PM s VIP jet returns to service after extensive repairs The plane was damaged in a towing incident on Oct. 18, 2019, when it rolled into a wall in a hangar at Trenton, Ont.
Author of the article: Derek Baldwin
Publishing date: Mar 06, 2021 • March 6, 2021 • 2 minute read • The prime minister s VIP government jet is back in service after more than a year of extensive repairs following an Oct. 18, 2019, collision with a wall in a hangar at Trenton, Ont. Photo by Department of National Defence /Handout photo
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BELLEVILLE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government VIP jet is back in service at its home at 8 Wing Trenton after undergoing more than a year of repairs following a hangar collision in October 2019.
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Two hikers were plucked by helicopter from a large piece of ice that broke away from shore at Bruce Peninsula National Park near Tobermory on Sunday.
The ice the two people were on drifted almost three kilometres from shore when an OPP helicopter was able to hover above them and make the rescue, Grey Bruce OPP said in a news release on Monday.
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Both people were returned safely to shore and were uninjured.
“This was amazing team work by all of the involved services,” Grey Bruce OPP Acting Insp. Debra Anderson said in the release. “Everyone worked together to safely rescue these hikers. This situation could have ended in tragedy.”
Both people were returned safely to shore and were uninjured.
“This was amazing team work by all of the involved services,” Grey Bruce OPP Acting Insp. Debra Anderson said in the release. “Everyone worked together to safely rescue these hikers. This situation could have ended in tragedy.”
The pair of hikers had been walking on the ice near the national park when a large piece broke away from the shore, leaving them stranded. The floating ice continued drifting out into Georgian Bay, the release said.
Emergency services responded to Cyprus Lake Road at 2:30 p.m., with OPP being assisted at shore by Bruce County Paramedics, Northern Bruce Peninsula Fire Department and Parks Canada.
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