Air Canada fined $97.5K for failing to assist passenger in wheelchair
Canadian Transportation Agency found airline violated disability regulations The Canadian Transportation Agency has handed Air Canada a fine of $97,500 after a passenger who uses a wheelchair was made to drag himself off a plane in Las Vegas. In a statement, the CTA said the airline must pay for “several violations of the Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations.” On Aug. 30, Prince George, B.C., resident Rodney Hodgins, who has spastic cerebral palsy and uses a motorized wheelchair, was told by Air Canada crew in Las Vegas that no assistanceRead more
Prepare for prolonged outages, says N.B. Power, as storm cleanup begins
Still 58K customers without power, utility can’t provide restoration targets until damage assessed N.B. Power crews continue to work through the evening and have restored power to roughly half of those who lost power in the storm. About 58,000 customers were still in the dark as of Tuesday night, down from a high of more than 100,000 customers Monday morning. Downed trees and debris continue to be an issue for crews, and additional workers will be joining the restoration efforts on Wednesday, N.B. Power spokesperson Dominique Couture said, in an emailed statement. TheRead more
Statistics Canada reports record population growth, more than 430,000 in Q3
Country sees fastest-paced population growth in any quarter since 1957 Canada’s population grew by more than 430,000 during the third quarter, marking the fastest pace of population growth in any quarter since 1957. Statistics Canada released its Oct. 1 population estimates on Tuesday, putting the number at more than 40.5 million. The agency says the population growth over the first nine months of 2023 has already surpassed the total growth in any other full year, including the record set in 2022. That has been fuelled by international migration, including aboutRead more
UN Security Council delays vote on resolution urging cessation of hostilities in Gaza to deliver aid
UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council delayed until Tuesday morning a vote on an Arab-sponsored resolution calling for a halt to hostilities in Gaza to allow for urgently needed aid deliveries to a massive number of civilians as members intensified negotiations to try to avoid another veto by the United States. Complete coverage of the Israel-Hamas war(opens in a new tab) The council said Monday’s 5 p.m. EST vote would not take place, and diplomats said negotiations were taking place to get the United States, Israel’s closest ally, toRead more
U.S., Canada to join multinational operation to safeguard Red Sea commerce
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday announced the creation of a multinational operation to safeguard commerce in the Red Sea following a series of missile and drone attacks(opens in a new tab) by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis. Austin, who is on a trip to Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s headquarters in the Middle East, said participating countries include the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain. He said they would conduct joint patrols in the southern Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. “This is an internationalRead more
Speaker Greg Fergus ‘deeply sorry’ for controversial video, vows to regain MPs’ trust
Most MPs on House committee want Speaker to stay as new allegations emerge Embattled Speaker Greg Fergus said he made a “serious mistake” filming a video for the Ontario Liberal convention, a move that spurred calls for his resignation from a role that’s meant to be impartial. “I am deeply sorry. I want to reassure members that nothing like this will ever happen again,” he told the House of Commons Friday morning. Fergus has been at the centre of controversy since the beginning of the month after filming a 105-second videoRead more
Public Health Agency of Canada confirms 6th death from cantaloupe salmonella outbreak
53 people have been hospitalized and there have been 153 lab-confirmed cases so far The Public Health Agency of Canada on Friday confirmed a sixth death tied to a salmonella outbreak caused by the consumption of contaminated cantaloupes. PHAC said in a statement that 53 people have been hospitalized and there have been 153 lab-confirmed cases so far. “Based on the investigation findings to date, consumption of Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes have been identified as the likely source of the outbreak,” PHAC said. “Many of the individuals who became sickRead more
P.E.I. oil painting from 1890s being restored to its former lustre
‘I knew that we would be able to really bring it back to life,’ says restoration expert The Canadian Conservation Institute is restoring a P.E.I. painting from the 1890s, by a “bosom friend” of Lucy Maud Montgomery, that was donated to the Bideford Parsonage Museum. The artist, Edith England, met the Anne of Green Gables author in the late 1800s when Montgomery began teaching at the Bideford school in western Prince Edward Island. The two remained close friends for many years, as documented in Montgomery’s journals. A few years ago, England’s family offered herRead more
From soul to soreness, the Island Walk will make you question everything
As challenging as it is serene, the 700-kilometre P.E.I walk is an emotional, exploratory journey As gentle-sounding as it is, the Island Walk is a test. The roughly 700-kilometre roundtrip walk around P.E.I., which takes many people more than 30 days to accomplish, will weigh on the joints and muscles as much as it does the mind. The journey will make you question just about everything. The answers are found somewhere along the way. Half the trek takes place on the Island’s hard-packed Confederation Trail, the other half takes walkersRead more
‘They just don’t care’: Palestinian-Canadians plead with Ottawa to help them get families out of Gaza
It’s hard for Shouq Alnajjar to hold her anger in check when she talks about the the family she left behind in Gaza. “They’re living in hell,” she said. “It’s so dangerous there.” Alnajjar, a Palestinian-Canadian, was living in Gaza City with her Palestinian husband when Israel declared war on Hamas following Hamas’s brutal Oct. 7 attack on Israeli civilians. After weeks of waiting and anxious phone calls to Global Affairs Canada, Alnajjar was able to get herself, her husband and her mother on the approved list to leave Gaza through theRead more