Patty Hajdu, the federal jobs minister, directed the Canada Industrial Relations Board on Saturday morning to order flight attendants back to work, impose final and binding arbitration and extend the terms of the parties' existing contract until a new one one is determined.

It was a subdued Saturday morning by the Air Canada counters at the Calgary International Airport.

Travellers stood wearily in lines by the counter, baggage in tow while staff ran back-and-forth between the counters with passports in hand.

Some had been at the airport for hours, waiting to hear back on cancelled flights and rebooking alternatives.

“We’ve been here since seven this morning,” Clem Lacoume said. She had travelled to Canada from France with a friend, Emma Sambras, two weeks ago to explore British Columb

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