SACRED PIPE COMPLAINT

A Manitoba aboriginal leader is filing a complaint over the handling of sacred items in his pipe bundle by security staff at Ottawa's Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. Grand Chief Derek Nepinak of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says he told a screening officer on Monday what was in the bundle before it went through the X-ray machine.

An Indian-American actor and designer who wasn't allowed to board a Mexico City-to-New York flight after refusing to remove his turban said Tuesday that he is satisfied with an apology from the airline.

Seven months after the Pan Am Games and five months after the Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto hotels are looking forward to another boon. The city can expect thousands of tourists to arrive for the first NBA All-Star Game to take place outside of the United States. Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment estimates revenue from the games will reach up to $100 million.

Florida Senator Bill Nelson has called for the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the voyage of the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas that ran into high winds and rough seas in the Atlantic Ocean over the weekend.

A Florida advertising agency has an enchanting image of a snowy egret with its head plumage blowing on end. In the past the picture has been used with the tagline, ‘Bad hair day’, but now with a national election on the horizon - the coiffure of the heron is realizing greater potential in its similarity to a particular political candidate.

Crystal Cruises has taken an option to rehabilitate the SS United States, that’s been rusting at a dock for a couple of decades. It was the fastest passenger vessel in the world when it was launched in 1952, but the U.S. flagged ship fell victim to jet travel and a number of schemes to renovate the ship failed over the years.

One would expect that the low price of oil would benefit the travel industry, yet a number of factors appear to be affecting tourism in a negative way particularly south of the border. Last week stocks linked to tourism fell, with those in the hotel, resort and cruise sectors suffering a greater loss than the broader market.

A commercial flight headed to Los Angeles filled with smoke, turned around and made an emergency landing in Tucson, Arizona, where some passengers had to jump from the airplane to the runway.

A winter storm with hurricane-force winds and huge waves battered Britain's coastline Monday, cutting power to thousands and disrupting travel across the country. More than 15,000 homes were without power as Storm Imogen hit Ireland, Wales and southern England.

Blizzard conditions from an East Coast storm that cancelled flights and closed schools in parts of the Maritimes shifted into Newfoundland and Labrador early today.

Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas ran into high winds and rough seas in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday, forcing frightened passengers into their cabins overnight as their belongings flew about, waves rose as high as 30 feet, and winds howled outside.

Actor and marijuana advocate Woody Harrelson was one of nearly 60 applicants to apply to open one of Hawaii's first medical marijuana dispensaries. Harrelson applied for a license in Honolulu County under his company, Simple Organic Living.