendants said on Monday they won’t return to work even though the strike, now in its third day, has been declared illegal. The job action at Canada’s largest airline is affecting about 130,000...