The Metro Vancouver city of Pitt Meadows has sent a letter to the federal government requesting more transparency on the issue of lead in aviation gasoline (100LL avgas) and what its plan is on phasing […]
Calgary’s airport authority (Calgary Airports) announced on Wednesday (Sep. 9) the breaking of ground for the next phase of their YYC AeroNex project, the Alberta Training Centre of Excellence for Aviation and Aerospace. Occupying a […]
Ninety years ago, on September 6, 1936, a plane crash-landed in a bog alongside Baleine Road, near Louisbourg in eastern Cape Breton Island. It had taken off from Abingdon, England 20 hours earlier. At the […]
This week we are recognizing one of the eight 2026 Elsie award winners. Named after Elsie MacGill, the chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry who oversaw the production of 1,451 Hawker Hurricanes during […]
Aspiring commercial pilots in the Northwest Territories may be eligible for financial aid to obtain a private pilot licence (PPL) under new funding regulations passed by the Territories’ Department of Education, Culture and Employment. Previously, […]
Mere metres from where the legendary Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was conceived, and subsequently built, over 70 years ago, an aluminum replica of the supersonic interceptor was unveiled on August 27. Design work for the […]
This week we are recognizing one of the eight 2026 Elsie award winners. Named after Elsie MacGill, the chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry who oversaw the production of 1,451 Hawker Hurricanes during […]
The federal government announced on Monday (Aug. 31) a grant of $11.6 million for runway, taxiway and apron improvements at Wollaston Lake airport (CZWL) in northern Saskatchewan. The existing 3,793’ x 75’ runway consists of […]
Federal transport minister Steven MacKinnon was in Prince Rupert on August 26 to announce over $23 million in grants to several British Columbia regional airports. The funds came from the Airports Capital Assistance Program (ACAP). […]
The Ottawa International Airport authority has implemented a new instrument approach procedure for particular low-visibility situations. Referred to as the Instrument Landing System Special Authorization CAT II (ILS SA CAT II) procedures, Nav Canada says […]
The Antonov An-124 belonging to Russian airline Volga Dnepr Airlines remains at Toronto-Pearson airport over four-and-a-half years on. The giant airplane was initially grounded at the outset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February […]
Using funds from the Arctic Infrastructure Fund (AIF), the federal government will provide up to $49.5 million to upgrade the existing runway and access road at the Inuvik Mike Zubko Airport. This is in addition […]
This week we are recognizing one of the eight 2026 Elsie award winners. Named after Elsie MacGill, the chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry who oversaw the production of 1,451 Hawker Hurricanes during […]
The government of Ontario has delivered to first of five Airbus H-125 single-engine helicopters to the Peel Regional Police in Southern Ontario in the first phase of the Joint Air Support Unit, a provincial initiative […]
At a press conference held in front of Cascade Aerospace’s hangar at Abbotsford airport in British Columbia on August 7, Stephen Fuhr, Secretary of State for Defence Procurement, announced that 10 surplus RCAF CC-130H Hercules […]
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