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Two senior officers in the RCAF’s fighter community and one junior officer have been charged with administrative offences in connection with a sexual harassment complaint that arose from a so-called “call-sign review board” at CFB […]

The RCMP in Thompson, Manitoba are asking for public help in finding whoever shot up a couple of floatplanes moored on a lake in the northern part of the province. The privately owned Cessna 185 […]

Canada Post has issued a set of five stamps commemorating Canadians in Flight. The corporation said this is the second instalment of its aviation series and was “developed with the support of Canada’s Aviation Hall […]

A month after a De Havilland Otter floatplane apparently dove suddenly into Washington State’s Puget Sound, killing all 10 people onboard, the FAA issued an Emergency AD calling for inspection of elevator parts for corrosion. […]

We reported last month that L3 Harris employees at CFB Trenton were to vote on switching unions from the International Association of Machinists (IAM) to the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA). AMFA has now announced […]

The Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame has announced their new inductees. Individuals being inducted this year are Thomas Appleton, pilot and aviation executive; Maryse Carmichael, former Snowbirds commanding officer; John Croll, former military test pilot; […]

Transport Canada revealed this week that the new Director General of Civil Aviation at Transport Canada will be Félix Meunier, taking the reins of the agency on October 11. The post became vacant last month […]

Transport minister Omar Alghabra announced earlier this week that the federal government “[envisions] net zero emissions by 2050 for the Canadian aviation sector.” In addition, the federal government is setting a goal of 10 percent […]

The first in-person post-pandemic Hangar Hangout, organized by the British Columbia Aviation Council, was held in a Second World War-era hangar on the south side of Vancouver International Airport (YVR). The ‘Hangouts’ aims to bring […]

WestJet isn’t taking the rising tide of low cost competition lightly and has announced it’s buying 42 new Boeing 737 MAX 10 airliners to beef up its sun destination business. The company is now defining […]

The RCAF’s 431 Air Demonstration Squadron has been cleared for takeoff again after they were grounded pending an investigation into the cause of a crash-landing of one of the team’s CT-114 Tutor jets at the […]

A site in Wheatland County, about 30 minutes east of Calgary, Alberta, was chosen to house extensive facilities for De Havilland Aircraft of Canada. In addition to housing a new plant, the facility will include […]

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) recently announced that it is returning border entry services at most small airports and many seaplane bases across Canada that had their service suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most, […]

Workers for L3 Harris at CFB Trenton are to vote on switching from the International Association of Machinists (IAM) to the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA). The vote was ordered by the Canada Industrial Relations […]

Software glitches are the latest in the long list of issues keeping the CC-295, the RCAF’s new fixed wing search and rescue aircraft off the job years after it was supposed to enter service. The […]