{"id":68045,"date":"2026-05-08T04:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/in-the-news-today-hantavirus-cruise-ship-air-canada-flights-playoffs-er-stats\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T10:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T14:11:22","slug":"in-the-news-today-hantavirus-cruise-ship-air-canada-flights-playoffs-er-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/in-the-news-today-hantavirus-cruise-ship-air-canada-flights-playoffs-er-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"In the news today: Hantavirus cruise ship, Air Canada flights, Playoffs ER stats"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the news today: Hantavirus cruise ship, Air Canada flights, Playoffs ER stats<\/a>
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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed \u2026<\/p>\n

Canadian consular officials head to Canary Islands to meet hantavirus cruise ship<\/p>\n

Consular officials are on their way to the Canary Islands to meet with four Canadians on board a deadly hantavirus-stricken cruise ship as it prepares to dock this weekend in Granadilla, Tenerife.<\/p>\n

The federal government says three people with connections to the MV Hondius are isolating at home in Ontario and Quebec, but they aren’t showing symptoms.<\/p>\n

The World Health Organization has said it has received reports of eight cases, including three deaths, from the outbreak of the rodent-borne Andes virus.<\/p>\n

They say that while more cases are possible in the coming weeks, hantaviruses do not spread easily between people, and the outbreak will likely not turn into an epidemic.<\/p>\n

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Air Canada slashes summertime flights to U.S. due to soaring jet fuel costs<\/p>\n

Air Canada says it’s cutting the number of flights to the United States this summer as the war in Iran creates jet fuel shortages that have sent prices soaring.<\/p>\n

The airline says in a statement that flights from Toronto to Sacramento, Calif., will cease Aug. 1, and service to Charleston, S.C., will end Sept. 6.<\/p>\n

It says flights from Vancouver to Raleigh, N.C., will be halted beginning July 29, and service from Montreal to Austin, Texas, will be suspended Sept. 7.<\/p>\n

Air Canada says the decision to end the seasonal flights early was due to the current price of jet fuel, but added that they will resume next summer.<\/p>\n

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Former U.S. president Barack Obama in Toronto for keynote speech<\/p>\n

Former U.S. president Barack Obama is in Toronto today to deliver a keynote speech at Canada 2020’s gala at the Fairmont Royal York.<\/p>\n

The think tank says the event aims to advance policy thinking to “drive a more just, inclusive and forward-thinking Canada.”<\/p>\n

Obama made three official visits to Canada while he was president, first coming to Ottawa in 2009 to meet with former prime minister…<\/p>\n

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