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.
VICTORIA — A former top Liberal government bureaucrat involved in the firings of eight health researchers two years ago says he won't take part in a review of the dismissals because it's not an independent probe.
VICTORIA — Finance Minister Mike de Jong says he supports Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk despite ordering a renewed investigation of new documents connected to the former Mountie.
MONTREAL — Shoppers will be losing another Canadian retail option after Reitmans announced Tuesday it is closing all of its Smart Set clothing stores.
TORONTO — After 175 years, Quebec-based Simons is primed to make a major expansion push beyond the province with stores in five new cities across Canada.
TORONTO — Scandal-plagued former radio host Jian Ghomeshi has reached an agreement with the CBC to withdraw his $55-million lawsuit against the public broadcaster, a CBC spokesman said on Tuesday.
NEWMARKET, Ont. — A woman accused of arranging to have her parents murdered in a staged home invasion had nothing to do with the real robbery that led to her mother's death at the hands of a "psychopathic killer" desperate for cash, her lawyer said Tuesday.