For the first time, Alberta’s oil and gas industry has exceeded the province’s own regulatory limit for natural gas flaring. A tally by The Canadian Press of Alberta Energy Regulator data shows oil and gas companies in the province flared approximately 754 million cubic metres of natural gas last year,…
More than 1,000 Bombardier aircraft assembly workers went on strike as of Sunday after their union failed to reach an agreement with the company. A Sunday release from Unifor said 1,350 employees stopped work at the company’s aircraft manufacturing facility, based at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, after the…
Conservative MP Lianne Rood has put forward a private member’s bill that would ensure flight attendants are paid for their pre- and post-flight duties. Flight attendants have been advocating for changes to the labour code because they don’t start getting paid until their plane is in motion — and their…
Canadian oil and gas companies facing a federally imposed emissions cap will decide to cut their production rather than invest in too-expensive carbon capture and storage technology, a new report by Deloitte says. The Alberta government-commissioned report — a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press — aims…
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Much to the frustration of travellers, airline fees once included in base fares are continuing to crop up as à la carte costs. Andrew Chang breaks down how the ‘unbundling’ of fees, such as WestJet’s $25 charge for booking economy tickets by phone, has changed the airline industry — and…
U.S. lawmakers pressed Boeing’s chief executive Tuesday about the company’s latest plan to fix its manufacturing problems, and relatives of people who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners were in the room to remind him of what was at stake. CEO David Calhoun appeared before the Senate investigations…
The union representing WestJet mechanics has rescinded a strike notice and will resume talks with the airline. Some 670 WestJet plane mechanics, represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), were set to walk off the job as early as Thursday evening after serving the airline with a strike notice earlier this week…
A cyber outage at retail technology and software provider CDK entered its second consecutive day on Thursday, impacting automobile dealers in Canada and the U.S., the affected companies said on Thursday. CDK briefly shut down all its systems on Wednesday, saying it was investigating a second breach that happened in the evening. CBC…
For months, the Bank of Canada has been trying to thread a needle: slow the economy just enough to get inflation back under control but not so much that it causes a recession. In a report released this week, the central bank offered up plenty of evidence that its strategy is working. Inflation…
WestJet mechanics say they are poised to walk off the job early as Thursday night after serving the airline with a 72-hour strike notice. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, which represents some 670 aircraft maintenance engineers and other skilled-trade positions at the carrier, says it made the decision after WestJet…