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Looking out over clouds and the wing of an airplane in flight. // Image from Pixabay

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The Canadian Press: Canadian airline market on path to consolidation, raising risk of higher fares

March 14, 2024 — 
Canadian airline market on path to consolidation, raising risk of higher fares

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Edmonton Journal: WestJet begins recovery after cancelling 464 flights over four-day stretch due to extreme cold

January 17, 2024 — 
WestJet begins recovery after cancelling 464 flights over four-day stretch due to extreme cold

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CBC Manitoba: Remote northern Manitoba communities anxiously wait for winter road openings

January 3, 2024 — 
Remote northern Manitoba communities anxiously wait for winter road openings

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The Canadian Press: Flight safety oversight in Canada plummets, draft UN agency report finds

December 8, 2023 — 
Flight safety oversight in Canada plummets, draft UN agency report finds

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Asper School of Business

CTV Winnipeg: Rogers Sugar strike: Supply disruptions prompt Winnipeg businesses to search for other sugar sources

November 29, 2023 — 
Rogers Sugar strike: Supply disruptions prompt Winnipeg businesses to search for other sugar sources

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A view of the Golden Temple, Sikhism's holiest shrine, in Amritsar, India, Sept.20, 2023. Travellers and the sector that relies on them are rattled by heightened tensions between Canada and India, but see no reason to rethink their overseas plans for now. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Prabhjot Gill

The Canadian Press: Travellers rattled by Canada-India row, but trip plans remain unchanged

September 21, 2023 — 
Travellers rattled by Canada-India row, but trip plans remain unchanged

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Winnipeg transit map

Three UM researchers to examine more equitable and sustainable public transport opportunities

June 7, 2021 — 
'Mobility is freedom, but only if it’s efficient, sustainable and works for all Canadians'

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Airship flying over Canada's North

Op-ed: Transport Canada 2030 strategic plan missing a key plank

February 24, 2021 — 
“The way to build a strong future is by both protecting the environment and creating good jobs,” the Prime Minister has said. And electrically-powered cargo airships meet this criterion.

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An airship in the sky

Hydrogen gas-fuelled airships could spur development in remote communities

January 21, 2021 — 
'Hydrogen gas is increasingly heralded as the mobile energy source of the green economy'

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Airship flying over Canada's North

Financial Post: Forget the Hindenburg!

October 1, 2020 — 
Our ban on hydrogen airships is misguided and needs to be revoked, prof argues

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