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Retired Air Canada Boeing 777 Capt. Judy Cameron has been named to the Order of Canada. Since her retirement in 2015, after five years on the 777, Cameron has been active with various groups mentoring […]

A private investor or group is proposing an ambitious GA airport development just east of Barrie, Ontario. The effort is calling itself New Aerodrome Ontario 2021 and the contact person for the application to Transport […]

Canada’s newest aviation museum is taking shape in Winnipeg and it promises to hold some of the most important links to Canada’s rich aviation heritage. For a couple of years, volunteers and staff have been […]

The civilian in charge of buying equipment for the Royal Canadian Air Force says serious cracks in the tails of almost all of the country’s Cyclone helicopters are just part of the normal process of […]

Santa traded reindeer for Cessnas, Pipers and a helicopter or two to ensure kids in some of B.C.’s small communities hardest hit with flood damage got something for Christmas. Dozens of B.C. pilots have taken […]

Although drones and airports don’t usually mix, a pilot project at Edmonton International Airport shows promise for a mutually beneficial coexistence. Drone Delivery Canada and the airport authority have teamed up for a trial that […]

A serial aviation entrepreneur has purchased Wiarton Keppel International Airport. Clayton Smith closed the $2.6 million deal with the community of Georgian Bluffs, which owned the airport, on Friday. Smith had also bought nearby Owen […]

Canada Jetlines says its first Airbus A320 should be painted and delivered early in 2022 and it hopes to start scheduled service later next year after getting financial backing from two Calgary investors earlier this […]

A tiny airline based in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island is asking for public support to get the local town council to withdraw an eviction notice. Oceanside Air has been building a business at the […]

Air Canada moved up the in-service date of its first Boeing 767 freighter to join the effort to keep B.C. supplied. Floods in mid-November severely damaged the two busiest highways connecting the Lower Mainland with […]

A WestJet pilot was helped out of the flight deck and worked on by a doctor and two nurses who were passengers on their way to Atlanta from Calgary last week. The aircraft took off […]

Regina City Council is debating whether to carry on with the purchase of a light aircraft for a new police aviation arm. The police service has included up to $547,500 in its $5 million capital […]

Vancouver-based Helijet has signed a $12 million deal with Blade Air Mobility that will give Blade exclusive access to the passenger routes Helijet has developed over the past 30 years. Helijet will continue to own […]

Boeing’s 2017 attempt to effectively bar Bombardier’s CSeries airliner from the U.S. market played a part in the company being kicked out of the competition to supply the RCAF with 88 new fighter aircraft. The […]

The Kelowna Flying Club and management of the airport have reached a deal for a $5.5 million expansion of general aviation facilities at the airport. The club has raised more than $5 million in private […]