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A glimpse into the future of passenger flight©Courtesy of Hybrid Air Vehicles Pilotless air taxis, robot-controlled airports and glass-bottomed airships may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but these futuristic technologies could be at an airport near you by as soon as 2030. Peering into the not-so-distant future, we reveal how you could be travelling just six years from now.... Flying taxis and luxury airships – this is what air travel will look like in 2030 (msn.com)

Demands of defence policy almost double military's recruitment gap, top soldier warns CBC Fri, April 19, 2024 at 2:00 a.m. MDT·4 min read An F-35 prepares for takeoff at the Bagotville International Air Show in Quebec on June 22, 2019. One defence expert warns the F-35s Canada plans to purchase could be grounded if the air force can't hire enough pilots. (Staff Sgt. Jensen Stidham/U.S. Air Force/Reuters - image credit) The recruiting hole in which the Canadian military finds itself is deeper and potentially more serious than it might appear at first glance — in part because of all the new equipment the federal government has ordered, or plans to order in the near future. Just recently, Defence Minister Bill Blair estimated the military is short up to 16,500 members and said the Armed Forces' failure to boost recruitment is leading it into a "death spiral." But the country's top military commander, Gen. Wayne Eyre, told CBC News in a recent interview that the problem is actually bigger than the numbers cited by the minister suggest. The shortfall cited by Blair is the gap between the Armed Forces' current size and its authorized strength, he said — it doesn't reflect what the military needs to carry out the new defence policy, or the demands of modernizing continental defence under NORAD. To meet those demands, Eyre said, the Armed Forces needs to take on an additional 14,500 people on top of the 16,500 required to bring the military up to authorized strength. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre following a press conference about Canada's new defence policy at CFB Trenton, in Trenton, Ont., on Monday, April 8, 2024. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre following a press conference about Canada's new defence policy at CFB Trenton, in Trenton, Ont., on Monday, April 8, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) "Otherwise," he said, "we're going to have to strip those people from some other capability in the Armed Forces." The military hasn't yet calculated how many additional reservists, or part-time members, it needs to implement the new defence policy, Eyre said, adding that reserve forces are the Armed Forces' insurance policy. In total, he said, the military will have to recruit and retain an additional 30,000 members. Eyre insisted he's "cautiously optimistic" and noted that the number of people leaving the military, the attrition rate, is lower than the number of new recruits, leaving the Forces with a small surplus. The new defence policy proposes a series of measures to fix the slow pace of recruitment, including the introduction of a probationary period which would allow the military to enrol new members faster. In 2022, the federal government began allowing permanent residents to apply to join the Armed Forces. Within a year of that policy change, the Armed Forces had received more than 21,000 applications from permanent residents — but less than 100 had been accepted by early this year. One of the major concerns for the Department of National Defence (DND) is that many foreign-born applicants must pass enhanced security screening. The defence and immigration departments have signed a new information-sharing agreement that should accelerate the process of obtaining security clearances, Eyre said. DND also has signed a contract for new security screening software. The new recruitment plan for the military proposes a probationary period on all recruits while screening and other aspects are reviewed. Despite all of that effort, the new defence policy does not foresee the military returning to its current authorized strength of 71,000 regular and 30,000 reserve forces until 2032. Permanent resident Jamal Ludin ahead of his aptitude test at the Canadian Armed Forces recruitment office in Ottawa. Permanent resident Jamal Ludin prepares for his aptitude test at the Canadian Armed Forces recruitment office in Ottawa. (Jean-François Benoit/CBC) Eyre described that timeline as a "case of under-promising and over-delivering" and said he's confident the recruitment crisis will be solved well before then. Defence analyst Richard Shimooka said the implications of the recruitment gap are profound because much of the Liberal government's new defence policy is based on enhanced capabilities — such as an expanded submarine fleet — and new equipment the military hasn't operated before, such as drones and ground-based missiles. Shimooka pointed to the fact that the federal government is buying new F-35 fighters for an air force that struggles to recruit and retain pilots. He said that unless the recruitment crisis is reversed, taxpayers may end up buying some planes and warships that could be parked because there aren't enough people to crew them efficiently. "With fighter aircraft, that's quite possible," said Shmooka, a fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. "Certainly in other areas [such as submarines and ground-based air defence], there's a real possibility that would be a likely outcome, if not the most likely outcome, just because it's really difficult." Canada currently operates a fleet of four conventionally-powered submarines; the navy has proposed to expand that fleet to between eight and 12 boats. Shmooka said each boat would have to have at least one crew, and possibly two or more, to operate a rotation.

Scottish government scraps climate change targets 3 hours ago Share 1:05 Mairi McAllan told the Scottish Parliament that the government’s flagship 2030 climate change target is now "out of reach". The Scottish government has confirmed it will scrap its annual and interim targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. They will be replaced with a system measuring emissions every five years. Ministers have announced a raft of measures to cut planet-warming gases including a national integrated ticketing system for public transport. New legislation will be introduced similar to the carbon budgets used by the UK and Welsh governments. The Scottish government insists the long-term target to reach net zero by 2045 "steadfastly" remains. Scrapped climate target is global embarrassment - charities Scotland to ditch key climate change target In a statement to the Scottish parliament, Energy Secretary Mairi McAllan accepted that the 2030 net-zero target was out of reach. She said the government must act to chart a course to 2045 at a pace and scale which was feasible, fair and just. Ms McAllan confirmed the Scottish government would bring forward expedited legislation to address matters raised by the Climate Change Committee (CCC), and ensure the legislative framework better reflected the reality of long-term climate policymaking. More than a dozen flagship policies were wrapped around the announcement. Ms McAllan said the Scottish government would help people become less reliant on cars and publish a "route map" to help deliver a 20% reduction in car use. Getty Images The energy secretary confirmed plans to reduce car use by 20% In the statement, she said "small businesses and independent traders" would be at the heart of car-use reduction, and the government would also work with the farming community to continue producing food while lowering emissions. She said the government would also work to more than quadruple the number of electric vehicle charge points across Scotland, with 24,000 additional charge points planned by 2030. A previous Transport Scotland report cited an estimate by the CCC that the UK would need about 280,000 public charging points by 2030, implying a Scottish total of about 30,000. A consultation on carbon land tax on the largest estates will be launched over the summer, she confirmed. The energy secretary ended her statement by blaming UK budgetary restrictions for forcing the Scottish government to "try to deliver societal and economic transformation with one hand tied behind our back". 'Angry and disappointed' During the questions that followed her statement, Ms McAllan said she was "disappointed herself" in the news, but said it represented a "minor" adjustment to the government's overall plans. Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said he was "angry and disappointed that we are in this position" and it must be a "turning point". "We cannot undo decades of inaction and bad decision-making," he said. "But what we can do is ensure that Scotland goes further and faster in delivering the rapid and fundamental change that is so vital. "Ever since the first Climate Change Act, I've said that world-leading targets are not enough, especially if there aren't credible and robust plans in place to deliver them. "We have a responsibility not just to advocate for accelerated action, but to make it happen. Today's announcement is a big step towards delivering that." So, ministers have now confirmed what we've known since last night; that the Scottish government's annual targets have been scrapped. Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan calls it a "minor legislative change" but it will not be seen that way. There's no clarity on what any new targets might be and that leaves big questions around what both the Scottish and UK governments can achieve in the future. More than a dozen flagship policies were wrapped around the confirmation, most eye-catchingly a national integrated public transport ticketing system. But the whole package will be viewed as the start of a process which sees the first Green government in the world backing the scrapping of emissions targets.

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Bjorn Lomborg: Why solar and wind power aren’t winning Opinion by Special to Financial Post • 1d • 4 min read Solar panels at the Travers Solar Project with wind turbines behind them, west of Lomond, Alta.© Provided by Financial Post We are constantly being told that solar and wind are now the cheapest forms of electricity. Yet governments around the world felt they had to spend US$1.8 trillion on the green transition last year. Wind and solar only produce power when the sun is shining or the wind is blowing. When they are not, electricity from these sources is infinitely expensive and back-ups are needed. This is why fossil fuels still account for two-thirds of global electricity and why, on current trends, we are a century away from eliminating their use in electricity generation. Imagine if a solar-driven car were launched tomorrow, running cheaper than a gas vehicle. It sounds great, until you realize it won’t run at night or when it’s overcast. So if you did buy a solar car, you would still need a gas car as back-up. You would have to pay for two cars. Modern societies need power 24/7. Solar and wind power’s unreliable and intermittent operation involve large, often hidden costs. This is a smaller problem for wealthy countries that already have fossil-power plants and can simply use more of them as backup. But even in wealthy countries it makes electricity more expensive. In the world’s poorest, electricity-starved countries, however, there is little fossil fuel energy infrastructure to begin with. Hypocritically, wealthy countries refuse to fund sorely needed fossil fuel energy in the developing world. Instead, they insist the world’s poor cope with unreliable green energy supplies that can’t power the pumps or agricultural machinery needed to lift populations out of poverty. It Is often reported that emerging industrial powers like China, India, Indonesia and Bangladesh are getting more power from solar and wind. But these countries get much more additional power from coal. Last year, China got more additional power from coal than it did from solar and wind. India got three times more electricity from coal than from green energy sources, Bangladesh 13 times more and Indonesia an astonishing 90 times more. If solar and wind really were cheaper, why would these countries not use them? Because reliability matters. The usual way of measuring the cost of solar simply ignores its unreliability and tells us the price when the sun is shining. The same is true for wind energy. That does indeed make them slightly cheaper than other electricity sources: 3.6 US¢ per kWh for solar, just ahead of natural gas at 3.8 US¢, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration . But if you account for reliability, their real costs explode: in 2022, one peer-reviewed study showed an increase of 11-42 times, making solar by far the most expensive electricity source, followed by wind. The enormous additional cost is for storage. We need electricity whether or not the sun is shining or the wind blowing. But our battery capacity is woefully inadequate. Research shows that every winter, when solar is contributing very little, Germany has a “wind drought” of five days on average when wind turbines also deliver almost nothing. That suggests batteries will be needed for a minimum of 120 hours — although the actual need will be much longer, since droughts sometimes last much longer and recur before storage can be filled. A new study shows that to achieve 100 per cent solar or wind electricity with sufficient backup, the U.S. would need to be able to store almost three months’ worth of electricity every year. It currently has seven minutes of battery storage. The required batteries would cost the U.S. five times its current GDP. And it would have to replace them all when they expired after just 15 years. Globally, the cost just to have sufficient batteries would run to 10 times global GDP, with a new bill every 15 years. Current estimates of the cost of solar and wind also ignore the cost of recycling spent wind turbine blades and exhausted solar panels. Already, one small town in Texas is overflowing with thousands of enormous blades that cannot be recycled. In poor countries across Africa, solar panels and their batteries are being dumped, leaking toxic chemicals into the soil and water supplies. Because of pressure from the climate lobby for an enormous ramp-up in use, this will only get worse . One study shows that on its own this trash cost doubles the true cost of solar. Ottawa needs to let business do business California itemizes government failure on homelessness We should change how we evaluate cancer drugs If solar and wind really were cheaper, they would replace fossil fuels without need for a grand push from politicians and the renewables industry. The claim they are cheap is repeated incessantly, not because it is true, but because it is convenient. If we want to fix climate change, we must instead invest much more in research and development into low-CO₂ energy. Only a significant boost in such R&D can bring about the technological breakthroughs that are needed — in reducing trash, in improving battery storage and efficiency, but also in other technologies like modular nuclear — that will make low-CO₂ energy sources truly cheaper than fossil fuels. Until then, claims that fossil fuels are already being outcompeted are just wishful thinking. Bjorn Lomborg, president of the Copenhagen Consensus, is a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. His latest books include “False Alarm” and “Best Things First.” Bookmark our website and support our journalism: Don’t miss the business news you need to know — add financialpost.com to your bookmarks and sign up for our newsletters here.

'They needed people inside Air Canada': Police announce arrests in Pearson gold heist NOW PLAYING 03:48 CTV National News: Gold heist arrest UP NEXT 01:09 Video shows stolen gold loaded onto truck 03:21 Gold heist arrests include Air Canada employee 03:07 Gold heist believed to be 'inside job': police 04:58 Air Canada needs to reconsider security: expert 02:18 MUST WATCH: Stolen gold shipment truck route 05:03 Where could the missing gold have gone? 05:00 More charges likely says safety analyst 27:36 Nine people arrested in gold heist: Peel police 15:58 Police answer questions about Project 24K 00:27 Arrests made in multi-million Pearson gold heist 01:57 CTV National News: Pearson airport gold heist 02:05 CTV National News: Toronto airport gold heist 01:16 ‘The largest gold heist in Canadian history’ 00:39 Arrests in Toronto Pearson gold heist Codi Wilson CP24.com Journalist Follow |Contact Updated April 17, 2024 1:12 p.m. MDT Published April 17, 2024 4:01 a.m. MDT Share Police say one former and one current employee of Air Canada are among the nine suspects that are facing charges in connection with the gold heist at Pearson International Airport last year. At a news conference Wednesday on the one-year anniversary of the heist, police confirmed that five suspects were arrested and four others are facing charges in connection with the largest gold theft in Canadian history. Police said the suspects face a total of 19 charges and Canada-wide warrants have been issued for the arrest of three of the suspects who have not yet been apprehended. All of the suspects arrested in connection with the heist have been released on bail, police confirmed in a news release issued Wednesday. Video shows how heist suspects made off with gold, cash RELATED STORIES Where did the gold go? CTV News crime expert weighs in on unfolding Pearson Airport heist investigation Video shows Pearson airport heist suspect taking off with more than $22M in gold, cash Suspect used fraudulent document to steal $20M in gold during heist at Toronto airport: lawsuit Peel Regional Police Chief Nishan Duraiappah said the heist was “carefully planned” by a “well-organized group of criminals.” “This story is a sensational one and one which probably, we jokingly say, belongs in a Netflix series,” he said. Download our app to get alerts on your device Get the latest local updates right to your inbox Police said 6,600 gold bars were stolen from Air Canada’s cargo facility on the evening of April 17, 2023 by a suspect who arrived at the warehouse in a five-tonne delivery truck. Four suspects who are wanted in connection with a gold heist at Pearson airport are shown. They are from left to right: Simran Preet Panesar, Archit Grover, Durante King-Mclean and Arsalan Chaudhary. (Peel Regional Police)The gold, along with about $2.5 million in foreign currency, had been shipped to Toronto from Zurich in the hull of an Air Canada plane and was offloaded to an Air Canada cargo facility shortly after the flight landed at Pearson Airport that afternoon. Police allege that the suspect came into possession of the stolen gold and bank notes after presenting Air Canada personnel with a fraudulent airway bill. “The airway bill was for a legitimate shipment of seafood that was picked up the day before,” Det.-Sgt. Mike Mavity, the major case manager for the joint investigation, dubbed Project 24K, told reporters on Wednesday. “This duplicate airway bill was printed off from a printer within Air Canada cargo.” A suspect and suspect vehicle are pictured during a news conference about a gold heist at Perason Airport. (Handout /Peel Police)Mavity said a forklift arrived a short time later and loaded the stolen gold and currency into the back of the truck. The suspect then drove off with the gold bars, which were estimated to be worth about $20 million. Brinks Canada, which was hired to provide security and logistics services for the transportation of the shipment, showed up at the facility a few hours later to pick up the items, police said. According to investigators, when Air Canada employees tried to locate the container, they realized it was missing and quickly launched an internal investigation. Police were notified about the stolen goods shortly before 3 a.m. the following day, Mavity said. Air Canada launches probe An exhaustive investigation followed, police said, with officers reviewing video surveillance footage from 225 businesses and residences in an effort to track the path of the truck, which has since been recovered. Mavity said that last summer, they identified 25-year-old Durante King-McLean as the driver of the truck but were unable to locate him. In September 2023, Mavity said King-McLean was stopped in rental vehicle by Pennsylvania State Police near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. "After a brief foot chase, he was detained and troopers located 65 illegal firearms in the vehicle,” Mavity said Wednesday. According to Mavity, investigators believe that the stolen gold was melted down and sold and the proceeds were used to purchase illegal guns for a firearms trafficking operation. He said members of Project 24K have been liaising with the U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Bureau (ATF) with respect to this aspect of the investigation. Speaking at the news conference on Wednesday, a representative from the ATF said the law enforcement agency believes the 65 guns seized during the arrest of King-McLean were bound for Canada. While King-McLean is currently in custody in the United States, he is now wanted on multiple charges in connection with the gold theft. “We are alleging that some individuals who participated in this gold theft are also involved in aspects of this firearms trafficking,” Mavity added. Gold taken during a heist at Pearson airport is shown being loaded into the back of the suspect's truck in this image taken from surveillance footage released by police. (Peel Regional Police)Officers in Peel Region executed 37 search warrants in connection with Project 24K and police said only small quantity of the gold was recovered. Six gold bracelets, worth about $89,000, were seized, jewelry that police believe was made out of some of the gold that was stolen. Police said $434,000 in Canadian currency was also seized during the investigation. Officers believe that money was obtained through the sale of some of the stolen gold. Two “debt lists” were found by investigators at separate locations during the investigation, police said. “A common term in drug trafficking investigations, we believe these lists actually show where the money was distributed when the gold was sold by the suspects,” Mavity said. He said the names on both lists are “consistent” and police are trying to identify all of those identified. Six pure gold bracelets worth an estimated $89,000 were recovered as part of an investigation into a gold heist at Toronto Pearson airport and are displayed in this image from Peel police. (Handout) 'They needed people inside Air Canada' Police said one current Air Canada employee, identified as 54-year-old Brampton resident Parmpal Sidhu, has been charged with theft over $5,000 and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. A Canada-wide warrant has been issued 31-year-old Simran Preet Panesar, who police said resigned from his position as a manager at Air Canada back in the summer. “He has been known to us since early on in the investigation. He actually led a tour for Peel Regional Police before we knew his involvement,” Mavity said Wednesday. He added that police have an idea where Panesar may be but did not elaborate on a possible location. Mavity said he believes the suspects needed employees on the inside to carry out the heist. “Because of their position within Air Canada, in my opinion, yeah they needed people inside Air Canada to facilitate this theft,” he said. In a statement, an Air Canada spokesperson confirmed that the two people who police identified did work for the airline in the cargo division at the time of the incident. “One left the company prior to the arrests announced today and the second has been suspended,” the spokesperson said. “We thank the police for their diligent efforts in investigating this matter. As this is now before the courts, we are limited in our ability to comment further.” A map showing the alleged movements of vehicles during a gold heist at Toronto Pearson Airport is displayed during a news conference Wednesday, April 17, 2024. RELATED IMAGES 1 / 7 Five suspects that were arrested in connection with a gold heist at Pearson airport are shown. From left to right: Parmpal Sidhu, 54, Amit Jalota, 40, Ammad Chaudhary, 43, Prasath Paramalingam, 35, Ali Raza, 37. (Peel Regional Police) Correction Police initially said nine suspects had been arrested in the case but later clarified that three of the nine suspects are wanted on Canada-wide warrants while a fourth is in custody in the United States

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Fact or fiction....... All 787 Dreamliners should be grounded, Boeing whistleblower says By Kathryn Mannie Global News Posted April 17, 2024 10:02 am 4 min read A Boeing whistleblower is urging the planemaker to ground all 787 Dreamliners currently in operation around the world after warning that the long-haul jets could “fall apart at the joints.” Sam Salehpour, a quality engineer at Boeing, went public with his concerns about the Boeing 787 and 777 jets last week. In an exclusive TV interview with NBC Nightly News, Salehpour doubled down on his allegations and called for all Dreamliners to be pulled from service and checked for small gaps in the fuselage. “It’s as serious as I have ever seen in my lifetime,” Salehpour told NBC’s Lester Holt, adding that he would not put his family on a 787 jet. “The entire fleet worldwide, as far as I’m concerned right now, needs attention. And the attention is, you need to check your gaps and make sure that you don’t have potential for premature failure.” Salehpour claims that Boeing took shortcuts while building the 787 and 777 jets to save money and reduce bottlenecks during the assembly process. He says sections of the main body, or fuselage, of the 787 Dreamliner are not fastened together properly and that little gaps exist where the parts are joined. Under the stress of repeated flying, the fuselage could break apart mid-air, he warned. “The plane will fall apart at the joints,” he told Holt on Tuesday. When Salehpour initially went public with his concerns, he said he saw Boeing mechanics using excessive force to push sections of the fuselage together “to make it appear like the gaps didn’t exist,” during 787 assembly. Under normal manufacturing procedures, small pieces of metal, called shims, are inserted into gaps to fill space. But Boeing allegedly cut corners by not always inserting these shims. Allowing such gaps to be unfilled could, over time, allow sections of the fuselage to move relative to one another — drastically reducing the lifespan of the plane. As the aircraft undergoes thousands of trips, the stress on the joints could one day “cause a catastrophic failure,” Salehpour said. The engineer claims that when he raised these issues internally with Boeing, they retaliated against him and moved him out of the 787 program to work on 777 jets. There, he says he witnessed similar unsafe assembly practices that he claims also jeopardize the safety of the 777. “I literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align,” Salehpour said at the time. Salehpour filed a formal whistleblower complaint to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January, around the time Boeing came under intense public scrutiny when a door plug blew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane mid-air during an Alaska Airlines flight. The FAA said it is investigating his claims, as the agency does with all whistleblower complaints.nes plane mid-flight found in Oregon backyard Boeing says it is fully confident in the 787 Dreamliner, adding that the claims “are inaccurate and do not represent the comprehensive work Boeing has done to ensure the quality and long-term safety of the aircraft.” The company is also “fully confident in the safety and durability of the 777 family.” Boeing held a media tour at its South Carolina manufacturing plant on Monday, where reporters heard from two top Boeing engineers who defended the structural integrity of its aircraft. Production of the 787 had previously been halted by the FAA for nearly two years, starting in 2021, after this exact problem of small gaps existing where plane parts had been joined was raised to the agency. In order to regain FAA approval to deliver new 787 planes to customers, Boeing stress-tested the jet for 165,000 takeoffs and landings, far beyond the recommended lifespan of the plane, and found no evidence it would fail. The company says it also inspected 689 of the more than 1,100 787s in service worldwide, NBC reports. 2:57Business Matters: FAA says Boeing can’t increase 737 Max production until quality, safety culture improved But Salehpour contends that Boeing never fixed the fuselage issue, and instead concealed it from the FAA. Eventually, in 2022, the FAA allowed Boeing to continue delivering new 787s. Lisa Banks, one of Salehpour’s lawyers, says she’s heard from half a dozen other potential whistleblowers who have similar concerns with Boeing’s safety practices. “I think some of them will come forward, but frankly, they’re terrified,” she told NBC News. As for Salehpour, he says he’s “at peace” with himself “because this is going to save a lot of people’s lives.” Salehpour is set to address a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Wednesday to discuss his concerns about Boeing’s safety practices.

some use diesel, others JP8 and jp5. In addition, 68-ton tanks require a lot of fuel. US Deputy Defense Secretary Laura Cooper called Abrams a "gasoline guzzler." It travels only about a kilometer on almost 4 liters of fuel. The US Army fuels its M1s with jet fuel, while other countriesʼ militaries put cheaper diesel into their Abrams.Nov 30, 2023

Skip to main content BREAKING NEWS: 9 suspects arrested in Toronto airport gold heist TORONTO Nine suspects arrested in $24M gold heist at Toronto Pearson International Airport: Peel police Published April 17, 2024 4:01 a.m. MDT Pearson airport gold heist: Police announce 9 arrests | CTV News Nine people have been arrested in connection with the gold heist at Pearson International Airport(opens in a new tab) last year, Peel Regional Police said Wednesday. The arrests were announced at a news conference on the one-year anniversary of the heist. Download our app to get alerts on your device(opens in a new tab) Get the latest local updates right to your inbox(opens in a new tab) Police said the suspects face a combined 19 charges and Canada-wide warrants have been issued for the arrest of three other suspects. RELATED STORIES Suspect used fraudulent document to steal $20M in gold during heist at Toronto airport: lawsuit What we know and don't know about the $20M heist at Toronto Pearson Police to announce arrests in Toronto Pearson airport gold heist During a news conference on Wednesday morning, police said 6,600 gold bars were stolen from Air Canada’s cargo facility on the evening of April 17, 2023 by a suspect who arrived to the warehouse in a five-tonne truck. The gold had been shipped to Toronto from Zurich in the hull of an Air Canada plane and was offloaded to an Air Canada cargo facility shortly after landing at Pearson Airport that afternoon. Six pure gold bracelets worth an estimated $89,000 were recovered as part of an investigation into a gold heist at Toronto Pearson airport and are displayed in this image from Peel police. (Handout) Police allege that the suspect came into possession of the stolen gold after presenting Air Canada personnel with a fraudulent air waybill. “The air waybill was for a legitimate shipment of seafood that was picked up the day before,” Det.-Sgt. Mike Mavity, the major case manager for the joint investigation, dubbed Project 24K, told reporters on Wednesday. “This duplicate air waybill was printed off from a printer within Air Canada cargo.” Mavity said a forklift arrived a short time later and loaded the stolen gold and foreign currency into the back of the truck.

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Iran threatens to use 'weapons it has never used' if Israel retaliate©AP Iran has threatened to use 'weapons it has never used' in a 'painful and severe' response if Israel launches airstrikes in retaliation to Tehran's weekend salvo. Israel earlier vowed that it will respond to Iran's unprecedented drone and missile attack, amid fears that the Middle East is teetering on the edge of an all-our war.

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Food service strike: Air Canada, WestJet refine menus at Toronto Pearson By Aaron D'Andrea Global News Posted April 16, 2024 7:56 am Updated April 16, 2024 10:23 am 3 min read More than 800 workers responsible for providing food and beverages on flights leaving Toronto Pearson International Airport are on strike. The Gate Gourmet workers, an airline catering and logistics company, went on strike Tuesday after voting 96 per cent to reject a final offer from the company, Teamsters Local Union 647 said in a statement. “Our members accepted a wage freeze during the pandemic to help this company survive,” said Martin Cerqua, lead union negotiator and president of Local Union 647. “Now their managers brag about how profitable their operations have become at Pearson, while proposing wage increases as low as 89 cents an hour.”merican peers: reports The union expects many flights leaving Toronto will have little to no food on board; impacted airlines include WestJet, United Airlines, Delta Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Air India, Aero Mexico, SAS Scandinavian Airlines, Jetlines, as well as Air Canada, which the union said will be most affected by the strike. The union added Gate Gourmet workers are paid on average between $17.69 and $20 per hour, below other airline catering companies in Toronto and Gate Gourmet workers in Vancouver. The union also claims slashed staffing levels have put workers at risk. In a statement, Gate Gourmet Canada said it’s “disappointed” that a strike is underway. 1:38Busy summer travel season has begun at Toronto’s largest airport “On Friday, the union informed us that they would cease negotiations and demanded a final offer, which Gate Gourmet Canada presented. The union walked away from the negotiating table, despite our belief that Gate Gourmet’s offer is fair and market competitive,” it said, adding the company was offering a 12 per cent pay raise over three years. “At our operation in Toronto, we have established contingency plans with our airline customers to minimize any impact on them and their passengers. We remain committed to doing right by our employees and ending the strike so that we can continue to partner with our airlines customers and serve the travelling public.” Air Canada, WestJet respond to strike Air Canada and WestJet, Canada’s largest airlines, said in separate statements they’ve prepared for the work stoppage. “We anticipate there will be no impact on our international flights, but we plan to make some adjustments to food and beverage service on certain North American flights departing from and, in some cases on shorter routes, returning to Toronto,” an Air Canada spokesperson told Global News Toronto in a statement Tuesday. “Short-haul flights of less than two hours duration being most impacted.” 2:37Travel Tips: WestJet summer 2024 service The airline added that flights over two hours within North America will have fewer menu options, while flights under two hours will not have hot meals available; snacks and water service will remain. Meanwhile, WestJet said its Boeing 737 flights leaving Pearson will be impacted. “Guests who are eligible to receive an inflight meal including those in the Premium cabin or extended comfort seating, and all guests travelling on transatlantic flights will receive either an alternative option or a food and beverage voucher for use in the terminal, pre-departure,” the company said in a statement on its website. “In addition, WestJet is advising guests travelling to or from Toronto to plan ahead and bring an extra snack and/or beverage for their journey.”

WestJet Encore pilots announce tentative deal in labour dispute with regional carrier Deal must still be approved by 355 union members The Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 15, 2024 9:21 PM MDT | Last Updated: April 15 Pilots with WestJet's regional subsidiary approved a strike mandate on April 2 by 97 per cent. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press) Social Sharing Facebook X Email Reddit LinkedIn The union representing WestJet Encore pilots says a tentative deal has been struck with their employer, narrowly avoiding strike action. In a statement released Monday afternoon by the Air Line Pilots Association, the head of the union's WestJet Encore contingent says the tentative agreement brings "wages and working conditions significantly more in line" with those of other regional pilots across the country. Spokesperson Carin Kenney also says it "delivers on providing better job security, industry-standard pay, and more flexible schedules to allow for a better work-life balance." Pilots with WestJet's regional subsidiary approved a strike mandate on April 2 by 97 per cent, according to the union, and they were in a legal position to strike on Wednesday although they would have needed to serve 72-hours notice before walking off the job. The tentative deal must still be approved by the 355 members it covers, and the union says it's still setting a timeline for a ratification vote. Kenney had said earlier this month that WestJet Encore employs the lowest-paid regional pilots in Canada, driving some to seek jobs elsewhere, but she now says the tentative agreement "will go a long way towards changing that." CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices|About CBC News

U.S. will not help Israel with counter-offensive against Iran, Biden says By Staff Reuters Posted April 14, 2024 2:06 pm Sunday, Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said, "We announced to the White House in a message this morning that our operations will be limited and minimal, with the aim of legitimate defence and punishment of the Israeli regime." President Joe Biden warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the U.S. will not take part in a counter-offensive against Iran, an option that Netanyahu’s war cabinet favors after a mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, according to officials. The threat of open warfare erupting between the arch Middle East foes and dragging in the United States has put the region on edge, triggering calls for restraint from global powers and Arab nations to avoid further escalation. The U.S. will continue to help Israel defend itself but does not want war, John Kirby, the White House’s top national security spokesperson, told ABC’s “This Week” program on Sunday. Jordan’s King Abdullah told Biden in a phone call on Sunday that any further escalation from Israel would widen the conflict in the region, Jordanian state media reported. Israeli officials said Netanyahu’s five-member war cabinet favored retaliation in a meeting on Sunday, though the panel is divided over the timing and scale of any such response. Iran launched the attack over a suspected Israeli strike on its embassy compound in Syria on April 1 that killed top Revolutionary Guards commanders and followed months of clashes between Israel and Iran’s regional allies, triggered by the war in Gaza. However, the attack by more than 300 missiles and drones, mostly launched from inside Iran, caused only modest damage in Israel as most were shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system and with help from the U.S., Britain, France and Jordan. An Air Force base in southern Israel was hit but continued to operate as normal and a 7-year-old child was seriously hurt by shrapnel. There were no other reports of serious damage. clearly Israel will retaliate’ Two senior Israeli ministers signaled on Sunday that retaliation by Israel was not imminent and that it would not act alone. “We will build a regional coalition and exact the price from Iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us,” centrist minister Benny Gantz said ahead of a war cabinet meeting. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant also said Israel had an opportunity to form a strategic alliance “against this grave threat by Iran which is threatening to mount nuclear explosives on these missiles, which could be an extremely grave threat,” he said. Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons. Gantz and Gallant are Israeli war cabinet members with decision-making powers. In the meantime, Israel remained on high alert with emergency measures expected to remain in place until late on Monday, including a ban on school activities and caps on large gatherings. “Over the last few hours, we approved operational plans for both offensive and defensive action,” Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a televised statement. Drone and missile interceptions cost around 4.5 billion shekels ($1.2 billion), according to Israel’s Channel 13 News, which said some of the cost was funded by the U.S. Iranian army chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri said on television, “Our response will be much larger than tonight’s military action if Israel retaliates against Iran,” and told Washington that its bases could also be attacked if it helped Israel retaliate. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said Tehran had informed the United States its attack on Israel would be limited and for self-defense and that regional neighbors had been informed of its planned strikes 72 hours in advance. A Turkish diplomatic source said Iran had informed Turkey in advance. Iran said the attack was aimed at punishing “Israeli crimes,” but it now “deemed the matter concluded.” Russia, China, France, Germany and Turkey, as well as Arab states Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, urged restraint, and the U.N. Security Council was set to meet at 4 p.m. ET (2000 GMT) on Sunday. The leaders of the Group of 7 nations condemned Iran’s attack and said they would work to stabilize the situation, warning in a statement that Tehran risked “an uncontrollable regional escalation.”

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