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WestJet employees in Calgary and Vancouver back strike vote if deal can't be reached
CALGARY, AB - The union representing more than 700 WestJet employees at airports in Calgary and Vancouver says they have voted to support a strike if they cannot reach a new contract with the airline....
Jul 20, 2022
Italy's premier sets conditions to remain in office
ROME (AP) - Italian Premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday the spontaneous popular support for his government is "unprecedented and impossible to ignore," as he weighed appeals to rescind his resignation...
Jul 20, 2022
Tory's Baber renews pitch and airport testing is back: In The News for July 20, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, July 20, 2022 ... What we are watch...
Jul 20, 2022
Vancouver council committee meets to discuss report on 2030 Winter Olympic bid
VANCOUVER - A report raising questions about the tight timeline for a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in British Columbia comes before a Vancouver council committee today. The report, which ...
Jul 20, 2022
Baber asks Conservative members to give him a second look, not just mark him second
OTTAWA - Roman Baber is asking Conservative party members to give him a second look - not just think of him as their second choice. The former Ontario legislator - best known before the race for being...
Jul 20, 2022
Vancouver council committee meets to discuss report on 2030 Winter Olympic bid
VANCOUVER - A report raising questions about the tight timeline for a bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympic Games in British Columbia comes before a Vancouver council committee today. The report, which ...
Jul 20, 2022
Hugo Houle's Quebec hometown celebrates his Tour de France stage win
STE-PERPETUE - When Canadian Hugo Houle crossed the finish line well ahead of the competition in Stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, some of the loudest cheers were undoubtedly coming from Ste-...
Jul 20, 2022
Five things to know about the turbines causing friction between Canada and Ukraine
OTTAWA - The federal government has found itself defending what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an absolutely unacceptable decision in recent weeks - to grant a Canadian company an exem...
Jul 20, 2022
All-Stars showcase modern MLB: HRs, strikeouts, shifts
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The All-Star Game showcased what baseball has become - home runs, strikeouts and offense-killing shifts. The National League didn't have a hit between the first and eighth innings o...
Jul 19, 2022
Ivana Trump's life to be celebrated at a funeral Mass in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) - Ivana Trump, an icon of 1980s style, wealth and excess and a businesswoman who helped her husband build an empire that launched him to the presidency, is set to be celebrated at a fune...
Jul 19, 2022