The Royal Canadian Air Force has grounded its fleet of CH-148 Cyclone helicopters after one of them experienced a “severe bump” during a training flight near Halifax. Colonel Peter Allan, commander at 12 Wing Shearwater, says the pilot safely landed the naval chopper with no damage during a night flight earlier this month. The glitch prompted a freeze on flying as of March 12th, and the Air Force is investigating with the help of aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky. A spokesman from the Maritime Helicopter Project says he won’t have a definite time when the fleet will fly again until the root cause of the incident is determined.
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CBRM Reinstates Spring Heavy Garbage Collection
Heavy garbage collection will return to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality this spring. The service was nearly cancelled, but the municipality found the necessary 250-thousand dollars to cover it. The municipality was trying to balance its budget after adding an extra heavy garbage pickup in response to last fall’s flood. It says the garbage has to be on the curb by early morning on May 1st.