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 said it plans to resume flights later on Sunday (August 17), a day after the government issued a directive to end a cabin crew strike that had caused hundreds of flights to be suspended.

"I'm very, very disappointed, our bargaining rights were taken away," Air Canada flight attendant Shannon Marion said on Saturday.