WestJet pilots have committed to not disrupting passenger travel plans over the Victoria Day long weekend despite voting overwhelmingly to give its union a strike mandate. The Air Line Pilots Association said its WestJet members voted 91 per cent in favour of strike action. About 95 per cent of WestJet’s 1,500 pilots and WestJet Encore’s…
It was the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance for a team of divers to photograph themselves alongside Deep Blue, the notorious great white shark. But, in the words of one commentator, the resulting headline could easily have read: "stupid human dies chasing a 20ft shark". The female, one of the largest sharks ever recorded,…
OTTAWA — Millions of cellphones, tablets and other portable devices will sound off across the country next week to test Canada’s new public emergency alert system. The country’s broadcast and telecom regulator says the tests will be carried out next Monday in Ontario and Quebec and on Wednesday in the rest of the country. Test…
A huge fire exploded at a pipeline leaking fuel in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least 20 people and badly burning 60 others as locals tried to collect the spilling gasoline in buckets, officials said. The leak was caused by fuel thieves illegally tapping the pipeline in a small town in the state of…
Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, plans to leave the Justice Department shortly after a new attorney general is sworn into office, according to sources. Mr Rosenstein has overseen special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, a role which has repeatedly drawn the ire of Donald Trump, who has labelled the probe a "witch hunt". Mr…
Boy, this new Vancouver property tax increase — the charmingly named “school tax” — sure is causing a lot of commotion. It can be as little as a few hundred if your home is worth just over $3 million, but if you are lucky enough to own a $6-million house, you better find another $10,000…
An American supporter of the Islamic State has been arrested after he plotted to blow a hole in the White House with an anti-tank rocket and storm the building. Hasher Jallal Taheb, 21, from the town of Cumming, Georgia, was arrested by the FBI on Wednesday, on the eve of his planned attack. He had…
J.D. Power Canada released their 2018 customer satisfaction rankings for TV and internet service, and none of the country’s big telecoms — Rogers, Bell and Telus — ranked first. Videotron, which services Quebec and some parts of New Brunswick and Ontario, was the highest ranking internet service provider in eastern Canada — a spot it…
Italy gave permission for 47 migrants stranded on board a rescue vessel to disembark in Sicily on Wednesday, as British crew members said they feared being arrested. Matteo Salvini, the country’s hardline interior minister, has accused the NGO Sea Watch of aiding and abetting illegal migration by rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean and bringing them…
The soaring cost of housing in many parts of Canada is having some profound effects on the way we live. Young families are increasingly living in condos; it’s become commonplace for parents to help buy their kids’ homes; and a large share of Canadians are now carrying very high levels of debt. Now we can…