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The union representing WestJet flight attendants issued a 72-hour strike notice early Thursday WestJet flight attendants hold a ‘day of action’ in Calgary on July 14. The union representing WestJet’s flight attendants issued a 72-hour strike notice early Thursday morning. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)  A work stoppage looms for 4,400 flight …

Conservative leader, who has autistic daughter, wants alerts to better protect missing vulnerable children Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on June 25, 2026. Poilievre and Conservative MP Mike Lake called for reform to the public alert system in a letter to the federal emergency …

B.C. government given 6 months to amend legislation Interior of Alouette Homes, an 18 bed long-term involuntary care facility in Maple Ridge, B.C, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Ben Nelms/CBC)  Elements of British Columbia’s involuntary care regime that allow forced psychiatric treatment, regardless of a person’s capacity to make health care …

Liberals voted to adjourn a standing committee meeting without voting on a motion to launch a review Cars and trucks move across the new Gordie Howe International Bridge linking Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ont., on the day it opened to traffic on July 27, 2026. (Patrick Morrell/CBC)  Opposition members of the …

Prime minister has said ‘everything’s on the table’ if new U.S. tariffs come into force Prime Minister Mark Carney said that as an exporter of critical resources, Canada must ‘think really hard’ about anything that could put its reliability in question. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)  Prime Minister Mark Carney says that …

The child-care centre said it felt it could not provide the support the child needed Katelyn Ennis’s autistic daughter was dismissed from daycare following recurring biting incidents. She alleges the daycare did not proactively co-operate with her to find a solution. (Brian MacKay/CBC)  The mother of a toddler with autism is …

Parker, 11, had been missing since July 16 Calgary police believe they’ve found body of missing boy Investigators announced Wednesday they believe they have found 11-year-old Parker. The autistic boy had been missing since July 16 when he disappeared from his dayhome. Searchers have found what they believe to be …

Sanctions expected at separate hearing Quebec’s police ethics tribunal has ruled two provincial police officers racially profiled Leslie Blot in 2020. (Submitted by Leslie Blot)  Leslie Blot was driving down a highway in Mascouche, Que., on Dec. 4, 2020 after a visit to his mother’s grave, when he was pulled over …

Joseph Moeller’s testimony opened latest day of murder trial The girl’s father, Luciano Frattolin, is facing charges of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse in the case. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press)  New York State Police officers testified Wednesday about what they saw before divers recovered the body of a …

Province says it’s still pursuing plan to have jets land on Toronto Islands airport Ontario Transport Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria questioned the federal government’s ability to build big after it rejected plans to allow jets to land at the downtown Toronto airport. (Patrick Morrell/CBC)  Ontario Transport Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria says the federal …