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WestJet cancelled 81 flights on August 1, 2026, as a precaution before a possible flight attendant strike. The Canadian Union of Public Employees issued a 72-hour strike notice set to end just after midnight Sunday.

Via Rail will replace 45 aging locomotives with a $1.9 billion federal investment that includes building a new Montreal assembly facility. The new hybrid trains will be assembled in Canada after initial units are built in Spain.

Two days of planned strikes by TSSA trade union members against West Midlands Railway were suspended, avoiding disruption across multiple West Midlands routes. The strike was called off after talks over rest day working payments.