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Kristina Rennich started working as a groom at the Fraser Downs racetrack, formerly known as Cloverdale Raceway, when she decided to turn her passion for horses into a career at the age of 12.

There's hope today a deal to end a strike by Air Canada's flight attendants could be reached at the bargaining table, following word from their union that both sides met for meetings last night.

OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on.

TORONTO — The Air Canada component of CUPE said it resumed meetings with the airline on Monday night as the two sides look to resolve a strike by flight attendants that has grounded planes for days.

OTTAWA — Air Canada flight attendants remain on strike despite back-to-work orders by the Canada Industrial Relations Board.

PRINCE GEORGE — The City of Prince George says it will begin dismantling a long-standing homeless encampment after a B.C. Supreme Court judge approved the move and ruled the city had taken steps to shelter unhoused people.

John and Lois Alderman said they felt like "prisoners," stranded in Toronto as they waited with their children for a flight back home to Manchester, U.K.

Thousands of passengers are caught in the middle as Air Canada flight attendants remain on strike despite a back-to-work order. Air Canada said on Monday that flights are cancelled as more than 10,000 workers remain on the picket lines.

MONTREAL — The presidents of two major Quebec unions fear that workers in the province could soon face the same treatment as striking Air Canada flight attendants under a provincial law passed in May.

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the weather is not co-operating in his province's fight against a major wildfire burning out of control in the Annapolis Valley. "Unfortunately, the weather this weekend was not in our favour.