Airport Screening

• High turnover for airport screeners as holiday travel season looms, unions say

  Major delays and flight cancellations at airports across Canada earlier this year drew scrutiny from passengers and politicians alike.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2022
  
• Coronavirus: No scientific evidence airport screening measures work, experts say

  Screening for coronavirus cases at airports isn't likely to be very effective, experts say.

  Health

  Jan 31, 2020
  
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• Airport security agents’ union responds to Global News investigation about screening complaints

  Global News analyzed 211 complaints made against CATSA in Edmonton between 2016 and 2018 and found that 52 per cent of them related to long wait times and agent behaviour.

  Investigations

  Dec 16, 2019
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• TSA looks at doing away with security screening at 150 smaller airports in U.S.

  "This is completely nuts," said an ex-inspector general with the U.S. Department of Transportation.

  World

  Aug 1, 2018
• Calgary airport security swabs breast pump and ‘high security risk’ baby

  A Calgary man said the incident started with his wife and baby getting randomly selected for swabbing, plus a "thorough check of one of our bins with a carry-on case, my shoes, phone and wallet."

  Consumer

  Dec 22, 2016
• Canadian coalition wants Ottawa to reduce security screening times at borders, airports

  A coalition of business leaders in Canada's largest cities is putting pressure on Ottawa to reduce security screening times and cut travelling costs to bolster a prime engine of the country's economy.

  Canada

  Dec 8, 2016
• New security screening line tested at Montreal’s Trudeau Airport

  CATSA Plus has been in place since the end of August in Montreal's Trudeau International Airport.

  Canada

  Sep 14, 2016
• Turban screening not needed at airports: Raitt

  The federal transport minister says there's no need to re-impose a rule that required passengers to remove religious headgear when going through airport security.

  Politics

  Jun 17, 2015
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• US closing gaps in Ebola airport screening, hospital preparedness

  The U.S. government is closing a gap in Ebola screening at airports while states from New York to Texas to California work to get hospitals and nurses ready in case another patient turns up somewhere in the U.S. with the deadly disease.

  World

  Oct 22, 2014