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In the news today: Air Canada ramping up to near full schedule
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada ramping up to near full schedule Air Canada says it expects to be operating close to its full netwo...
Aug 22, 2025
With U.S. pressure, concern emerging about fate of online streaming, news bills
OTTAWA - Cultural and broadcast industry groups are calling on the Liberal government to support the Online Streaming Act and the Online News Act, as the Prime Minister's Office refuses to say whether...
Aug 22, 2025
Air Canada ramping up operations to near full schedule by Friday
MONTREAL - Air Canada says it expects to be operating close to its full network schedule by Friday. The airline says it is continuing to ramp up its operations in a press release Thursday. This comes ...
Aug 22, 2025
Israel's defense minister says Gaza City could be destroyed
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's defense minister warned on Friday that Gaza City could be destroyed unless Hamas accepts Israel's terms, as the country prepares for an expanded offensive in the area. A day ...
Aug 22, 2025
Rising heat a 'public health crisis' for workers, including in Canada: WHO
TORONTO - The World Health Organization says climate change-driven heat is a "public health crisis" for workers around the globe and experts say Canada is no exception. The WHO and the World Meteorolo...
Aug 22, 2025
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra says he has been acquitted of royal defamation
BANGKOK (AP) - Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he was acquitted of royal defamation by a court Friday. His lawyer also confirmed the verdict, but the Bangkok Criminal Court did not ...
Aug 21, 2025
Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says
MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed "Alligato...
Aug 21, 2025
Former minister, MLA from P.E.I. dies at 66
OTTAWA - Gail Shea, a former MLA and MP from P.E.I. has died at 66 years old. Shea represented the riding of Egmont for the Conservatives between 2008 and 2015. Shea served as a member of former prime...
Aug 21, 2025
Court documents detail months-long surveillance of Quebec terror suspects
MONTREAL - Newly released court documents show how police spent months tracking four men accused in an alleged anti-government plot in Quebec. The investigation of the men, two of whom are members of ...
Aug 21, 2025
Vancouver's airport breaks rainfall record set in 1912
RICHMOND - Several daily rainfall records were shattered in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia on Friday, with the Vancouver breaking a record set over a century ago. Environmen...
Aug 21, 2025