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Air Canada Suspends All Flights—Here’s What To Know About Flight Attendant Strike
Forbes
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Topline After 10,000 Air Canada striking flight attendants refused a government back-to-work order, Canada’s flagship carrier was forced to suspend operations and pull its financial guidance—while canceling flights for half a million passengers....
Air Canada pulls forecast, citing flight attendants’ strike
The Spokesman-Review - Washington State
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Air Canada pulled its financial guidance through year-end, citing the impact of a strike by flight attendants that has caused the airline to cancel hundreds of flights. About 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants walked out on Saturday, grounding...
Burlington awarded for excellence in financial reporting
Burlington Hawk Eye - Iowa
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CHICAGO — Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to City of Burlington for its annual comprehensive financial report for the...
Olympian Moh Ahmed joins call for Tennis Canada to cancel Davis Cup tie with Israel
The Globe and Mail
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August 18, 2025
Four-time Olympic long-distance runner Moh Ahmed is one of 413 Canadian signatories calling on Tennis Canada to cancel Canada’s Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax this September. Ahmed, a runner from St. Catharines, Ont., who won a silver medal...
Kingston hosts Kin Canada's national convention
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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August 18, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News According to convention co-chair, Sean Allen, the convention hasn’t been held in Kingston in 105 years and rarely in this district. Kin Canada national executive director, Randy Sudhi and national president,...
Air Canada Flight Attendants Defy Government Order To Return To Work
Live and Let's Fly - California
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August 18, 2025
Air Canada flight attendants are defying a federal back-to-work order, prolonging a strike that has already stranded tens of thousands of passengers and creating a direct clash between union power and government authority. The Canada Industrial...
Air Canada strike continues, suspends financial guidance
Al Jazeera
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August 18, 2025
The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) has said Air Canada’s ongoing strike, in which 10,000 cabin crew members have walked off their jobs, is illegal after strikers ignored orders to return to work. The regulatory board made the call on...
Inside RBC’s Long-Term Commitment to RBC Canadian Open and PGA Tour
BVM Sports
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August 18, 2025
RBC has committed to a multi-year sponsorship of the RBC Canadian Open and RBC Heritage, reaffirming its dedication to the PGA Tour after years of uncertainty. The bank's initial sponsorship began in 2008, and despite challenges like the emergence...
Intact Insurance is committed to supporting Canadian businesses transition to renewable energy
Canadian Underwriter
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August 18, 2025
The renewable energy industry faces unique complexity, but that isn’t stopping Canadian businesses from driving innovation and the transition to cleaner, more sustainable energy sources. Now, more than ever, businesses need local brokers and an...
Region of Waterloo highlights need for long-term investment in community services
Cambridge Today
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The Region of Waterloo is stepping up its advocacy efforts in Ottawa this week, calling on federal and provincial partners to commit to long-term investments in critical infrastructure needed to support new housing developments NEWS RELEASE REGION...
Edward Jones Financial Advisor, Bridgeport Resident, Kurt Skasik, Qualifies for Recognition Conference
Connect Bridgeport - West Virginia
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August 18, 2025
Edward Jones Financial Advisor and Clarksburg native and Bridgeport resident Kurt Skasik has announced that his client support team professional has qualified for the firm's invitation-only Ignite conference in St. Louis, MO, a recognition event...
Response Plus Medical, Austability Sign Non-Financial Mou
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Response Plus Medical Services LLC (RPM), a subsidiary of Response Plus Holding PJSC – the largest pre-hospital care and emergency medical services provider in the region, has signed a strategic partner non-financial...
Government of Ontario continues SDF Training Stream investments with more than $5 million for the Northumberland and Peterborough areas
Manufacturing Automation
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August 18, 2025
Aug. 18, 2025, Port Hope, Ont. — The government of Ontario is investing more than $5 million through the Skills Development Fund (SDF) Training Stream to help almost 3,000 youth, jobseekers and apprentices across the Northumberland and...
Economic Development: Manufacturers Are Making …Investments
The Lane Report - Kentucky
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August 18, 2025
Kentucky’s local economic developers had a mostly happy first half of 2025, despite a chaotic national and international scene of changing trade policies, up and down equity markets and dropping consumer sentiment. Most local officials across the...
Air Canada Strike: Operational Restart Disrupted As Return-To-Work Order Defied
Simple Flying
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August 18, 2025
Over the weekend, Air Canada's operations faced significant disruption as a result of planned industrial action taken by members of cabin crew at the Canadian flag carrier. The strike, which was issued last week with a 72-hour notice, had...
Could extreme heat stress the power grid enough to throw Canadians into the dark?
Financial Post
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August 18, 2025
A blackout in London, Ont., left thousands of homes and businesses without power, or air conditioning, amid August’s scorching heat wave. Rising temperatures have led to a surge in energy demand this past summer, while new technologies are set to...
Financial gap continues to widen for some Canadians, says Equifax
Wealth Professional Canada
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August 18, 2025
Close to 1.4 million Canadians missed a credit payment in Q2, about 7,000 fewer than the previous quarter. However, that figure still represents 118,000 more missed payments than a year earlier. Non-mortgage holders were nearly twice as likely to...
UAE residents stranded amid Air Canada strike stressed by vague responses, high flight prices
Khaleej Times
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A sudden strike by more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants has grounded hundreds of flights, leaving some UAE residents stranded in Canada as the disruption stretches into a third day. The walkout, which began on Saturday, has shut down...
Olympian Moh Ahmed joins call to cancel Canada’s Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax
Lethbridge Herald
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August 18, 2025
By Canadian Press on August 18, 2025. Four-time Olympic long-distance runner Moh Ahmed is one of 413 Canadian signatories calling on Tennis Canada to cancel Canada’s Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax this September. The letter frames the Sept....
Canada and Toronto Move to a Single-Source TTC Subway Contract
METRO Magazine - California
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The TTC’s single-source decision aims to secure Canadian manufacturing jobs while ensuring reliable new subway trains for Toronto riders. The Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario, and the City of Toronto have given the Toronto Transit...