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.
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Eleven men stranded on a cargo ship at the port of Argentia in Newfoundland are low on food and water and are among increasing numbers of abandoned crews, say union leaders.
Historians and others may think about Feb. 15, the day in 1965 when the modern Canadian flag — bearing its familiar hallmark symbol, the Maple Leaf — was first raised on Parliament Hill.
WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has passed legislation to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to Texas, and the Senate may follow next week.
TORONTO — A clinical trial of the made-in-Canada Ebola vaccine will be conducted in this country, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada announced Friday.
OTTAWA — Tom Mulcair is drawing on his past experience exposing sexual misconduct among Quebec's doctors to propose a process for handling harassment complaints against members of Parliament.
TORONTO — A new poll says charitable giving by Canadians remains on the rise and is expected to increase yet again next year.