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The Canada Infrastructure Development Bank (CIB) announced this week that it has reached an agreement with northern Manitoba’s Thompson Regional Airport Authority (TRAA) to lend it $52 million for the redevelopment of the airport, including […]

The RCAF CC-150 Polaris aircraft that was involved in a collision with a French air force Airbus A400M in Guam last July after the un-chocked Polaris rolled into it (see 2023-09-16 Weekly Update) will be […]

U.S. ambassador David Cohen has reportedly sent a letter to federal cabinet ministers urging them to continue through with the purchase of Boeing P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft to replace the aging fleet of Lockheed CP-140 […]

Pilot Joshua Kutryk has been assigned to crew Starliner-1, which will transport him and three other astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month mission, which is expected to launch in 2025. The […]

Calgary’s Mount Royal University (MRU) is the recipient of a $3-million federal grant to expand the university’s flight training program. The funding will allow for the doubling of pilot training positions to 80 per year […]

Horizon Aircraft, a developer of passenger-carrying eVTOLs based in Lindsay, Ontario, recently published a study revealing that Canadians are generally receptive to travelling in electric-powered vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs). Citing Statistics Canada data […]

Many Ottawans were disappointed when the flypast of four CF-18s scheduled for Remembrance Day ceremonies at the National War Memorial on Parliament Hill didn’t happen. The culprit, reportedly, was ice at their CFB Bagotville base. […]

The construction of a $131-million, 15,000 square metre facility that will house the 2 Air Expeditionary Wing was announced earlier this week (Wed, Nov. 15) by the federal government. It will accommodate training facilities, classrooms, […]

Federal Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne refused to confirm to reporters on Tuesday (Nov. 7) if the contract to purchase replacements for the RCAF’s fleet of CP-140 Aurora maritime patrol aircraft will be sole-sourced to Boeing, […]

The Royal Canadian Air Force has announced a series of flypasts across Canada to mark Remembrance Day 2023, in addition to its annual flight over Parliament Hill in Ottawa, which will be conducted with CF-18s. […]

Helijet Airways, the helicopter airline based in Vancouver, has announced the order of a pair of ALIA-250 eVTOLs from Beta Technologies of Burlington, Vermont. Both Beta and Helijet hope the battery-powered aircraft will be certified […]

In a news release dated Friday, November 3, Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND)announced that last Sunday (October 29), two Chinese Shenyang J-11 fighter jets made three intercepts of RCAF CH-148 Cyclone helicopters while on […]

The Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre (WWFC), based at Breslau, Ontario’s Region of Waterloo International Airport, announced earlier this week that it has broken ground on a 3,300-square-foot (307 m2) expansion that will house its new […]

In an announcement posted on Van’s website Friday (Oct. 27), founder and principle designer Dick VanGrunsven cited a serious cash flow situation that will cause shipment delays and the suspension of kit orders, refunds and […]

Lightning struck and severely damaged the tail rotor assembly of a Helijet Sikorsky S-76 helicopter midway between Vancouver and Victoria on Tuesday. The aircraft was cruising in IMC at around 4,000 feet ASL when lightning […]