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Toronto - Ontario will move quickly to end mandatory retirement at age 65, Labour Minister Chris Bentley said on Wednesday as he announced a series of public hearings on the issue. "We are determined to end the practice of mandatory retirement without undermining existing rights to retire, to retire early, or undermining current pension plans," Bentley told a news conference in Toronto. "Ontarians are healthier and living longer so it is unfair to insist that they stop working simply because they reach age 65." Mandatory retirement is considered discriminatory under legislation in place in Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island. St. John's, Nfld. - A Jordanian woman and her newborn are resting in a hospital in Newfoundland after she gave birth on an airplane flying from Amsterdam to Chicago. The Dutch KLM flight was diverted to St. John's early Tuesday morning after the woman went into labour over the Atlantic Ocean. Three doctors on the flight helped deliver the baby girl, who was born in the airplane's pantry before they could touch down. Pangnirtung, Nunavut - Troops from the army, navy and air force have arrived on Baffin Island to begin a $5.4-million exercise designed to boost Canadian sovereignty. About 600 Canadian Forces personnel will spend the next three weeks conducting Exercise Narwhal.
