HALIFAX — A South African woman was arrested in Halifax today for allegedly assaulting two flight attendants during a flight from London to Toronto.
RCMP Sgt. Al LeBlanc says the Air Canada flight had to be diverted to Halifax at about 12:30 p.m. local time.
LeBlanc says police apprehended the woman after it landed at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport and nobody was hurt.
A spokeswoman for the airport says 239 people were on board the flight.
OTTAWA — A former Bloc Quebecois MP is joining the federal New Democrats.
WASHINGTON — The woman who almost forced U.S. President Barack Obama to make a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline stood quietly on the Senate floor as her plans went down in flames Tuesday.
OTTAWA — Craig Scott, a New Democrat MP and former law professor, said to the Liberals that what he was told happened to one of his female colleagues could be defined as an alleged sexual assault, multiple sources have told The Canadian Press.
OTTAWA — Two major events affecting political life in Ottawa are taking place today each about a five-hour drive from Parliament Hill in opposite directions.
RIVIERE-DU-LOUP, Que. — The contractor who built the seniors' residence that burned last January, killing 32 people, says it did not comply with building-code standards in place at the time of the blaze.
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia should introduce a carbon tax and broaden its harmonized sales tax to cover expenses including children's clothing, diapers and home energy costs, a review of the province's tax system says.