Airport Security
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Confusion at the airport: Alberta oil worker forced into quarantine hotel, co-worker gets to go homeAn Alberta driller who works in the United States was forced to stay at a quarantine hotel last week while his colleague with the same paperwork went straight home.CanadaMar 2
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N.Z. airport security catches woman with 900 cactus parts under her clothesNew Zealand authorities sentenced a smuggler for trying to bring hundreds of cacti and succulents into the country on flights from China.TrendingFeb 5
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Friday is Edmonton International Airport’s busiest travel day of the yearThe number of travellers in the airport is expected to be 20 per cent higher than usual, with up to 25,000 people flying.CanadaDec 20, 2019
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Airport security agents’ union responds to Global News investigation about screening complaintsGlobal 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.InvestigationsDec 16, 2019
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Global News Investigates: Agent behaviour, wait times dominate screening complaints at Edmonton airportThe 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.InvestigationsDec 16, 2019
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CATSA app helps holiday air travellers ‘Breeze Through Security’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.TechDec 11, 2019
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Toronto Pearson Airport to use AI-powered technology to detect weaponsExact 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.CanadaOct 2, 2019
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Travellers can sue TSA over mistreatment, say U.S. judgesThe court majority noted that TSA calls the screeners officers, they wear uniforms with badges including that title, and hold positions of authority.CanadaAug 30, 2019
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Canadian officials look to U.S. counterparts for no-fly list solutionsCanadian 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.CanadaApr 21, 2019
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Tips for a stress-free trip through Saskatchewan airportsCATSA also offered a display of recently surrendered items from the Regina security checkpoint.CanadaFeb 13, 2019
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