Air Canada to restart services Sunday as union says strike will continue Barbados Today17/08/20250208 views TORONTO (AP) — The union representing 10,000 striking Air Canada flight attendants said Sunday it will challenge an order for them to return to work, adding “we remain on strike.”… Read more
Canadian government moves to end Air Canada strike Barbados Today16/08/20250208 views MONTREAL, Aug 16 (Reuters) – The Canadian government on Saturday moved to end a strike by Air Canada’s cabin crews and require binding arbitration to resolve their contract impasse, an… Read more
Driver kills nine during street festival in Canada Barbados Today27/04/20250543 views VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A man drove a vehicle into a crowd at a Filipino heritage festival in the Canadian city of Vancouver, killing at least nine people and… Read more
China executed four Canadians for drug crimes, says Ottawa Barbados Today20/03/20250783 views Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities have confirmed. All of them were dual citizens and their identities have been withheld, Canada’s foreign… Read more
Delta jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway and all 80 aboard survive Barbados Today18/02/20250704 views A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries,… Read more
Canada imposes 25% tariffs in trade war with US Barbados Today02/02/202501.2K views Canada has announced retaliatory tariffs against the US, in a move that marks the beginning of a trade war between the neighbouring countries. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau set out “far-reaching”… Read more
Trudeau meets Trump in Florida as tariff threats loom Barbados Today30/11/202401.4K views Justin Trudeau had an “excellent conversation” with Donald Trump at the president-elect’s Florida estate, Canada’s prime minister said Saturday, as the United States’ neighbors scramble to blunt the impact of… Read more
Fish processors to get work under agricultural workers programme in Canada Shamar Blunt13/11/202401.8K views Workers in the blue economy, including fish processors, will soon benefit from an expanded Canada/Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme (SAWP). Minister of Labour, Social Security and Third Sector Colin Jordan… Read more
Canadian archdiocese to pay $104M to sex abuse victims Barbados Today06/07/202401.2K views The Catholic Church is to pay 104 million Canadian dollars ($76 million) to hundreds of victims of sexual abuse from eastern Canada, according to a statement released Friday. In 2020… Read more
Natural disaster debt pause offered by Canada Barbados Today19/10/202302.2K views As Barbados was placed until tropical storm watch on Wednesday, Canada offered to pause debt repayments for Caribbean countries hit by natural disasters. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement… Read more