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Air Canada and United look to renew joint venture deal for Canada-U.S. flights
Air Canada and United look to renew joint venture
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Air Canada says it has signed a deal to renew and expand its joint venture agreement with United Airlines for flights between Canada and the United States.
The Montreal-based airline says the partnership continues to deliver meaningful results for its customers and communities.
The airline has submitted the amended and restated agreement to Transport Canada for approval.
Transport Canada says the two airlines have operated under the arrangement, which allows them to work together on certain routes, since 2022.
Air Canada made the announcement as it released several new routes for flights to the U.S. that will begin next summer.
The airline says it will launch new service between Toronto and Louisville, Montreal and Indianapolis, and Edmonton and Newark. It will also increase capacity between Edmonton and San Francisco.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 16, 2026.
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Two Montreal police officers suspended over new allegations of misconduct
Two Montreal police officers suspended
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Montreal police say they have suspended two officers from a station downtown and opened a misconduct investigation.
However, police said they could not provide further details due to their legal responsibilities to protect personal information about their employees and to avoid compromising the professional standards unit's ongoing investigation.
Police say they take the allegations seriously.
According to a report by the daily newspaper La Presse, one of the officers allegedly urinated on an unhoused person while on duty.
The newspaper, which said it relied on several police sources, reported that fellow officers denounced their colleague.
The other suspended officer allegedly posed for photos in which he appears to mock a suspect placed in a humiliating position during an arrest.
The Canadian Press has not independently verified the allegations.
Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada reacted to the allegations online, saying that the alleged acts are "very serious" and "violate the dignity to which everyone is entitled."
She also commended the officers who came forward.
In a statement, the police brotherhood described the allegations as "shocking" but did not comment further.
These allegations have surfaced hours before the “homeless night,” march in Montreal. The annual event is aimed at raising public awareness about the reality of homelessness.
The suspensions also come at a time when Montreal police and the city are trying to rebuild trust with the public.
In June, police dismantled a 16-member patrol unit at another station in a multicultural neighbourhood of Montreal due to separate allegations of racism and misconduct.
Four officers from the police's Station 39 in the Montréal-Nord borough have been suspended and Crown prosecutors are reviewing the evidence to determine whether to pursue criminal charges.
Police have confirmed they reviewed a number of allegations of misconduct, including allegations that some officers kept locks of hair from racialized people as trophies.
In internal documents obtained by The Canadian Press in September, police described a "radicalization" among some of its officers as the force attempts to change its culture of impunity.
Alain Babineau, a former RCMP officer now working with a civil-rights group, said he was not surprised to read about the new allegations against the officers working downtown.
"We all knew Station 39 was not an anomaly," Babineau said over the phone, referring to the allegations out of Montréal-Nord. "How do you rebuild trust when your officers are rogue?"
Babineau's group, the Red Coalition, is calling for a public inquiry into Montreal police misconduct.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 16, 2026.
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Vancouver officer tells Myles Gray hearing of 'unnerving' call for help
Gray hearing: Officer tells of 'unnerving' call
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A Vancouver police officer has told a public hearing into the fatal arrest in 2015 of Myles Gray about an "unnerving" call for assistance from a colleague who had encountered the man.
Const. Beau Spencer says he knew Const. Hardeep Sahota and her tone of voice on the radio call raised immediate concern, while an "animalistic roar" he later heard as he and his partner headed to the scene was like nothing he had ever heard on a police radio.
Spencer is among seven Vancouver officers facing a public hearing set off by B.C.'s Police Complaint Commissioner into whether they committed misconduct during the confrontation.
He says in his second day of testimony that he and his partner were "quite anxious" to get to the scene, as radio calls from there "continued to escalate."
He says another call came in when three officers were on the scene, and it did not sound like the person they were dealing with was "under control" and this was "very concerning."
No charges have been laid over Gray's death, which a 2023 coroner's inquest ruled was a homicide, a term that does not assign legal blame.
The commissioner's notice of public hearing said an earlier disciplinary process had dismissed misconduct allegations, but the discipline authority found the process "strangely lopsided" and had to decide the case despite "discrepancies and inconsistencies in statements made by (Vancouver Police Department) members."
The earlier inquest heard Gray was left with injuries that included a fractured eye socket, crushed voice box and ruptured testicles, while a paramedic said Gray's bruising was so severe, he initially thought Gray was not a white man.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 16, 2026.
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Éloïse d'OD reçoit des dizaines de faux avis positifs sur son salon et ça fait réagir
Suite au message d'Éloïse concernant les gens qui s'en prenaient à son entreprise, les fans d'OD ont partagé des dizaines de faux avis concernant son salon de beauté, ce qui fait réagir.
Le 11 décembre, Éloïse dénonçait en story Instagram les faux commentaires négatifs qu'elle recevait sur la page Google de sa compagnie, DAVÉLO Institut beauté, depuis sa sortie d'Occupation Double.
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À la fin de son intervention, elle a suggéré à ses clientes habituelles d'aller partager une note plus positive. Mais certains fans ont plutôt encouragé les autres à donner des notes parfaites au salon, malgré le fait qu'ils n'y ont jamais mis les pieds.
Sur sa page Facebook, ce sont 44 commentaires positifs qui ont été ajoutés contre trois avis négatifs depuis le 11 décembre dernier.
En ce qui concerne sa page Google, les critiques ne sont plus visibles au moment d'écrire ces lignes, mais Éloïse a la note de 4,6/5, soit 92 %.
À travers les réseaux sociaux, plusieurs internautes sont divisés face aux nombreuses reviews rédigés par les fans.
Bien qu'un bon nombre de personnes croient inacceptable que de faux avis soient partagés afin de nuire à son entreprise, certains affirment que les fausses notes positives posent aussi problème.
Ils soulèvent que ce n'est pas représentatif de la qualité des services offerts au salon puisque les personnes ayant embarqué dans le mouvement ne sont pas nécessairement clients.
Quelques commentaires lui conseillent de retirer les critiques publiques, qui sont maintenant biaisées.