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Keystone Air Grounded

Transport Canada has suspended the operating licence of Winnipeg-based Keystone Air over safety concerns. “This is a severe action that the department only takes when we identify serious safety deficiencies and must act to protect […]

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CSeries Certification Soon, MRJ Flies

Bombardier announced earlier this week that it expected certification of its CS100 airliner by the end of the year. It was welcome good news after a public relations shellacking over the past few weeks concerning […]

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Volunteers Complete B-25 Restoration

The Alberta Aviation Museum now has a faithfully restored B-25 Mitchell bomber thanks to the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers. The group took a rusting hulk from a rural property near Lamont, Alta. […]

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Scrapping F-35 On Hold

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will reportedly hold off on executing one of his key election campaign promises until after he’s checked with U.S. President Barack Obama. Trudeau promised to immediately re-open bidding for the replacement […]

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Learjet 85 Canceled

Bombardier’s state-of-the-art Learjet 85 business jet is the latest casualty of the planemaker’s financial problems. The company officially cancelled the mostly-composite mid-sized jet program last week before it got a $1 billion cash injection from […]

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SAM For Sale

Montreal aircraft designer Thierry Zibi says he’s fire saling the assets of his SAM Aircraft to fund another venture. The tenacious entrepreneur, who abandoned his successful corporate life in France, to live his dream as […]

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Two Fatal Helicopter Crashes

The Transportation Safety Board is investigating two fatal helicopter crashes in Saskatchewan last week. Icing may have been to blame for the crash of a helicopter (type unknown) that went down near Kinley, Sask. Oct. […]

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Quebec Bailout For Bombardier

As we reported two weeks ago, the Quebec government will bail out Bombardier’s CSeries airliner program with an infusion of at least $1 billion. Multiple sources are reporting the announcement will come Thursday before Bombardier […]