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Global Affairs Canada is advising Canadians to avoid non-essential travel to Jamaica as a result of Hurricane Beryl. The Category 4 storm is currently travelling westward toward the island nation and ...

WestJet continues to deal with the impact of the labour dispute with its aircraft engineers. A deal was reached Sunday, but WestJet had cancelled over 11,00 flights and parked 130 planes. As of Tuesda...

Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan will be the first woman in our country's history to lead the Canadian Armed Forces. Carignan has been named the next chief of the defence staff, the prime minister announced W...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to resign as party leader, according to one New Brunswick Liberal MP. Wayne Long made the comments in a post on social media and in an email to the Liberal caucus. ...

The strike between WestJet and its air mechanics has ended after they reached a second tentative collective agreement. Members of the Aircraft mechanics Fraternal Association will return to work as sc...

As a strike enters its third day for the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, WestJet airlines has canceled 424 flights for Sunday. Since the strike began Friday, a total of 832 flights WestJet f...

WestJet aircraft mechanics have walked off the job just one day after their contract dispute was sent to binding arbitration. The airline said the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association began strike...

Canada's economy grew in April after remaining unchanged the previous month. Statistics Canada said real gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.3 per cent. The latest report, released Friday, sho...

If you plan to catch some rays this Canada Day weekend, make sure to protect yourself from harmful UV rays. That advice from the Save Your Skin Foundation comes as the number of skin cancer cases cont...

The labour dispute between WestJet and its aircraft mechanics is heading to binding arbitration. The federal Minister of Labour Seamus O'Regan directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) on ...