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Government Shuts Down Air Canada Strike That Grounded Hundreds of Flights

A walkout by flight attendants ended after about 12 hours with the imposition of binding arbitration. But getting travel back to normal will take days.

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Striking flight attendants outside Toronto Pearson International Airport on Saturday.
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Air Canada’s Flight Attendants Begin Strike, Crippling the Airline

Ahead of the work stoppage, the airline said it had canceled most of the 700 flights that it directly operates, which carry about 130,000 people each day.

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Passengers waiting at an Air Canada check-in counter at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada on Friday.
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