Customers booking flights through Air Canada Vacations, WestJet, and Porter Airlines will soon have to pay additional fees on certain flights. These changes will kick in next week and they are directly related to the latest global rise in fuel costs. Kristy Cameron digs deeper with former Air Canada executive John Gradek in Hour 1. Among other things, he is an aviation management expert and a lecturer at McGill University. Meantime, owning an electric vehicle often comes with some unique advantages, which can be extremely helpful in a sputtering economy where gas prices are insanely high. But for brand-new 2026 Ford Mach-E owners, one of those advantages is now primed to cost them a little bit extra. Here to join us with some additional context is Driving.ca contributor Lorraine Sommerfeld. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.