Federal Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu has ordered binding arbitration to put an end to a strike by Air Canada’s flight attendants that has grounded flights and disrupted travel for hundreds of thousands of travellers in Canada and overseas.

Communication with travellers from Air Canada has not been stellar, according to a Prince Albert man, who had struggled to get in contact with an Air Canada representative on Saturday.

The University of Toronto earned the coveted number-one spot with 23.9 staff and 16.1 alumni who’ve won Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals. The university also boasts 38.9 highly cited researchers and 36.2 papers published in Nature and Science in the past four years.

This year, Two-Spirit youth advocate Gena Boubard proudly accepted the crown. “I want to honour the diversity of experiences out there.”

Brazil is engaged in a “constructive dialog” with Canada to resume negotiations for a free trade agreement between South America’s Mercosur bloc and Ottawa, the Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary said.

As Air Canada cancels flights in anticipation of a possible strike, experts say this could result in millions of dollars of delayed claims.

A meeting between Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 postal workers has been delayed until next week due to the availability of federal mediators, the company says.

The health organization says countries should strengthen routine immunization and conduct targeted vaccination campaigns in high-risk communities