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The federal government announced Friday it has “conditionally” sold 10 retired military planes to a B.C. aviation company that will convert the aircraft to fight wildfires across the country. The announcement comes amid growing calls for Canada to update and expand its fleet of firefighting aircraft as it contends with another devastating wildfire season.Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procurement, said it will take Coulson Aviation in Port Alberni about 20,000 hours of labour to convert each CC-130H Hercules plane for aerial firefighting purposes.That timeline means the first planes should be ready to re-enter service within 12 months, he…
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Thick wildfire smoke shrouded Kelowna, B.C., on Thursday, obscuring the city’s signature lake views, disrupting…
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Canadian professor and mathematician Jacob Tsimerman has made history as the first scholar based at…
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she trusts Prime Minister Mark Carney will be able to…
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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 23, 2026 3:39 pm 1 min read The…
The number of workers at the federal nerve centre for emergency response was slashed by…
A 44-year-old St. Thomas, Ont., man is facing charges after a woman was allegedly kidnapped…
On the third day of a coroner’s inquest into the death of a Prince Albert…
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