The Canadian government wants an arbitrator to end a strike by Air Canada’s flight attendants.Most Air Canada flights were grounded Saturday, Aug. 16, as the carrier’s flight attendants began an indefinite strike. According to FlightAware, 86% of Air Canada’s Saturday schedule had been canceled, as well as 96% of Air Canada Rouge’s schedule as of […]
Erin downgraded to Category 3 hurricane, NHC says – Reuters
Erin downgraded to Category 3 hurricane, NHC says Reuters Hurricane Erin is one of the fastest rapidly intensifying storms in Atlantic history CNN Coast Guard to set Port Condition YANKEE for 2 seaports in the U.S. Virgin Islands, 6 othe United States Coast Guard News (.mil) Category 4 Hurricane Erin moves past northern Caribbean islands NPR Hurricane Erin reaches […]
All New World Champions crowned at the 2025 Garmin ORC World Championship – Sail-World.com
After two inshore races sponsored by ALTER MARINE were completed today on Tallinn Bay, three new ORC World Champions have emerged at the 2025 Garmin ORC World Championship. Each had been at the top of their leaderboards for most of the week and have demonstrated their prowess in the mixed format of inshore and offshore […]
What caused a deadly explosion at a US Steel plant? New details released. – USA Today
The deadly U.S. Steel plant explosion that killed two people and hospitalized nearly a dozen others near Pittsburgh happened ahead of planned maintenance, the company said.In preliminary findings, U.S. Steel said the Aug. 11 Clairton Coke Works Plant blast occurred when personnel were flushing a gas valve while preparing for maintenance at the Pennsylvania facility […]
Results from the World Pipe Band Championship 2025 – Bagpipe News
Inveraray & District Pipe Band became Grade 1 World Champions for the fourth time today, August 16, 2025, retaining the title they won in 2024 and previously winning in 2019 and 2017. They also won the Drumming Overall and the MSR Drumming Overall today, with Peoples Ford Boghall & Bathgate Caledonia winning the Medley Drumming […]