Articles by Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press

Dec 11 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — More than three weeks after Air Canada launched a new booking system, customers continue to encounter headaches on the cusp of holiday travel season. The airline introduced the reservation system on Nov. 18, triggering a barrage of social media complaints from passengers who had difficulty accessing their booking information or reaching customer service agents Edmonton resident Ray […]

Dec 9 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — A proposal by a Montreal municipal committee to drastically cut down on mail flyers is "insensitive, incoherent and impractical," according to the CEO of Transcontinental Inc. Francois Olivier said Monday a recommendation last week by the municipality's environmental committee to distribute the discount flyers only to residents who opt in fails to take into account Quebec […]

Nov 28 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The outgoing head of Quebec's pension fund manager says the U.S.-China trade war threatens to fan protectionism and cleave economies in what amounts to "the defining conflict of our time." Michael Sabia, who is slated to step down as CEO of the Caisse de depot et placement in February, said Thursday that "a […]

Nov 26 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — An end to a nationwide rail strike that has gripped the country for eight days is within sight, but concerns linger over the economic fallout. Canadian National Railway Co. and Teamsters Canada reached a tentative deal Tuesday to renew a collective agreement for more than 3,000 workers, ending a strike that halted shipments, triggered layoffs […]

Nov 26 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — An end to a nationwide rail strike that has gripped the country for eight days is within sight, but concerns linger over the economic fallout. Canadian National Railway Co. and Teamsters Canada reached a tentative deal Tuesday to renew a collective agreement for more than 3,000 workers, ending a strike that halted shipments, triggered layoffs […]

Nov 23 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The ongoing CN strike has cost scores of Halifax rail workers their jobs — at least for now — as the labour stoppage continues to impact shipping across the country, the union representing the employees said Saturday. More than 250 staff at Canadian National Railway Co.'s Autoport terminal, which handles cars shipped in […]

Nov 23 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The ongoing CN strike has cost scores of Halifax rail workers their jobs — at least for now — as the labour stoppage continues to impact shipping across the country, the union representing the employees said Saturday. More than 250 staff at Canadian National Railway Co.'s Autoport terminal, which handles cars shipped in […]

Nov 22 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — With tensions rising and no end in sight, the federal government urged Canadian National Railway Co. and its striking workers to continue talks in what Ottawa views as the fastest way to resolve a dispute that has stopped freight trains across the country. "The most probable and the quickest way to solve this is […]

Nov 22 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — With tensions rising and no end in sight, the federal government urged Canadian National Railway Co. and its striking workers to continue talks in what Ottawa views as the fastest way to resolve a dispute that has stopped freight trains across the country. "The most probable and the quickest way to solve this is […]

Nov 21 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — The federal government is resisting calls to intervene in a railway strike despite the spectre of a propane shortage in Quebec and rising pressure from premiers and CEOs across the country to reconvene Parliament ahead of schedule and legislate the 3,200 Canadian National Railway Co. employees back to work. "We realize how important this is […]

Nov 21 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — The federal government is resisting calls to intervene in a railway strike despite the spectre of a propane shortage in Quebec and rising pressure from premiers and CEOs across the country to reconvene Parliament ahead of schedule and legislate the 3,200 Canadian National Railway Co. employees back to work. "We realize how important this is […]

Oct 26 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Alpha Diallo arrived in Canada from Guinea in 2009, a year before that country's president won his first election and raised hopes amid the nation's sole democratic transition of power since independence from France a half-century before. A decade later, the 40-year-old financial adviser stands disillusioned, chanting with other demonstrators along downtown Montreal's main east–west artery. […]

Oct 26 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Alpha Diallo arrived in Canada from Guinea in 2009, a year before that country's president won his first election and raised hopes amid the nation's sole democratic transition of power since independence from France a half-century before. A decade later, the 40-year-old financial adviser stands disillusioned, chanting with other demonstrators along downtown Montreal's main east–west artery. […]

Oct 16 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Several Canadian airlines have scrubbed the phrase "ladies and gentlemen" from their in-flight announcements — or are considering the change — replacing the gendered language with non-binary terminology as part of a broader shift toward corporate inclusivity. Air Transat said in an email it has stopped using the salutation as well as its […]

Oct 12 2019 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Demonstrators gathered in Montreal Saturday to protest Turkey's incursion into northeast Syria, warning of humanitarian disaster and U.S. strategic folly. Members of the Kurdish-Canadian community said the Turkish assault could upend the stability of a fragile region, trigger an ethnic cleansing of Kurds and roll back progress against militants affiliated with the Islamic State, also known […]