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A private pilot in his twenties is in hospital in Quebec City after he inexplicably walked into the rotating prop of the Cessna 150 in which he was a passenger. The young man, who had […]

The president of Keystone Air says a misfueling error may have caused the crash of one of the airline’s Piper Navajos last week, in which all eight occupants walked away with minor injuries. Cliff Arit […]

A day after it made headlines announcing spring flights to London Gatwick, a WestJet executive told investors Wednesday it has its sights set on Asia, too. Candace Li, the company’s interim head of finance, told […]

Porter Airlines will stretch the legs of its Q400 aircraft with a weekly flight to an Orlando-area airport that doesn’t normally see much international traffic. The airline will fly from Billy Bishop Airport to Melbourne, about […]

A 20-year-old  pilot who uses a wheelchair has opened a flight school at Norman Rogers Airport in Kingston. Zach Elliot was paralyzed in a car accident two years ago but in August he took delivery […]

An Air Canada pilot is being praised for interrupting a long-haul flight to make sure a dog survived the trip. The aircraft was part way through its non-stop from Tel Aviv to Toronto when flight […]

Aviation doesn’t often come up in election campaigns but NDP leader Thomas Mulcair broke that mold with a major announcement in Montreal on Tuesday. Mulcair pledged to create a $160 million fund to help small […]

The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association sent a 17-page response to Transport Canada’s proposal to allow more public input into aviation-related construction projects. TC’s Notice of Proposed Amendment to the regulations follows the lead of […]

The bright yellow airport terminal at Iqualuit will be replaced by a modern facility as part of a $300 million airport expansion project by 2017 but the project suffered a setback on Saturday. The contractor […]

Online shopping site Shop.ca says it has partnered with Drone Delivery Canada to pioneer small package delivery by drone in Canada. There are, of course, some regulatory hoops for the project to get through but […]

There’s a week left to comment on Transport Canada’s latest stab at mandating 406 MHz ELTs in Canadian aircraft. The comment period for the Notice of Proposed Amendment ends Sept. 11 and comments must be […]