The union representing Air Canada’s 10,000 flight attendants said on Sunday that it would defy a back-to-work order and continue a strike that shut down Canada’s dominant carrier and severely disrupt...

Air Canada cancelled hundreds of flights on Aug 16 as it began shutting down operations in response to a strike by flight attendants, triggering summer travel chaos for its 130,000 daily passengers.

Other unions joined the flight attendants' picket line in solidarity in Toronto on Sunday.