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 — After 18 months on the job, Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz has yet to wield the primary tool at his disposal: the key interest rate.
OTTAWA — The man accused of impersonating a soldier at the National War Memorial on Remembrance Day is due in court today.
OTTAWA — Canada remains well short of meeting its international 2020 climate change commitment, Environment Canada reported Monday, even if the economy tanks and global oil and gas prices remain on the skids.
OTTAWA — John Maguire, a former Ottawa man who appears in a new extremist recruiting video, seemed to lack close friends in Canada and kept his distance from others, says an acquaintance who used to pray with him.
OTTAWA — The Harper government signalled Monday it wants to create deeper defence ties with Ukraine, signing a declaration that could lead to broader military co-operation in one of the most volatile parts of the globe.
OTTAWA — A global call for help resettling more than 100,000 Syrian refugees must be answered in part by Canada, the United Nations refugee agency representative in Ottawa says.