Global National: Aug. 14, 2025 | Air Canada asks for federal intervention to avoid imminent shutdown

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Air Canada is now asking for the federal government to intervene in contract talks with the union representing the airline’s flight attendants, as a strike or lockout creeps closer. Neetu Garcha looks at how both sides are blaming each other for the labour dispute’s impasse, as dozens of flights are already being grounded.

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says there’s still considerable work to be done on a deal between the two countries amid President Donald Trump’s trade war. Mackenzie Gray speaks with Hoekstra about where negotiations stand – and why he blames Canada for having "pulled the rug out" from the U.S. on the already-existing free trade deal.

As several wildfires keep raging in Newfoundland and Labrador, Premier John Hogan now says up to 100 homes and structures have been destroyed by the province’s largest fire, which is burning in Conception Bay South. Heidi Petracek reports on the province’s expanding wildfire fight.

Plus, a B.C. woman who became ill following her COVID vaccine was shocked to learn a government program declared her “deceased”. As Carolyn Jarvis reports, the woman applied to the federal Vaccine Injury Support Program for compensation – and is still waiting for help to arrive 22 months later.

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