The number of travellers in the airport is expected to be 20 per cent higher than usual, with up to 25,000 people flying.

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.

The complaints found some agents yelled at passengers, paraded their underwear in public during baggage searches and threatened them with being able to make their flight.

Travellers can search items to see how they should be packed, make checklists and find out how long it will likely take to get through security in real time.

Exact plans for the pilot project are still underway, but Hexwave units will be deployed just outside airport terminals in order to pick up on potential threats before they get inside.

The court majority noted that TSA calls the screeners officers, they wear uniforms with badges including that title, and hold positions of authority.

Canadian security officials have turned to the U.S. for advice on revamping Ottawa's troublesome no-fly list that has ensnared young children trying to check in at the airport.

CATSA also offered a display of recently surrendered items from the Regina security checkpoint.

Employees of the Transportation Security Administration are expected to work without pay during the shutdown because their jobs are considered essential.

The incident at Gatwick Airport underlined how many airports lack the means to catch drone pilots quickly, let alone destroy the unmanned aerial vehicles themselves.