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.
TORONTO — Former journalist and federal privacy commissioner Bruce Phillips has died. He was 84.
TORONTO — A Toronto police officer who was found guilty of assaulting a protester during the G20 summit four years ago is appealing his conviction.
OTTAWA — As parliamentarians begin their final week of the fall sitting of the House of Commons, they do so under the cloud of renewed security threats.
CALGARY — Energy stocks were down nearly six per cent on the Toronto Stock Exchange as oil prices continued to plunge following last week's five per cent slide.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Ottawa has announced a $300-million investment in Pratt and Whitney Canada to help the company develop and build the next generation of jet engines.
OTTAWA — The pace of housing construction starts increased in November, mostly because of multiple-unit projects in urban areas.