Six teams of roughly 12 people took turns hauling a 67,000-pound commercial WestJet aircraft 100 meters, competing to see which team could pull the plane fastest The WestJet hangar at the Edmonton International Airport was abuzz Monday morning with a crowd of more than 50 volunteers who signed up for Hope Air’s Haul for Hope… Read More »
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Planning a trip to Canada soon? Passengers can now fly directly from Music City to the neighboring country thanks to a new international service at Nashville International Airport (BNA). On Monday, Sept. 16, officials announced BNA had started a nonstop service offering flights to their sixth Canadian city. According to the… Read More »
A Kamloops man who was refused compensation from WestJet after his flight to Phoenix was delayed has successfully sued the airline in the small claims court. According to a Sept. 13 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, Steven James Davidson arrived in Phoenix 4.5 hours late after departing Kamloops airport in March 2023. His flight went… Read More »
WestJet has been ordered to compensate passengers more than $2,000 following a dispute over a flight that was diverted to Victoria. The BC Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) ruled in favour of the passengers after a disagreement regarding what WestJet had promised to cover in terms of costs incurred from the diversion. According to the tribunal,… Read More »
B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal has ordered WestJet Airlines to reimburse a family $1,826 after their flight from Hawaii to Vancouver was diverted to Victoria due to volcano smoke issues. RA, SB, and MB (their names are anonymized to protect a child’s identity) purchased WestJet tickets for a flight from Hawaii to Vancouver. Instead, they landed… Read More »
As Coco Gauff and Iga Swiatek prepared for the US Open, both athletes faced key decisions. Gauff, riding high after winning 13 of her last 14 matches, had significantly improved her game since earlier in the season. With new coaches and adjustments, she became more aggressive and refined her footwork, especially on her forehand. Swiatek,… Read More »
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek has decided against playing in a prestigious tennis tournament. For the third year in a row, Iga Swiatek will not feature at the Billie Jean King Cup finals in Spain in November, having turned down the chance to represent Poland. Instead, Polish captain Dawid Celt has Magdalena Frech, Magda Linette,… Read More »
The coaching relationship between Coco Gauff and Brad Gilbert is over after a little more than a year. Gilbert announced the end of the pair’s working relationship on Wednesday via a post on his official X, formerly Twitter, account. “Thanks to Coco Gauff and the entire team for an absolutely amazing summer run in 2023… Read More »
American world number six Coco Gauff has ended her partnership with coach Brad Gilbert just two weeks after what she described as a “disappointing” US Open title defence. Gauff, 20, won the first major of her career in New York last year under Gilbert’s guidance. But she lost in the fourth round to fellow American… Read More »
Nadal, a singles gold medallist at the 2008 Olympics, is playing in his final Games having also won doubles gold in Rio in 2016, while Djokovic was a bronze medallist in singles in 2008. Serbia’s Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champion and top seed in Paris following the withdrawal of world number one Jannik Sinner,… Read More »
ROME (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic laid down the gauntlet ahead of Roland Garros when he came from a set down to dismantle claycourt king Rafael Nadal in the Italian Open final on Sunday. The Serb’s 4-6 6-3 6-3 victory was his fourth successive victory over Nadal but only his fourth on clay in their 41-match… Read More »
North Carolina detectives could be looking into a possible burial site for nine-year-old Asha Degree two decades after she vanished. Asha’s case was one of America’s most notorious unsolved child disappearances after she vanished from her home during a storm in the early hours Valentine’s Day 2000. A year later, the bag Asha had taken… Read More »