Air Canada said late Tuesday that is has been served a March 12 strike notice by the union representing its 8,600 mechanics, baggage handlers and cargo agents in Canada.

Air Canada is hoping to avoid major March Break travel interruptions after the airline’s largest union announced it will strike starting next week.

OTTAWA – Despite ongoing concerns about household debt, home ownership is becoming more affordable in Canada, not less, says new research by the Royal Bank.

A look at how some of Vancouver’s kids are filling their time during the strike by the B.C. Teachers’ Federation.

Their stars are slumping and not surprisingly so are the Vancouver Canucks.

Mike Ribeiro scored twice Tuesday as the surging Dallas Stars took the Pacific Division lead by beating the Vancouver Canucks 5-2.

Air Canada said late Tuesday that is has been served a March 12 strike notice by the union representing its 8,600 mechanics, baggage handlers and cargo agents in Canada.

Three Pacific Newspaper Group staffers are among the nominees for the News Photographers Association of Canada’s 2011 National Pictures of the Year awards. Photographer Jason Payne has earned two nominations, one in the spot news category and one in the picture story category. Both nominations come from Payne’s work covering the June 15 Stanley Cup Riot.

An elderly woman died Tuesday after being hit by an SUV in downtown Vancouver. The 74-year-old was struck by a vehicle making a left turn from Robson Street on to Howe Street just before 3 p.m., Vancouver police Const. Lindsey Houghton said in a news release.

The family of a Vancouver-area woman who went missing from a cruise ship off Florida last week want the U.S Coast Guard to resume the search for her after she .

MONTREAL – Air Canada’s biggest union has advised the airline that it intends to begin a strike at 12:01 a.m. ET on March 12 unless a new contract is signed by then.

A senior has succumbed to her injuries suffered after she was hit by an SUV at an intersection in downtown Vancouver Tuesday.

VANCOUVER – The Dallas Stars are riding a late-season surge to make the playoffs and need a win on the road over the Western Conference leaders.

The Conservative Party of Canada says it is “agreeing to disagree” with Elections Canada and is dropping an appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada of the federal agency’s interpretation of election spending law.

The B.C. Restaurant and Food Services Association is warning the city of Vancouver to limit new food carts being added to Vancouver streets, or risk seeing those vendors struggle in a saturated market and cut into business at established fast-food restaurants. “We’re getting to the point now where it’s pretty much at the maximum,” association president Ian Tostenson said Tuesday.

One of the reasons Juan Carlos Barajas, his sister Alexa and their family moved to Canada from Mexico was for a better education. But that wasn’t a big concern Tuesday for Juan Carlos, 13, and 11-year-old Alexa as they made the trip from Langley on Tuesday with their mother Fleurette to Mount Seymour for some skiing.

These tattoos are from a new Canada Border Services handbook designed to help agents identify criminals and members of crime gangs. A version of the handbook was unofficially released on Feb. 28 by an advocacy group called “Public Intelligence.” Non-gang members wearing tattoos like these may put themselves at risk from gang members offended by others using their markers.