Viking Air, which plans to build a factory in Western Canada, could begin producing new water bombers in 2027, but those planes probably won't be used to put out forest fires in Canada, Gradek said.

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier John Hogan says two water bombers from Ontario are expected to help with his province’s ...

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada is floating some options to the Newfoundland and Labrador government about the fate of a water bomber damaged more than four years ago. The aircraft has been ...

I think that’s more the way we have to look at it,” he said. In 2016, Bombardier, which acquired Canadair in the 1980s, sold its water bomber program to British Columbia-based Viking Air.

Quebec and Ontario have systematically used bird dog aircraft to coordinate water bomber operations since the 1980s. More than 80 wildfires took place in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2024. (CBC) ...

As out-of-control wildfires continue to spread in Newfoundland, aircraft from New Brunswick took off from the Fredericton ...

Sweeney says the company has had discussions with the province since the aircraft was damaged back in 2018, and he hopes the internal government review opens the door for those talks to ramp up. He ...

A water bomber picks up water at the Waterton Dam, north of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alta., Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Photo by David Rossiter / THE CANADIAN PRESS ...