Telesat fully funds Lightspeed, eyes 2027 for global service
Telesat now has all financing sources in place to fund its global Lightspeed Ka-band Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Manageme... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Government of Canada
Press Release: Canada provides C$2.14b loan for Telesat Lightspeed
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, announced that on March 28, 2024, Telesat received a letter fro... Continue Reading
Press Release: Canada to remove COVID-19 travel measures on October 1
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Government of Canada has taken a layered approach to border management to protect the health and sa... Continue Reading
Travellers flag concerns about accessibility of ArriveCAN
Canada is among the countries that adopted strict entry criteria during the COVID-19 pandemic, including requiring all travellers to submit ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Canada suspends vaccine mandate for domestic fliers
Today, the Government of Canada announced that, as of June 20, it will suspend vaccination requirements for domestic and outbound travel, fe... Continue Reading
Canada to loosen travel restrictions but some confusion remains
The Government of Canada on 28 February will relax some of the various travel restrictions it implemented in the last two years to stem the ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Canada expands entry prohibitions, testing requirements
On November 26, 2021, the World Health Organization classified B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern called Omicron. Since then it has been foun... Continue Reading
Press Release: Air Canada forges partnership with Switch Health
Air Canada today announced the introduction of new testing products, including portable self-administered COVID-19 molecular and antigen tes... Continue Reading
Press Release: Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for Canadian travellers
Vaccinations are our best line of defense against COVID-19 and its variants. On August 13, 2021, the Government of Canada announced its inte... Continue Reading
WestJet’s 787-9 PaxEx impresses on London-Toronto
Roughly a year ago, I anxiously boarded an Air Canada flight to Toronto. Having spent months in lockdown in a central London flat, I was des... Continue Reading
Canada to require airline and rail passengers to be vaccinated
Canada will soon require all commercial air travelers, passengers on interprovincial trains, and passengers on large marine vessels with ove... Continue Reading
Press Release: Government of Canada invests in Telesat Lightspeed
Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, announced today that it expects to receive a $1.44 billion inve... Continue Reading
Snowbirds share story of using Canadian border loophole to return home
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. Many Canadian snowbirds, who are presently making their way home from sunspots like Flor... Continue Reading
Press Release: Québec to inject $400m into Telesat Lightspeed
Telesat, one of the world’s largest satellite operators, announced today that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with t... Continue Reading
Press Release: New air passenger rights in the cards for Canada
Canada is a vast country that relies on a complex transportation network to move its citizens and its goods. All Canadians benefit from a co... Continue Reading