Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
The Canada Industrial Relations Board has declared the strike by Air Canada's 10,000 flight attendants illegal and ordered them back to work, according to the airline. Air Canada said it has ordered the Canadian Union of Public Employees to tell its members to end the strike, which has grounded flights across the country.
JUST IN: Air Canada says the Canada Industrial Relations Board has declared a strike by the company's 10,000 fight attendants illegal.
— CityNews Kitchener (@CityNewsKIT) August 18, 2025
The CIRB has ordered the union's leadership to direct members to return to work. https://t.co/2uIRlL8Uow
Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre will learn whether he's on his way back to Parliament today as voters head to the polls in the Battle River—Crowfoot by-election. More than 200 candidates are running in the riding, with most of them part of a protest movement.
Pierre Poilievre is contesting the by-election in Canada’s second-safest Conservative district. He is not from the riding. But the vote was in effect called as a means to give him a shot at a parliamentary seat. He needs it https://t.co/cRLMDdqYOc
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 17, 2025
Photo: Getty Images pic.twitter.com/rkcjyxtJyV
Mark Carney and Doug Ford are meeting in Ottawa today, with the US trade war high on the agenda. The prime minister and Ontario premier also plan to discuss the auto sector, while Ford said he wants to push Carney to lower taxes.
LIVE: Ontario Premier Doug Ford comments after meeting with PM Mark Carney
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) August 18, 2025
➡️https://t.co/IckHout9Xw
EN DIRECT : Le PM de l’Ontario Doug Ford s’exprime après sa rencontre avec le PM Mark Carney
➡️https://t.co/9VzPcnbsv7#cdnpoli | #onpoli pic.twitter.com/Au3sKjIEFE
Various internet slang terms have been added to the Cambridge Dictionary as part of this year's intake of 6,000 words. Among those added were "skibidi" – a gibberish term – and "tradwife," an abbreviation of "traditional wife," i.e. a woman who cares for children and cooks meals.
'What the skibidi are you doing?'
— BBC Breakfast (@BBCBreakfast) August 18, 2025
On #BBCBreafast Jon & Sarah discussed "skibidi" and "delulu" which are among thousands of new words to be added to the Cambridge Dictionary this year.https://t.co/zAY92zEXnP pic.twitter.com/DT7d4Ks5kT
The CBC has interviewed some Americans who have moved to Canada because of the election of Donald Trump. The interviewees – including one who brands himself a "recovering American" – highlight the difficulties of getting into Canada, with one immigration lawyer emphasizing: "It's not the Vietnam War anymore, and we no longer welcome draft dodgers."
Moving to Canada no easy road for these people fleeing Trump's America for political reasonshttps://t.co/8jXiFqJnrZ pic.twitter.com/qYMSzJfEJ3
— Neil Wilson (@neil_oiwf) August 18, 2025
