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Flush with a $2.5 billion infusion of cash from its home province of Quebec, Bombardier executives hit the road Tuesday for their annual investors day in New York and assured them a turnaround is coming. CEO Alain […]

Canada has not formally withdrawn from the global partnership creating the F-35 advanced fighter program even though the new Trudeau government has been in power for a month and doing so was a major plank […]

The pilot of an aircraft taking off from Region of Waterloo International Airport said he missed hitting a small unmanned aerial systems aircraft by about three metres on Sunday. The pilot was leaving on a […]

Diamond Aircraft, of London, Ont., is coming out of the financial crunch that resulted from the 2008  bank crisis and is attending the National Business Aviation Association convention in Las Vegas. It’s the first visit […]

Bombardier has completed certification flight testing for its CS100 airliner and is in the last phase of the certification program. The test article is now on a tour of North America, landing at dozens of […]

Peterborough-based Flying Colours has been named an authorized service facility for Bombardier Global 5000 and Global 6000 business aircraft. Bombardier gave the MRO and completions specialist “heavy” status to enable it to work on the […]

The Alberta Aviation Museum has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise almost $90,000 to restore an historic Lancaster to running condition. The aircraft, one of 430 Lancs built at Victory Aircraft in Malton, Ontario toward […]

Transport Canada has suspended the operating licence of Winnipeg-based Keystone Air over safety concerns. “This is a severe action that the department only takes when we identify serious safety deficiencies and must act to protect […]

A Montreal company that makes landing gear components isn’t giving up on getting work from the F-35. Heroux-Devtek makes gear for a wide variety of aircraft and is in line for millions of dollars worth […]

Bombardier announced earlier this week that it expected certification of its CS100 airliner by the end of the year. It was welcome good news after a public relations shellacking over the past few weeks concerning […]

The Alberta Aviation Museum now has a faithfully restored B-25 Mitchell bomber thanks to the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers. The group took a rusting hulk from a rural property near Lamont, Alta. […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will reportedly hold off on executing one of his key election campaign promises until after he’s checked with U.S. President Barack Obama. Trudeau promised to immediately re-open bidding for the replacement […]

Bombardier’s state-of-the-art Learjet 85 business jet is the latest casualty of the planemaker’s financial problems. The company officially cancelled the mostly-composite mid-sized jet program last week before it got a $1 billion cash injection from […]

Montreal aircraft designer Thierry Zibi says he’s fire saling the assets of his SAM Aircraft to fund another venture. The tenacious entrepreneur, who abandoned his successful corporate life in France, to live his dream as […]

The Transportation Safety Board is investigating two fatal helicopter crashes in Saskatchewan last week. Icing may have been to blame for the crash of a helicopter (type unknown) that went down near Kinley, Sask. Oct. […]