Five steps to reducing runway incursions
Controllers, pilots and airport officials are working together to reduce runway incursions, when planes or vehicles blunder onto a runway.
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Opposition MPs slam the red, white and blue makeover for the Stephen Harper’s air force jet, calling it a “flying Taj Mahal.”
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Colourful paint job on Harper’s plane sparks criticism
Opposition MPs slam the red, white and blue makeover for Stephen Harper’s air force jet, calling it a “flying Taj Mahal.”
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Tories crack down on civil servant sick days
Conservatives to unveil program Monday to crack down on “unacceptable” absenteeism rates among federal civil servants
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ORNGE suspends night flights at remote sites across Ontario
Two weeks after the fatal crash of an air ambulance helicopter, ORNGE has temporarily suspended night flights to almost 60 sites across Ontario.
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New safety training ordered for ORNGE helicopter pilots
ORNGE halts helicopter flights in bad weather until pilots get training to avoid inadvertently flying into the ground.
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Ornge helicopter crash prompts safety concerns
Fatal helicopter crash sparks concerns about Ornge's management of its chopper fleet.
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ORNGE should get out of aviation operations, critics say
May’s deadly crash of an ORNGE helicopter raises questions about the agency’s management of its chopper fleet, say MPPs and pilots.
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ORNGE chopper lacked safety system
ORNGE helicopter involved in fatal crash lacked a ground proximity warning system that may have alerted pilots to imminent collision with the ground.
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ORNGE boss defends chopper safety
ORNGE defends air ambulance flights but says "all options" are on the table to boost safety in wake of fatal crash and series of flight restrictions.
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National Household Survey: GTA commuting times are the nation’s longest
Average Toronto commutes clock in at 32 minutes, the longest of Canada’s big cities, new Statistics Canada data reveals
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National Household Survey: Retail clerk is Canada’s most common job
The sales clerk is the most common job in Canada, according to newly released data from Statistics Canada’s National Household Survey. In 2011, retail boasted 1.9 million workers, representing 11.5 per...
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National Household Survey: More Canadians getting degrees as more women in...
More Canadians get university degrees and more women moving into fields of engineering and medicine, Statistics Canada data reveals.
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Pilot resignations hit ORNGE air ambulances
Pilot resignations have left ORNGE scrambling to fill vacancies and keep air ambulance helicopters flying in busy summer season.
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ORNGE helicopters banned from ‘essential’ landing procedure
For more than a year, ORNGE has banned hover exits, used to drop medics close to a patient when a suitable landing site can't be found.
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Lac Megantic explosion: Ottawa approved having only one engineer on ill-fated...
The rail company whose 73-car train devastated parts of Lac-Mégantic had been granted rare permission by the federal government last year to operate the train with only one engineer on board,
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Senate scandal: Canadians swamped Stephen Harper’s office with angry emails
As the Senate controversy heated up earlier this year, irate Canadians sent Stephen Harper’s office a barrage of emails, expressing outrage at the spending habits of senators and urging that the upper...
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Cabinet shuffle: ‘New faces and steady hands’ expected in Ottawa cabinet shakeup
Prime Minister Stephen Harper to announce new cabinet Monday morning that promises to feature more younger MPs and more women.
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ORNGE: Inspection revealed pilot training woes at ORNGE
Four months before a fatal crash, ORNGE was forced to suspend operations and ground pilots after problems uncovered with training and paperwork.
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Harper cabinet shuffle: 8 new ministers named
Southern Ontario will carry more clout than ever before in Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government after a cabinet shuffle that put Conservatives from the region in charge of most economic...
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