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More than 500 WestJet employees unionize in Calgary and Vancouver
CALGARY, AB - More than 500 WestJet employees in Vancouver and Calgary announced Friday morning that they have unionized.The airport agents, which include baggage handlers, at Calgary and Vancouver's ...
May 21, 2021
Report calls for risk mitigation for vessels in Canadian Arctic after ship grounded
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is calling for mandatory risk mitigation measures for vessels operating in the Canadian Arctic after a passenger boat ran aground nearly three years ago. The ...
May 21, 2021
Tribune shareholders approve takeover by Alden Global
Shareholders of Tribune Publishing, one of the country's largest newspaper chains, on Friday approved a takeover by hedge fund Alden Global Capital. Alden, which already owned one-third of Tribune, no...
May 21, 2021
Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares discharged from hospital, out indefinitely
Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares has been discharged from hospital, one day after leaving the ice on a stretcher in the aftermath of a collision.The club says Tavares was kept overnight at St....
May 21, 2021
Let's turn on splash pads, Ottawa's mayor tells Ontario after reopening plan OKs golf
OTTAWA - The mayor of Canada's capital city is asking residents to make waves about the need for Ontario to allow splash pads to open as temperatures soar. Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson is calling on people...
May 21, 2021
Garneau welcomes ceasefire ending 11-day war in Gaza, Israel that killed hundreds
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says Canada welcomes a ceasefire ending the 11-day war between Israel and Hamas that left hundreds of people dead. In a statement posted on his Twitter ac...
May 21, 2021
Canadian fighter Arjan Singh Bhullar is now the toast of Indian mixed martial arts
The pride of Indian mixed martial arts is back home after dethroning Brandon (The Truth) Vera in Singapore to win One Championship's heavyweight title. And for Arjan Singh Bhullar, home is Richmond, B...
May 21, 2021
New survey a 'first step' to dismantling anti-Black racism, says researcher
Seven in 10 Black Canadians have experienced racism on a regular or occasional basis, suggests a preliminary study that experts are calling a "first step" toward dismantling systemic discrimination. R...
May 21, 2021
Members of Ontario church cannot sue over expulsion from congregation: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says former members of an Ontario church cannot go to court over their expulsion from the congregation. Five members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of C...
May 21, 2021
Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez eliminated at Serbia Open
BELGRADE, Serbia - Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez is out of the Serbia Open after a second-round loss today. Fernandez, from Laval, Que., fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 to Viktoriya Tomova of Bulgaria at the WTA...
May 21, 2021