Winnipeg International Airport has just become the latest in Canada to be outfitted with new computed tomography (CT) X-ray scanners, part of an initiative to update technology and speed up security checks. Article content

The airport announced this week that CT X-ray machines have been installed by the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) in line four at the domestic and international checkpoint. Article content Article content

With their bulbous shape and unearthly blue glow, the scanners look like a cross between a hospital medical scanner and a science-fiction propulsion system.

But the upshot of the new devices is that passengers travelling through screening lines will no longer have to take liquids, aerosols and gels, medical devices or electronics such as lapto

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