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Canada's Trudeau says there's 'more work to do' after his party suffers another by-election loss
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday he’s focused on the work ahead after the ruling Liberals lost in another by-election, raising more questions about his ability to lead the party into the next federal election. For the second...
Air Canada and pilots union reach a tentative agreement to avoid a shutdown
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Air Canada and the union representing its pilots have come to terms on a labor agreement that is likely to prevent a shutdown of Canada’s largest airline. Talks betwen the company and the Air Line Pilots Association produced a tentative, four-year...
Air Canada urges government to intervene as labor dispute with pilots escalates
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s largest airline and business leaders on Thursday urged the federal government to intervene in labor talks with its pilots in hopes of avoiding a shutdown, but the labor minister said the two sides should negotiate a deal. Air Canada spokesman...
Canadian envoy in Cyprus to draw on its experience accommodating needs of women migrants and minors
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Canada is drawing on Cyprus ' experience of accommodating the needs of women migrants and children and those fleeing regional conflict zones at a time of unprecedented global displacement, the Canadian envoy on women, peace and security said Wednesday. The...
Canada's Conservative leader says his party plans no-confidence motion against Trudeau's government
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday his party plans to put forward a no-confidence motion “at the earliest possible opportunity” in hopes of bringing down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. Poilievre...
Man charged with plotting to attack a Jewish center in New York was in Canada on a student visa
NANAIMO, British Columbia (AP) — A Pakistani man arrested last week in Quebec and accused of plotting to attack a Jewish center in Brooklyn came to Canada on a student visa, Canada's Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday. Miller said Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, was granted a...
Edward B. Johnson, the second CIA officer in Iran for the 'Argo' rescue mission, dies at 81
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Edward B. Johnson, who as a CIA officer traveled into Iran with a colleague to rescue six American diplomats who fled the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, has died, the agency confirmed Monday. He was 81. Johnson's identity for decades had...
New search opens for plane carrying 3 that crashed in Michigan's Lake Superior in 1968
A high-tech unmanned boat outfitted with sonar and cameras is trying to solve the mystery of a 1968 plane crash that killed three people who were on a scientific assignment at Michigan's Lake Superior. Seat cushions and pieces of stray metal have washed ashore over decades. But the...
PWHL unveils team nicknames and logos entering women's hockey league's 2nd season
They are no-names no longer. In a process nearly a year in the making, the Professional Women’s Hockey League on Monday unveiled the nicknames and logos for each of its six franchises entering its second season. There’s a Fleet sailing into Boston, a Frost settling...
Canada's NDP leader says end of agreement with Liberals makes election timing uncertain
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The leader of Canada’s leftist New Democratic Party said Thursday that policies supported by liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre hurt Canadians, although he didn’t say if he was willing to trigger a snap federal...
