A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student was fatally shot late Friday night near campus, marking the fifth college student death in a week as the new academic year begins. Whitewater police found 21-year-old Kara Welsh of Plainfield, Illinois, with multiple gunshot wounds in an apartment near Main and Whitewater streets. A 23-year-old man, also in the… Read More »
WestJet flight WS3252 was forced to divert to Kelowna International Airport (YLW) after suffering an engine failure shortly after takeoff. The Dash 8-Q400 was flying from Kamloops (YKA) to Calgary (YYC) and was operated on behalf of WestJet by its regional subsidiary, WestJet Encore. The aircraft had not long finished its climb out of Kamloops… Read More »
On Friday afternoon, tragedy struck the University of Colorado (CU) community when a student was found dead off-campus. The student, identified as Jeremiah Park, was described by university officials as “a rising junior” who had a bright future ahead of him. The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) promptly responded to the heartbreaking news by… Read More »
It makes me proud to be a Latina on this campus,” said a student receiving the first round of scholarships.BOULDER, Colo. — Six students at the University of Colorado Boulder are receiving the first round of a new scholarship honoring the lives of activists who died 50 years ago. In the late spring of 1974,… Read More »
WestJet CEO apologizes for accessibility failures, defends airline’s record,CEO Makes Shocking Announcement,I Have Decided To Step up our economy WestJet chief executive Alexis von Hoensbroech apologized for incidents where the airline failed to accommodate people living with disabilities, saying he hopes to improve travel accessibility. “To our guests who didn’t have a good travel experience… Read More »
NRP say road has now reopened Update 10:30am: Tragedy on the streets of Niagara Falls early this morning. Police were called to a collision between a bicycle and car, at around 1am, on McLeod Road, near Drummond. They found the bike was riden by a 30-year old Niagara Falls man, with a 36-year old Niagara… Read More »
The passenger on the bike, a woman, was taken to hospital in critical condition where she later died. The other person on the bike, a man, was also taken to hospital with serious injuries NEWS RELEASE NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE SERVICE ************************* On Sept. 3, 2024, at 12:59 a.m. 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara on the Lake)… Read More »
WestJet said Friday it aims to wind down Sunwing Airlines and integrate the low-cost carrier into its mainline business by October of next year. WestJet, which bought the Toronto-based company’s main airline and vacation divisions in May in a major consolidation of the aviation market, saidSunwing’s 18 Boeing 737s and 2,000 employees will be folded… Read More »
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by WestJet had taken off for a flight from Toronto Pearson (YYZ) to Calgary (YYC) when the flight crew encountered two system warnings. Unable to resolve the second issue, a PAN PAN was declared and the aircraft returned to Toronto. Incident details On Thursday, a Westjet Boeing 737 MAX… Read More »
The University of Colorado Boulder is mourning the death of junior Jeremiah Park, who was found off campus in the University Hill neighborhood on Friday afternoon. Boulder police responded to an apartment complex on Pleasant Street, less than a mile from campus, around 4:42 p.m. on Aug. 23. The Boulder County Coroner’s Office, which will… Read More »
A flight between Calgary and Cancun that usually takes around six hours ended up being a three-day affair for one group of Flair Airlines passengers. “It was a terrible three days. We’re supposed to take off on Sunday, and they just kept pushing the flight back an hour at a time and wouldn’t tell us… Read More »
A WestJet plane flying from Kamloops, B.C., to Calgary, Alta., Thursday afternoon was diverted to Kelowna International Airport due to engine issues. Kelowna RCMP Const. Michael Della-Paolera said the local RCMP and fire departments both responded to support airport emergency crews. He said thanks to a quick response, the plane landed safely, and the airport… Read More »