Ontario couple warns about using driver's licence to fly after major issue at airport

An Ontario couple who arrived at Toronto Pearson with their driver's licences were shocked when they were told they wouldn't be allowed to board the flight.

"They just denied us and wouldn’t let us go," Lynne Gilchrist of Caesarea, Ont. told CTV News Toronto.

Gilchrist and her husband Stuart planned to attend a family funeral in late August and had to fly to Edmonton, Alta. 

They showed up at Toronto Pearson International Airport ready to board the plane and handed over their driver's licences as identification.

"We went to a ticket agent and she just kind of threw our ID back at us and said 'Expired and expired.' We both looked at each other and said 'What?'"