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Author Simon Sinek to Deliver Keynote at 2013 CHC Safety & Quality Summit Gala Dinner

By on February 19, 2013 in Community Features

Simon Sinek, a leading motivational speaker and author of, Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for the Gala Dinner at the 2013 CHC Safety & Quality Summit. The Gala dinner will take place on Tues., March 19, at the Westin Bayshore. With approximately […]

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History of Burkeville

By on February 19, 2013 in Historical Features

By Rebecca Bollwitt Richmond’s Sea Island is home to more than our award-winning airport, it also has a lone residential area—the quaint community of Burkeville that hugs Russ Baker Way and was established in 1943 as a part of the Dominion Government’s Wartime Housing Plan. The federal government established the neighbourhood and built 328 cottages […]

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Increased Vancouver-Beijing service

By on February 19, 2013 in Air Traffic

Air China will increase the number of scheduled flights operated from Vancouver to Beijing, China from 7 to 11 flights per week. The new flights are scheduled to begin on May 17, 2013. The new flight, CA 998 will depart Vancouver on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays at 10am, arriving into Beijing Capital Airport at […]

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War planes and furious fancies

By on February 19, 2013 in Historical Features

By Jack Schofield When the Second World War ended in 1945, Canada’s Prairie Provinces became the repositories of many of the country’s surplus aircraft—mainly training aircraft used by the famous Commonwealth Air training Plan. The towns of Edson and Vulcan, Alberta and the city of Estevan, Saskatchewan were big centres for storage of these aircraft. […]

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Vietnam increases its Visa on Arrival fees

By on February 19, 2013 in Travel Features

Vietnam has increased its Visa on Arrival fees, which must be paid by all foreign visitors and Vietnamese holding foreign passports. The new fee has increased from US$25 to $US45 for a single-entry visa. The fee must be paid in cash, U.S. dollars or in Vietnamese Dong.  

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