While you were sleeping: Body cameras, ice roads, pirates and flatulence

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A few things you might have missed while you were sleeping.

You’re on bandit camera: A pilot project in Vaudreuil-Dorion will see police officers wearing small cameras attached to their chest or arm, expected to act as a calming mechanism in tense situations. In 2016, Montreal became the first city in Quebec to try out the body cameras on its police force. Pilot programs in Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto have offered mixed results. Critics say the use of these devices inches towards contravening a person’s right to privacy. In Vaudreuil-Dorion, the citizen will be informed that their voice and image are being recorded and a flashing light will indicate that the recording is underway. Blur software will be used to hide the faces and sensitive document information.

In desperate need of fuel: A northern Manitoba fly-in community is running low on heating fuel as heavy snow prevents trucks from bringing more. Sayisi Dene First Nation Chief Tony Powderhorn says the snow has delayed the opening of a winter road that Tadoule Lake counts on for its yearly fuel supply. The region is in the midst of an intense cold snap and Powderhorn says fuel is needed to heat more than 100 homes. Band councillor Clifford Anderson says he’s aware of three homes that have run out of fuel and are relying on wood stoves. Powderhorn says community leaders are working with Manitoba Hydro, which has diesel tanks in Tadoule Lake, and the local airport to bring in a backup supply of fuel until the winter road opens. The road is expected to open between Feb. 23 and Feb. 28.

Yo ho ho: Researchers are scrambling to determine whether the bones found in a shipwreck off Cape Cod are those of the famous pirate Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. The Whydah Pirate Museum in Yarmouth, Mass., is exhibiting the bones along with a pistol that allegedly belonged to Black Sam. The bones and pistol were, until recently, embedded in a pile of sand and stone from the wreck of the Whydah Gally, which was discovered several years ago. The museumwants forensic scientists to compare the DNA of the bones with that of a living descendant of Bellamy. The Whydah Gally sank during a storm in 1717, causing the death of most of her crew and leaving her many treasures at the bottom of the ocean. The wreck was discovered in 1984.

Air biscuit: A flight was diverted to Vienna because a passenger was answering the call of the wild burrito, so to speak. The poor fellow kept breaking wind on a Transavia Airlines flight to Amsterdam and the two Dutch passengers seated next to him were caught in the back draft. When the pilot caught whiff of the disruption, he entreated all to keep calm, yet a ripper of a fight broke out. When the flight landed in Vienna, four people were removed: two men and two sisters who claim they weren’t involved and plan to sue the airline.