This is kind of old news, but I read it in SkyTalk (the August issue, where I read this, isn’t online yet), the newsletter of the Vancouver International Airport while I was hanging out there on Saturday. Here’s a similar article from the Globe and Mail:
This week, Transport Canada removed four items from its list of things that are not permitted to be carried aboard an airplane: corkscrews (except for those with knives attached), knitting needles, sports racquets, such as those used for squash and tennis, and whips.
Great, now there’s going to be this spate of hijacking attempts by lion tamers, dungeon mistresses and sommeliers.
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