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Transport Canada not updating pilot-fatigue rules, union charges

T ransport Canada isn't taking new UN aviation standards seriously enough and is missing a chance to improve its rules on fatigue in the cockpit, says the country's largest pilot union. “Clearly it's past time for us to have a look at our regulations ...

From TU THANH HA, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Air Canada,  United Nations

Pilots push for new rules to guard against flight fatigue

On a June evening in 2005, Air Canada Jazz Flight 8105 was carrying 64 passengers from Houston to Calgary when, just after crossing the border, the plane began to vibrate. The control column shook and an alarm sounded in the cockpit. The plane tumbled ...

From TU THANH HA, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Air Canada,  European Union,  United Nations,  Federal Aviation Administration,  Boeing

Consultant with suspicious footprints ends up on Harper's agenda

B efore he became a diplomatic concern, Tahawwur Hussain Rana advertised himself as a “world-famous immigration consultant.” That was last year, when the Pakistani-Canadian businessman was just an unknown father of three, who worked out of Chicago while ...

From TU THANH HA AND COLIN FREEZE, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Tahawwur Hussain Rana,  Stephen Harper,  Manmohan Singh,  David Headley

OPP chief ordered to retake witness stand

O ntario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino has been ordered to go back to the witness stand and pay $20,000 in costs to two officers in whose disciplinary hearing the commissioner had been subpoenaed to testify. Commissioner Fantino had been ...

From TU THANH HA, Globe and Mail,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Julian Fantino

Canada's competing views on the role of guns

D ifferent reactions. Divergent visions of a country. Wednesday's vote in the House of Commons to abolish the long-gun registry reinforced the divide between rural Canada and its metropolitan centres. While it was a good news day for hunters in small ...

From TU THANH HA, Globe and Mail,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: House of Commons,  Stephen Harper,  Jack Layton,  Michael Ignatieff

The 'Mickey Mouse' mastermind: Canadian charged in plot against Danish newspaper

A former Pakistani cadet and medical student who got Canadian citizenship then settled in Chicago, Tahawar Hussain Rana was known as an immigration consultant and abattoir operator. Now he is accused of helping mastermind a terrorist plot that he and ...

From COLIN FREEZE AND TU THANH HA, Globe and Mail,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Lashkar-e-Taiba,  Mike Bell,  Al-Qaeda,  Yahoo!

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE TIGERS' MERCHANT VESSELS?

T he crude markings and mismatched maritime ID number on the ship that brought 76 Sri Lankan Tamils to British Columbia last week were signs that the rusty freighter's real name wasn't what it claimed to be and that it had a more shadowy origin. The ...

From TU THANH HA, Globe and Mail,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: John Thompson

Federal lawyers pressure diplomat who wants to testify on Afghan detainees: lawyer

F ederal lawyers are using the anti-terrorism law to bully a diplomat who planned to testify about prisoners risking torture when Canadian troops hand them to Afghan officials, his attorney alleges in a letter obtained by The Globe and Mail. Richard ...

From TU THANH HA, Globe and Mail,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Steve Moore

Inquiry seeks release of military police logs

T wo pages of logs showing that Canadian military police investigated whether Afghan prisoners risked torture are the latest point of dispute between the federal government and a public inquiry into Canada's handling of Afghan detainees. The documents ...

From TU THANH HA, Globe and Mail,  2 Oct 2009

Ottawa moves to limit scope of detainee inquiry

A s public inquiries go, it won't be very public if Ottawa has its way, with key witnesses removed and the rest only taking questions in writing. The long-delayed inquiry into Canada's handling of Afghan detainees is now facing a series of motions by ...

From TU THANH HA, Globe and Mail,  1 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Rick Hillier,  Peter MacKay,  Michael Ward (politician),  Guy Laroche

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