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MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES April Crane, WestJet’s vice-president of Communications and Engagement, was part of the team on hand in Winnipeg last fall to announce the new direct route to Iceland. The flights are expected to run once a week starting June 27.

WestJet codeshare deal with Icelandair to offer easier access to Europe

Malak Abas 3 minute read Yesterday at 7:30 PM CDT

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Travellers using WestJet’s new direct flights to Iceland from Winnipeg will be able connect across Europe starting next summer.

WestJet Airlines signed a codeshare deal with Icelandair on Sunday that will allow travellers to fly to more than 10 cities in Europe via Iceland. The final list of cities will be announced later this year, and the network will be in place in time for next summer’s travel season, said WestJet director of airport affairs and alliances Jared Mikoch-Gerke.

“We’re finalizing all of the points within Europe that it will connect to, but we’re looking at all of the major different destinations, so London, Paris, Frankfurt, and other in-demand destinations that Winnipeggers and Manitobans are looking to travel simply to,” Mikoch-Gerke said Monday.

Starting June 27, WestJet will offer direct flights between Winnipeg and Keflavik, Iceland, located 50 kilometres southeast of the capital, Reykjavik.

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This artistic rendering provided by Heller Inc. shows a dramatically redesigned Pennsylvania Station in New York City. (Heller Inc. via AP)

Proposed $8B transformation of NYC’s Penn Station features Roman-style columns, ornamental design

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Proposed $8B transformation of NYC’s Penn Station features Roman-style columns, ornamental design

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NEW YORK (AP) — When Manhattan's original Pennsylvania Station was demolished in 1963, it marked the undignified end to one of America’s great public works, a monolithic Beaux Arts train terminal with Roman-style columns and a spacious central waiting area that at the time was the largest indoor space in the city.

In its place rose Madison Square Garden — home of NBA’s New York Knicks and NHL’s New York Rangers — while train commuters were forced underground into gloomy, claustrophobic, low-ceilinged corridors by the decidedly more utilitarian redesign completed in 1968.

“Through Pennsylvania Station one entered the city like a god,” the architectural historian Vincent Scully famously lamented. “One scuttles in now like a rat.”

But a dramatic new vision for the busiest transit hub in the Western Hemisphere calls for a return to the old grandeur of the station, which was originally opened in 1910 and currently serves Amtrak, the national rail carrier that owns the terminal, as well as commuter rail lines to the surrounding suburbs and connections to the city’s vast subway system.

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A dealer stands near the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, June 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

World shares mostly advance as tech stocks rebound from sell-offs, while oil prices slip

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World shares mostly advance as tech stocks rebound from sell-offs, while oil prices slip

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World shares were mostly higher on Tuesday, with tech shares leading gains after Wall Street recovered some of its sell-off from last week.

Oil prices fell back after surging on Monday as fighting flared between Israel and Iran, threatening to pull the region back into full-scale war.

In South Korea, the Kospi jumped 8.2% to 8,096.93, nearly recovering all of Monday’s loss of 8.3%. SK Hynix, which on Monday announced plans to partner with Nvidia in building data centers, jumped 15.9%. Samsung Electronics vaulted up 9%.

In early European trading, Germany's DAX picked up 0.3% to 24,694.50, while the CAC 40 in Paris gained 0.6% to 8,252.40. Britain's FTSE 100 shed 0.3% to 10,346.09.

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THE CANADIAN PRESS FILES Negotiations are underway on legislation to create the Manitoba Crown-Indigenous Corp., which will work with Ottawa’s Major Projects Office and Arctic Gateway Group on the proposed expansion of the Port of Churchill.

Legislation to create Manitoba-Indigenous Crown corporation pending as some First Nations express concerns

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Legislation to create Manitoba-Indigenous Crown corporation pending as some First Nations express concerns

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Legislation to create a new Crown corporation is hung up, in part, on First Nations’ concerns the entity would override the government’s duty to consult individual nations before launching projects.

“We’re having challenges, I think, creating an endorsement or support for… the draft legislation,” said Grand Chief Jerry Daniels of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization that represents 33 First Nations.

Negotiations are underway on legislation to create the Manitoba Crown-Indigenous Corp., which will work with Ottawa’s Major Projects Office and Arctic Gateway Group on the proposed expansion of the Port of Churchill.

The southern chiefs group is part of a board that meets regularly with the provincial government; Indigenous Futures Minister Ian Bushie deemed the group the interim Manitoba Crown-Indigenous Corp.

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A WestJet Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner is seen parked at a gate at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Thursday, January 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Non-stop Iceland-Winnipeg flights to return under WestJet codeshare deal with Icelandair

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Non-stop Iceland-Winnipeg flights to return under WestJet codeshare deal with Icelandair

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CALGARY - WestJet has signed a codeshare deal with Icelandair that will allow travellers to fly to more than 10 cities in Europe through a connection in Iceland.

Icelandair travellers will also be able to connect with one stop to a collection of Canadian cities across WestJet's domestic network.

WestJet chief commercial officer John Weatherill says the airline is opening more seamless access to Europe while deepening its partnership with Icelandair.

WestJet is set to begin seasonal non-stop service to Keflavik International Airport near Reykjavik, Iceland, from Edmonton and Winnipeg later this month.

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John Flesher / The Associated Press files Lance Unger holds a corn seed to be planted in one of his fields near Carlisle, Ind., where he uses minimum tillage practices to improve yields.

Need for farm innovation never greater

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Need for farm innovation never greater

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Surging Canadian demand for organic foods is a dilemma for primary agricultural sector and policy makers.

At a time when Canada is actively trying to diversify its exports, increase its own nutritional self-sufficiency and bolster its food-processing sector, it makes sense to find ways to meet this growth head-on without compromising the much larger supply chain for conventionally grown crops.

The latest market research report conducted on behalf of the Canadian Organic Trade Association shows consumer demand for organic has grown 24 per cent over the past three years.

It is also a leading exporter, with sales of $2.58 billion.

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Landlord hasn’t paid the mortgage? Know your tenant rights in event of power of sale

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Landlord hasn’t paid the mortgage? Know your tenant rights in event of power of sale

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You held up your end of the bargain and paid your rent on time — only to learn your landlord failed to keep up with mortgage payments and the home may need to be sold. 

Panic sets in, as you don't know if you can continue to call this place your home. Experts say there are a number of ways this scenario can play out, but knowing your rights as a tenant when the bank takes over is a critical first step. 

Kelly Ho, a certified financial planner at DLD Financial Group, said renters need to consult their provincial tenants act. In many provinces the new owner or the bank is required to continue the tenant agreement if the lease term hasn't ended, but that may not be true for all jurisdictions, she said.

"It's really important for the tenant to know their rights and continue acting in good faith and making sure they don't let anything slip and that everything's documented," Ho said.

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Return to office mandate keys: clarity, consistency, consideration

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Return to office mandate keys: clarity, consistency, consideration

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A recent British Columbia Court of Appeal decision is prompting renewed conversation across Canada about remote work, employer authority and what happens when expectations about where work is performed are not clearly set out.

While the case itself is rooted in B.C., the implications are relevant for employers in Manitoba and elsewhere who are continuing to refine their return to office strategies in a post-COVID-19 pandemic world.

At the heart of the discussion is a simple but important question: if an employee was hired during a period when remote work was widely accepted or even standard, can an employer later require that employee to return to the workplace full time?

The court’s message, in essence, reinforces something many employment lawyers have been emphasizing since pandemic restrictions eased: remote work is not automatically a permanent entitlement.

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FILE - A worker finishes up fueling a jet at DFW International Airport in Grapevine, Texas, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

US carriers spent $6.5B on fuel in April; global profit forecast is cut nearly in half

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US carriers spent $6.5B on fuel in April; global profit forecast is cut nearly in half

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U.S. airlines spent more than $6 billion on jet fuel in April, up 78% from a year earlier despite using slightly less fuel, government data released Monday showed. Meanwhile, the airline industry’s top global trade group warned that soaring energy costs could nearly halve profits in 2026.

Since conflict erupted in the Middle East earlier this year after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, much of the shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz — a critical oil transit route bordering Iran — has remained effectively halted, pushing up the price of oil and jet fuel.

In an effort to contain costs, airlines around the world have raised airfares and fees, cut other perks and canceled flights or trimmed schedules.

U.S. carriers spent nearly $6.5 billion on fuel in April, compared with about $3.6 billion a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Fuel consumption in April totaled 1.573 billion gallons, down slightly from 1.575 billion gallons a year earlier.

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FILE - Travelers wait in long security checkpoint lines at George Bush Intercontinental Airport March 27, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Man in Texas is accused of using a fake boarding pass to get on a United flight to Los Angeles

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Man in Texas is accused of using a fake boarding pass to get on a United flight to Los Angeles

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A Texas man is accused of using a fake boarding pass to get on a United Airlines flight before he was found hiding in a restroom, forcing the plane back to the gate before it could take off at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, court documents say.

The 25-year-old Houston man was discovered on the plane bound for Los Angeles in mid-May as it was taxiing to a runway when a passenger alerted a flight attendant, according to authorities.

He was charged last week with impairing or interrupting operation of critical infrastructure facility. A message seeking comment was left with his attorney Monday.

Surveillance cameras showed the man first having trouble with his boarding pass at a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint when he arrived at the Houston airport early on May 18, according to a criminal complaint.

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