WestJet flights across Canada this week, since Thursday, Jan. 11, and it’s expected to cause continued travel disruptions in the Prairie region into early next week.
“We sincerely apologize to guests who have been impacted by cancellations and delays, resulting from ongoing extreme cold temperatures affecting Canada’s prairie region,” WestJet said in a statement issued on Jan. 14.
“With Calgary, AB as WestJet’s main hub and the majority of our operations based in Western Canada, the effects of four consecutive days of frigid temperatures are having a compounding impact on our operations, our crew and partners who are battling these conditions to maintain our network.”
Throughout the week, WestJet has experienced a surge in flight cancellations, with 87 on Jan. 11, 104 on Jan. 12, 153 on Jan. 13, and an additional 120 on Jan. 14, totalling 464. Overnight on Friday, Jan. 12, a winter storm system affected WestJet operations in Ontario, leading to nine flight diversions to and from Toronto, according to WestJet.
The disruption is expected to last until early next week. The company has introduced flexible change/cancel guidelines for guests travelling to or from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba between Jan. 11 and Jan. 15, 2024...
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/westjet-cancels-over-460-flights-due-to-extreme-cold-5565256
The Comfortable Collapse: How America Learned to Pretend Obesity Is Normal
The America of 1960 was healthier than the America of 2025 because they lived in an environment that did not conspire against physiology.
Independent Medical Alliance Sep 17
By IMA Co-Founder Dr. Joseph Varon
Originally published by The Brownstone Institute on 09/16/2025
Walk into any American airport today and pause. Look around at the travelers waiting at the gate, the families queuing for fast food, the crowds rushing past. You are looking at a country that our grandparents would not recognize. In less than three generations, the very shape of the American body has shifted so dramatically that what would once have been regarded as rare or concerning is now routine. Airplane seats have been widened, retail clothing racks have been extended, mannequins have been reshaped, and soda cups have been enlarged. Entire industries have recalibrated to accommodate a physiology that is neither healthy nor sustainable.
Yet our cultural ...
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