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Nav Canada is testing space-based ADS-B for low altitude aircraft in the Montreal area and is going to try it out next around Edmonton. Nav Canada says the voluntary trial is assessing how well the […]

A student commercial pilot has confirmed Transport Canada is investigating her involvement in videos of a party aboard a chartered flight from Montreal to Cancun just before New Year’s. Vanessa Sicotte said in a series […]

ICON Aircraft now has a sales rep and demo pilot based in Seattle where he has reached out to Canadian media to announce his move. Alex Mason is joining ICON flight instructor Luke Christian at […]

Lynx Air, “Canada’s new ultra-affordable airline” has announced it will start selling tickets on Jan. 19 but it won’t be announcing destinations or schedule until then. The Calgary-based company, formerly known as Enerjet, will fly […]

Sam Samaddar, the director of Kelowna International Airport, has been elected chair of AirportsCouncil International-North America, an influential organization that represents hundreds of airports in the U.S. and Canada. “As we continue to respond to […]

Rotech Motor in Vernon, B.C. has been named Rotax’s Distributor of the Year for the second year in a row and has a hefty piece of staff room equipment to mark the honour. The Austrian […]

Some passengers aboard a chartered aircraft heading to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Cancun could face criminal charges when they make their way back to Canada after a much-publicized booze cruise to the Mexican resort […]

The Canadian Warplane Museum celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2022 and is planning an air show and a black tie event to mark the occasion. The museum, which has the largest collection of airworthy vintage […]

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 […]