News Items tag as: Canadian Forces Snowbirds

Art installation in Kamloops park to honour Capt. Jennifer Casey killed in jet crash
April 16, 2024 - 3:49 PM

An art installation in a park near the Kamloops airport will honour the memory of RCAF Capt. Jennifer Casey who died in the crash of a Snowbird jet in 2020.
LOOK UP: Snowbirds take off from Penticton airport to fly home
September 29, 2022 - 10:47 AM

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds are taking off from the Okanagan this afternoon and heading home to Saskatchewan.
Grounded Snowbirds cleared for flight; making stop in Penticton on way to home base
September 21, 2022 - 12:03 PM

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds have been cleared to fly again and the team is on their way to Penticton.
Snowbirds to perform at 'biggest and best Peachfest ever': organizer
December 07, 2021 - 4:19 PM

The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will be putting on a show in Penticton as part of the 75th anniversary of Peachfest.
iN VIDEO: Snowbirds pay tribute to Capt. Casey with 'missing man' formation
May 19, 2021 - 9:58 AM

Canada's Snowbirds honoured Capt. Jenn Casey with a special manoeuvre called "the missing man" this week.
Fallen Snowbird remembered in Kamloops on anniversary of plane crash
May 17, 2021 - 12:50 PM

On the one year anniversary of the tragic Snowbird crash in Kamloops that shocked both the community and the nation, two of Capt. Jennifer Casey’s friends and her former partner visited the city.
ONE YEAR LATER: Memories of Snowbird crash fresh in minds of Kamloops residents
May 11, 2021 - 7:00 AM

Residents of a Kamloops neighbourhood are still grappling with the fallout from a Canadian Snowbird plummeting from the sky and crashing through the peace of their everyday lives.
Snowbirds stop in Kamloops for a bittersweet greeting
May 04, 2021 - 2:39 PM

Many people in Kamloops were likely surprised to see Snowbirds fly over this afternoon as the iconic planes headed to Fulton Field for a fuel up.
$2,000 donated to SPCA in Snowbirds Capt. Jennifer Casey's name
October 24, 2020 - 12:01 PM

The Government of Nova Scotia is donating $2,000 to the SPCA in the name of a Canadian Forces Snowbirds member who died after a plane crashed in a Kamloops neighbourhood back in May.
New mural in Winnipeg pays tribute to Snowbirds Capt. Jennifer Casey
October 20, 2020 - 7:30 AM

A new military mural in Winnipeg pays homage to some Canadian heroes, including the Snowbirds public affairs officer who was killed in a plane crash in Kamloops in May.
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News Items tag as: Canadian Forces Snowbirds

Art installation in Kamloops park to honour Capt. Jennifer Casey killed in jet crash

LOOK UP: Snowbirds take off from Penticton airport to fly home

Grounded Snowbirds cleared for flight; making stop in Penticton on way to home base

Snowbirds to perform at 'biggest and best Peachfest ever': organizer

iN VIDEO: Snowbirds pay tribute to Capt. Casey with 'missing man' formation

Fallen Snowbird remembered in Kamloops on anniversary of plane crash

ONE YEAR LATER: Memories of Snowbird crash fresh in minds of Kamloops residents

Snowbirds stop in Kamloops for a bittersweet greeting

$2,000 donated to SPCA in Snowbirds Capt. Jennifer Casey's name

New mural in Winnipeg pays tribute to Snowbirds Capt. Jennifer Casey

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