GETTING CLOSER US, Cuba near deal on direct commercial flights

The US says it is close to an agreement with Cuba on restoring regularly scheduled, commercial flights between the countries.

A trade show that was to showcase companies that offer trophy hunts in Africa is no longer going to be held at a Saskatoon hotel.

A Southwest Airlines plane rolled off a runway at Nashville International Airport, injuring three people. The aircraft, which was carrying 133 passengers and five crew, was arriving from Houston.

Flights to and from Sydney are being delayed and diverted due to severe thunderstorms. The airport was still open but some flights were grounded and other incoming flights were diverted to airports elsewhere in Australia.

The American sunbelt is expected to feel a chill this winter from Canada's weakened economy and a loonie that's lost more than a quarter of its value in the past couple of years.

The Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming's Grand Teton mountain range marks its 50th anniversary this year. Also this season, the resort is debuting a new lift and a new eatery, the Piste Mountain Bistro, both scheduled to open on Dec. 19

NO SIGN OF TERRORISM Egyptian findings on jet crash contrary to Russia, US and Britain

Remember those jumbo jets sitting at Kuala Lumpur airport – well the owners have claimed them. A new Malaysian air cargo company says it is the owner of three the three planes parked for more than a year at the country's main airport.

WestJet has launched new non-stop service from Calgary to Huatulco, its tenth destination in Mexico, and has added new non-stop flights from Calgary to Liberia, Costa Rica, beginning on December 19.

More wet and windy weather slammed British Columbia's south coast this weekend, forcing ferry cancellations and blackouts. Environment Canada issued wind warnings for all of Vancouver Island as well as Metro Vancouver, the Sunshine Coast, Fraser Valley and Howe Sound.

One of China's top entrepreneurs, the chairman of the Fosun conglomerate that owns Club Med and other businesses in Europe and the US, is assisting Chinese authorities with an investigation, his company said, a possible sign that an anti-corruption campaign is widening beyond state companies.