Unpublished Newswire

As the U.S. government appeared in court Wednesday to defend its use of emergency powers to impose a sweeping, global array of tariffs, the alleged “emergency” presented by Canada appeared to be shrinking by the month. President Donald Trump cited what he calls a “flood” of fentanyl from Canada when he invoked an emergency-powers law to circumvent Congress and impose 35 per cent duties on goods imported from here. But the latest U.S....

This week, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced that it would reduce air traffic by 10 per cent at 40 “high-volume” airports beginning Friday. Here’s what that could mean for Canadians. Why are flights being reduced? The U.S. government has been shut down since Oct. 1 in what is now the longest such event in the nation’s history. Air traffic controllers in the U.S. have thus been working unpaid for almost six weeks, leading to staffing shortages and flight delays. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford, citing staffing pressures and safety reports from pilots indicating...