Conversations with Air Canada CV, says Union

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Conversations with Air Canada CV, says Union

Today there is hope that a deal to end a strike by the Stewardesses of Air Canada could be reached at the negotiating table, after the word of their trade union that both parties gathered for meetings last night.

On Monday Air Canada extended a cancellation of all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights until 4 p.m. today, and the Chief Operating Officer of the airline said that stewardesses had to go back to work before the airline could continue negotiations.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees promised that Stewardessen would remain in strike without a negotiated scheme.

But the Air Canada component of Cupe said last night in an online update of members that the airline reached and that meetings were resumed with the help of a mediator.

The union warned that the strike is “still on” and that the conversations “just started”.

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Poilievre’s victory determines the table for the autumn parliament

After a summer of rodeo’s, dinosaurs and doorbelling, Pierre Poilievre now officially returns to Ottawa as a conservative member of Alberta.

The Tory leader will represent the vast rural driving of Battle River – Crowfoot, in the eastern region of the province, after winning a side selection on Monday.

Poilievre spent these summer weeks with meetings of voters, attending events and visiting local companies while driving.

It was precisely the kind of boots-on-the-ground campaign that he ran in 2004 when he first became a member of parliament in the riding of Carleton in Ontario.

Poilievre lost that chair this spring to the Liberal Member of Parliament Bruce Fanjoy, who had spent more than two years campaign in driving in Ottawa area.

Statistics Canada to release July inflation data

Statistics Canada will release its report from the consumer price index this morning.

A poll by economists provided by LSEG Data & Analytics expects the annual inflation percentage to fall to 1.8 percent in July.

That is a decrease of 1.9 percent on an annual basis in June.

The Bank of Canada will pay special attention to core inflation statistics, which remove more volatile categories from the lectures because they have been strong strong.

The recent summary of the Central Bank of deliberations from its decision of 30 July shows that members thought that the impact of rates on consumer prices has been modest so far.

Canadian sturdy inks to make ballistic steel

The Canadian defense manufacturer Roshel works together with a Swedish steel company, so that it can produce ballistic protection steel in its own country for the first time.

Roshel, who makes armored vehicles, will now be able to use the intellectual property of SWEBOR to produce ballistic steel in Canada.

The agreement comes when Canada wants to stimulate domestic steel consumption and build up the Defense sector of Canada to be less dependent on the United States in the midst of the current trade war with President Donald Trump.

Ballistic steel is a special type of lightweight, hardened steel that protects against explosions or bullets.

Roman Shimonov, CEO of Roshel, says that the Canadian Press Canada produces and exports enormous amounts of steel and iron, but is unable to fully produce ballistic steel for armored vehicles or drones in their own country.

BC Track’s Closing A shock for the Racecommunity

Kristina Rennich started working as a groom on the Fraser Downs Racetrack, formerly known as Cloverdale Raceway, when she decided to make her passion for horses at the age of 12 -a career.

Rennich, 53, said that she worked together with trainers to take knowledge that she could on the track in Surrey, BC, which worked for almost 50 years.

She said that the abrupt announcement of the closure of the Harness Racing Track last week is a blow for her childhood memories.

Great Canadian Entertainment, which owns and runs the racing track that borders its elements casino, said on Friday that it would immediately put an end to horse races.

This is after the city of Surrey, which owns the site, has terminated the lease.

Surrey Burgemeester Brenda Locke said in a statement that the city ended the lease to start working to ‘revitalize’ the Cloverdale fair and the city center.

This report from the Canadian Press was first published on August 19, 2025.

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