Air Canada has stopped accepting new requests for pets to travel in the baggage compartment of its flights until Sept. 12, the airline said Wednesday, as major airports around the country face travel delays, flight cancellations and logistical challenges. Small animals will still be allowed in the cabins of most flights, provided they can lie down in a carrier under […]
A trend is emerging among Canadian employees who split their time between working in their home and downtown offices — and it has gained a crude nickname. When given the choice, more hybrid workers are staying in their soft pants on Mondays and Fridays while dressing up the rest of the week. This new kind of work schedule has become […]
The slowdown underway in Toronto’s housing market continued last month, with new figures showing the number of homes sold in Canada’s biggest city fell by almost half compared with a year ago. The Toronto Region Real Estate Board (TRREB) said 6,474 homes were sold in the Greater Toronto Area last month, down by 41 per cent compared with last June. […]
Rogers Communications Inc. and Shaw Communications Inc. say talks with the Competition Bureau this week have failed to resolve the regulator’s objections to their proposed merger. The companies met with the competition watchdog on Monday and Tuesday as part of a mediation process. The regulator has been trying to block the merger, arguing that it would result in less choice […]
The US aviation system is expected to “remain challenged this summer and beyond,” and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) needs more air traffic control staff, a senior United Airlines executive said on Wednesday. Travelers are already facing a tough summer with mounting flight cancellations amid rising demand as the industry tries to rebuild staff levels after thousands of workers left […]
Mark Reusser, vice-president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the Waterloo Federation of Agriculture, fears there may be a food shortage next year if farmers can’t get fertilizer. Global tariffs have bumped up the price of fertilizer in Canada, making it harder for farmers to get their hands on it and affecting their ability to grow their crops and […]
This First Person article is the experience of Erlinda Tan, a Filipino immigrant who believes hard work is a prerequisite to a good, middle-class life in Canada. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. It was a memorable day in 2014 when I bought a vacation house in my hometown in the Philippines. I visit […]
The Canadian National Railway and the union representing 750 of its signal and communication workers have agreed to enter binding arbitration, bringing an end to a two-week strike. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers informed CN of its intention to strike in mid-June after failing to reach a new agreement on benefit and wage increases. Those issues remain unresolved and […]
The union that represents the pilots at discount airline Sunwing has filed an official complaint with Canada’s Industrial Relations Board alleging that the company negotiated a recent labor deal in bad faith because it knew a sale of the airline to Westjet was on the table. The Unifor union made a deal with the airline on behalf of the 451 […]
Canadian businesses and consumers think the current era of high inflation will persist for longer than they’d previously hoped, according to two surveys from the Bank of Canada released Monday. The two reports — known as the Business Outlook Survey and the Canadian Survey of Consumer Expectations — are the result of the central bank’s quarterly polling of Canadian businesses […]
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