Global National: Sept. 13

Hundreds of thousands of Air Canada passengers across the country are bracing for a looming pilot’s strike, and economists warn a shutdown could cost the Canadian economy more than $90 million each day. Plus, after the messy divorce between the federal Liberals and the NDP, there’s been more fallout — this time, over the carbon pricing scheme. In Montreal, a court hearing was held for the terror suspect arrested last week in Quebec, who was accused of a plot to kill as many Jews as possible in New York City. And Ottawa Public Health has announced a person’s death in August could be attributed to contracting a rare, mosquito-borne illness that has no cure: the eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV), also known as ‘Triple E.’ Ukraine has requested permission to use western-supplied weapons deep inside Russia, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of the consequences. And finally, the annual Ig Nobel awards, handed out for surprising research that’s easy to poke fun at — with its goal to get people interested in science.