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CTVNews.ca Top Stories Air Canada union head says she'll resign if pilots reject deal The head of the Air Canada pilots union says she'll step down if members opt not to approve a tentative deal with the airline, raising the stakes as aviators mull whether to accept hefty salary gains or drive an even harder bargain. 2 suspended from U.S. college swim team after report of slur scratched onto student's body At least two students at Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania have been suspended from the swim team after a report that a racial slur was scratched onto a student's body, officials said. North Carolina's Robinson, omitted from Trump rally, avoids comment on report about online posts North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson avoided directly weighing in during a gubernatorial campaign event Saturday on a CNN report outlining evidence that he made disturbing posts on a pornography website's message board more than a decade ago. 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