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Transport Canada Just Put the Radio Link in the Weather Section
Transport Canada now places urban command and control guidance beside wind guidance. Brief the radio path and the airflow as one operating environment.
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Line-side resupply is the number worth keeping
Aerial resupply of planting crews closed its season with more than a million seedlings delivered. What made it work was not lift capacity, it was removing walking from the crew's day.
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Why a rooftop drone response needs its own rulebook
Running emergent aerial response and scheduled investigative flying on the same fleet looks efficient. The first quarter of a Canadian program shows why the two are kept apart.
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Frost, cloud and three miles: the Canadian weather limits that stop a winter job
Canadian drone weather limits are specific: three miles of ground visibility and clear of cloud for BVLOS, no flight with frost or ice on critical surfaces, and lighting conditions for night operations. All three shape a winter schedule.
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The 24 month recency clock is the cheapest item on your compliance list
Recency in Canada is a rolling 24 month requirement attached to each pilot certificate. The free self-paced study programme satisfies it, provided the completed questionnaire is dated and kept.
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What a Canadian drone policy actually covers when a job goes wrong
Liability insurance for small RPAS operations is not a regulatory requirement in Canada, but it is a contract requirement almost everywhere. The limit is the easy part. The exclusions decide the outcome.
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Canada's BVLOS certificate is growing far faster than the schools that can teach it
Transport Canada's own figures show Level 1 Complex certificates up around 64 per cent since March while the number of schools able to deliver the compulsory ground school grew about five per cent. Capacity, not demand, is the constraint.
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The NPA comment period closed on September 9. Here is what is left in your hands
The consultation on Remote ID and designated drone airspace closed on 9 September. The published record already answers the retrofit question, which means the useful work now is a fleet inventory rather than a purchase order.
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After the fire line moves through: inspecting the grid assets it left behind
Wildfire damage to grid assets is often invisible from a distance. The 2026 season shows why the inspection phase after restoration deserves its own plan.