Month: August 2022

Air Canada has stopped accepting new requests for pets to travel in the baggage compartment of its flights until Sept. 12, the airline said Wednesday, as major airports around the country face travel delays, flight cancellations and logistical challenges.

Small animals will still be allowed in the cabins of most flights, provided they can lie down in a carrier under the seat in front of the passenger.

Bringing a pet in the cabin will cost $50 for flights within Canada and the US (excluding Hawaii), the airline said, and $100 for international flights.

“Due to current airport delays, for the safety and comfort of pets, we will not be accepting new requests for pets traveling in the baggage compartment until Sept. 12, 2022,” Air Canada said via email in response to questions from CBC News.

“All current pet bookings will be honored.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has argued that China will not succeed in isolating Taiwan by blocking US politicians from traveling there.

“They may try to keep Taiwan from visiting or participating in other places, but they will not isolate Taiwan by preventing us to travel there,” she said in Tokyo on Friday on the last leg of her Asia tour.

Ms Pelosi’s comments came two days after she visited the self-ruled island nation that China considers to be a part of its own territory.

Her visit sparked backlash from China, which has retaliated with military exercises in waters around Taiwan. Before the visit, Beijing had issued repeated warnings and threatened serious consequences if Ms Pelosi went to Taiwan.

On Wednesday, Ms Pelosi said in Taipei that the US’s commitment to democracy in Taiwan and elsewhere “remains ironclad”.

Ms Pelosi, second in the line of succession to the US presidency, became