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. — Newfoundland and Labrador's governing Progressive Conservatives will try to improve their fortunes today in a pair of byelections after losing the last five.
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — A key witness at the trial of a lobster fisherman accused of killing another fisherman in Nova Scotia says he did not actually see the accused use a fishing gaff to drag the victim out to sea.
HALIFAX — Police have launched an investigation into a possible breach of a publication ban after a major news outlet in Halifax published the name of a teenage girl at the centre of a high-profile child pornography case.
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's governing Liberals will choose a new leader and the province's next premier in February.
CALGARY — The Canadian Forces says it will not challenge a court ruling that overturned a soldier's conviction in a fatal training accident in Afghanistan.
WINNIPEG — A former hair stylist turned drug dealer who spent 23 years in prison for murder has moved one step closer to possibly clearing his name.