Global National: Sept. 12

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. 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. How vicious rumours are spawning fear and hatred in small town America. Space is usually the exclusive terrain of professionals, but SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew has broken barriers by completing the first private spacewalk. The beauty, the meaning, and the danger of this historic mission. Plus, it’s back – with bells on. How the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is getting ready to ring in its reopening after a devastating fire.