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Air Transat flight attendants OK strike mandate if new contract cannot be reached

Air Transat flight attendants OK strike mandate if new contract cannot be reached

MONTREAL — The union representing 2,100 flight attendants at Air Transat says workers have voted to approve a strike if they cannot reach a new contract with the airline. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says the flight attendants voted 99.
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Buyer beware: porch piracy set to ramp up with holiday season fast approaching

Buyer beware: porch piracy set to ramp up with holiday season fast approaching

TORONTO — You've been tracking your online shopping haul for days. It's finally the day your package is set to arrive at your doorstep. But when you get home in the evening, the package is not there.
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US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked tanker. Missiles from rebel-controlled Yemen follow

US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked tanker. Missiles from rebel-controlled Yemen follow

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said.
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Schools in Portland, Oregon, reach tentative deal with teachers union after nearly month-long strike

Schools in Portland, Oregon, reach tentative deal with teachers union after nearly month-long strike

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s largest school district said late Sunday it had reached a tentative agreement with its teachers union and roughly 45,000 students would be back in school Monday after more than three weeks without classes.
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No Frills workers at 17 Ontario stores ratify deal with wage gains, full-time jobs

No Frills workers at 17 Ontario stores ratify deal with wage gains, full-time jobs

TORONTO — No Frills workers at 17 stores in Ontario have ratified a new collective agreement that raises wages and expands the number of full-time jobs, the union representing them has confirmed.
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Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: CRTC hearings The CRTC's public hearing on modernizing Canada's broadcasting framework enters its second week.
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Banks set to report earnings strained by economic slowdown

Banks set to report earnings strained by economic slowdown

TORONTO — Signs of economic slowdown are growing, and Canadian banks could add more evidence this upcoming week.
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Alberta Energy Regulator reports runoff spill at Suncor's Fort Hills oilsands site

Alberta Energy Regulator reports runoff spill at Suncor's Fort Hills oilsands site

CALGARY — A spill of surface runoff from a containment pond at Suncor Energy’s Fort Hills oilsands site may have spanned more than a year, the Alberta Energy Regulator has announced. The regulator said that on Oct.
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Smith says she'll reveal details next week on threat to invoke sovereignty act

Smith says she'll reveal details next week on threat to invoke sovereignty act

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she will reveal details next week on her threat to invoke her government's sovereignty act over federal clean energy regulations.
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An Israeli-owned ship was targeted in suspected Iranian attack in Indian Ocean, US official tells AP

An Israeli-owned ship was targeted in suspected Iranian attack in Indian Ocean, US official tells AP

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defense official said Saturday.
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