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Descrease article font size Increase article font size An underachieving comedy festival in England and attempts by Meta (Facebook) and YouTube to compete with the increasingly popular TikTok are among the factors that led revenue to plummet at the Just for Laughs festival parent company last year, a Quebec Superior Court filing suggests. …
Read More »Ottawa school bus routes cancelled for thousands of students due to driver shortage – Ottawa
Thousands of Ottawa parents are still scrambling to find a way to get their kids to school after their buses were suddenly cancelled because of a driver shortage. About 7,500 students were affected after the bus service for both the Ottawa public and catholic school boards cancelled 300 routes just …
Read More »Some Durham Region bus routes cancelled after fire at Oshawa bus depot
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Several bus routes in Durham Region are cancelled on Wednesday after an early morning fire at a transit bus depot. Oshawa fire told Global News the incident occurred at the Durham Transit Bus Depot on Raleigh Avenue at around 2:20 a.m. Fire …
Read More »Some Via Rail trains in Ontario delayed, cancelled as winter storm continues
Several Via Rail trains have been delayed or cancelled as a winter storm continues to wreak havoc in Ontario. In a statement emailed to Global News on Saturday, Via Rail said several of its trains in the Quebec City to Winsdor corridor had been immobilized “due to extreme weather conditions.” …
Read More »Amber Alert cancelled after 2 children reported missing in Alliston, Ont., found safe
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Read More »Prince George school bus routes cancelled after sudden resignation of drivers
Dozens of families in Prince George, B.C., were left scrambling for ways to get their kids to class on the first day of school after the sudden resignation of multiple school bus drivers. According to an email sent to parents, several drivers tendered their resignations in the 48 hours leading up to …
Read More »Ottawa-area Trudeau event cancelled due to ‘size and composition’ of protest group
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s day of whistle stops in the Ottawa area ended early today as anti-Liberal protesters gathered outside a brewery before he arrived. Following uneventful stops in Gatineau Park in Quebec and two Ottawa suburbs earlier in the day, Trudeau was on his way to the Brasserie Étienne …
Read More »Doctor’s cancelled flight to Magdalen Islands leaves 57 patients waiting months for care
Nearly 60 patients suffering from chronic pain on Quebec’s Magdalen Islands will have to wait two more months to receive specialized care after an Air Canada flight carrying a Montreal doctor was cancelled. Dr. David Landry, a radiologist at Montreal’s Notre-Dame Hospital, was due to spend a week providing specialized …
Read More »Canada-bound Afghans left in the dark after two charter flights from Islamabad are cancelled
Two charter flights scheduled to leave Islamabad for Canada carrying Afghan refugees failed to depart Pakistan this week, CBC News has learned. “That was quite disappointing; to find out that the flight was cancelled,” said Jameel Haqmall, a former Canadian NGO employee who fled Afghanistan in May with his family after …
Read More »Manitoba Marathon head says communication came up short after race cancelled
The head of the Manitoba Marathon doesn’t regret starting a race her team soon cancelled because of the unforgiving temperatures, but she admits race officials could have done a better job communicating the closure. Once the race was officially called off roughly 75 minutes after it began on Sunday, Rachel Munday, the …
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