Global National: Sept. 12, 2024 | Air Canada asks government to intervene amid looming pilot strike

With Air Canada asking the federal government to intervene ahead of a potential pilots strike, tens of thousands of travellers are anxiously waiting to see whether their flights will take off. Mackenzie Gray looks at how far apart both sides are in negotiations, the likelihood of government intervention and what customers need to know. The small city of Springfield, Ohio, has been thrust into the international spotlight after former U.S. president Donald Trump's bizarre claim that Haitian immigrants are abducting residents' pets and eating them. Eric Sorensen explains how vicious rumours are spawning fear and hatred in small town America. Nearly one year after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel triggered the war in Gaza, Canada's promise of being a safe haven for thousands of Gazan refugees remains largely unfilled. As Heather Yourex-West explains, the few hundred Palestinians who are now safe in Canada still face significant financial struggles. Space is usually the exclusive terrain of professionals, but SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew has broken barriers by completing the first private spacewalk. Jackson Proskow explains the beauty, the meaning and the danger of this historic mission. While building new homes can sometimes mean demolishing old ones, Vancouver-based Renewal Development is breathing new life into old houses by relocating and repurposing them. Neetu Garcha explains how one North Vancouver home is on the move to help Squamish Nation. Plus, after a massive fire devastated the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in 2019, eight bells known as the "cathedral's voice" were temporarily removed as the historic building was restored. As Mike Armstrong explains, those bells have now been returned and blessed, as Notre Dame's reopening nears. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #Canada