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As Toronto braces for a large winter storm, here’s a closer look at some of the things cancelled or impacted across the city. WestJet said it has “proactively” cancelled all flights operating to and from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport as of 8 p.m. on Friday until Saturday morning, “pending conditions.” …

Flights are mostly back on schedule at the Vancouver International Airport, but the facility is still recovering from the chaos brought on by last month’s holiday snowstorm. Amid the hundreds of cancellations the week before Christmas, thousands of travellers found themselves delayed or rebooked — and many were separated from …

A sense of relief washed over travellers’ faces as they made their way into arrivals in Winnipeg. For one couple, after going from their home in Nunavut to Vancouver and Toronto, they’re happy to almost be home. “Unfortunately, due to the insane weather, we were delayed about a day and …

Toronto’s Pearson International Airport is officially launching a free virtual booking system Thursday that allows travellers to book a spot in the security line ahead of their flight.  YYZ Express is meant to help streamline the security check-in process for passengers and ultimately ease wait times that have ballooned this year for …

A union representing airport screening officers in Alberta says some of its members have shown up to work feeling sick in order to access a summer attendance bonus program being studied by a House of Commons committee. “It’s a reward to circumvent doing what’s right,” said Richard Brown, president of Teamsters Canada …

Fatima Sherefa, 17, had a rough night at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Aug. 6.  Her flight from Toronto home to Winnipeg had been delayed several times and then, just after midnight, it was cancelled.  Sherefa says Air Canada staff didn’t offer hotel accommodation for the night, and instead passed out yoga …

After several flight delays, passengers flying out of Toronto’s Pearson airport were given mats and left to sleep on the floor when their flights to Winnipeg were eventually cancelled — and many said the airline didn’t offer proper accommodations at all. Fatima Sherefa, 17, was flying back from a trip to Ann Arbor, Mich. She was told …

First responders were called to the North Peace Regional Airport in Fort St. John, B.C., on Tuesday afternoon to respond to what officials are describing as an “aviation incident.” In a social media post, the Fort St. John International Air Show said the Snowbird aircraft went down during takeoff. Canadian Armed Forces …

Questions continue to swirl about who was making decisions and on what grounds when it came to removing protesters outside a Doug Ford campaign stop at Hamilton’s airport in May, amid new details from the airport and provincial police. Despite saying she was not protesting, Toronto lawyer Caryma Sa’d was arrested at the May 26 event, in …

The Criminal Lawyers’ Association and Women In Canadian Criminal Defence (WICCD) are criticizing the arrest of a Toronto-based lawyer near an Ontario Progressive Conservative campaign stop in Hamilton last Thursday. “We are alarmed that any citizen, let alone a member of our profession, would be treated by police — seemingly on behalf of an …