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Although Poilievre is widely expected to cruise to a landslide victory, he’ll also be under pressure to meet — or even surpass — the most recent showing by his immediate predecessor, Damien Kurek, who captured an impressive 82 per cent share of the vote in April.
According to new Statistics Canada data, car trips to the States fell 37 per cent in July, compared with the same time last year, and round-trip flights to the U.S. dropped by 26 per cent. By contrast, only 7 per cent fewer U.S. residents came up by car last month, while northbound air travel by Americans stayed pretty much unchanged.
Voters of a conservative bent in the riding, or constituency, of Battle River—Crowfoot in rural Alberta should give a bit of thought to the spelling of Pierre Poilievre’s name. They will need to write it in on a by-election ballot on August 18th.
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.
After more than 36 years in the military, Roy and Gloria settled in Winnipeg.
As Air Canada cancels flights in anticipation of a possible strike, experts say this could result in millions of dollars of delayed claims.
The Canada Industrial Relations Board directed the company and the workers to resume airline service operations for all Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge flights at 2 p.m. ET Sunday after a hearing that ran late into the night Saturday.
Air Canada said it suspended plans to restart operations on Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it will defy a return to work order.