The federal Public Safety Department has rejected Air Canada's request for regular access to security risk assessments, something the airline wanted in order to play a bigger role in passenger safety. The air carrier has expressed concern to the federal government about accommodating sky marshals on its flights, often at significant cost.
Read More »For eight of the last 10 years, my husband and I have flown from New York to France for a five-day getaway in late November. Our plans were in place this year long before the Nov. 13 terror attacks in Paris, and we didn't really consider changing them.
Read More »Africa. A continent made up of 54 countries and the African Union state of Western Sahara (not recognized by Morocco) has a population of over one billion and is the world’s second largest continent.
Read More »Well he did it and we let him and is Canada any better for it’s latest citizen? So what now? Will Dror Bar-Natan who was so repulsed by swearing allegiance to the Queen that he had to recant it immediately after, be equally repulsed handling Canada’s currency or sticking a stamp on his correspondence? What will he do next?
Read More »An American Airlines flight attendant who described herself as “crazy” and a “train wreck” attacked fellow crew members and US marshals during a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Frankfurt, Germany, last week, according to documents filed in federal court.
Read More »Two cruise passengers suffered minor injuries when a freak wave struck the side of MSC Divina as she sailed in the Caribbean. The wave hit the side of the ship, damaging a small cabin porthole.
Read More »EasyJet is investigating Arabic graffiti found on the fuel tank covers of four planes in France. Airline staff were informed after the discovery of 'four aircraft in France with written inscriptions on the inside of the fuel panel, and toilet door in Arabic script.'
Read More »TravelBrands Inc. announced yesterday that it has filed materials requesting an extension of the stay of proceedings from the Ontario Superior court of Justice under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) until February 29, 2016.
Read More »In what will surely be a blow to tourism, the US House of Representatives may move quickly to overhaul a programme that allows travel to the United States with no visa, something that has come under criticism following the Paris terror attacks. The overhaul appears unlikely to touch Canada.
Read More »At a time when migration, immigration and citizenship are foremost in people’s minds all over the world, the case of Dror Bar-Natan, who has been in Canada for 13 years and now wants to become a Canadian citizen, resonates strongly.
Read More »A Maine ski resort that's responsible for two of three chairlift mechanical failures that led to injuries in the past five years is working to make sure it doesn't happen again. Sugarloaf is spending $1.5 million to make improvements after a chairlift malfunction allowed it to move in reverse last March, injuring seven skiers.
Read More »Passengers who ran from a British Airways flight that caught fire in September before takeoff in Las Vegas are suing the plane's manufacturer and the maker of the engines.
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