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Ontario building new base, buying 2 planes for Ornge air ambulance

Published Dec 17, 2024 at 10:41pm

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Ontario building new base, buying 2 planes for Ornge air ambulance
A crew member walks through the hanger at ORNGE air ambulance service's base at Billy Bishop Airport in Toronto on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young CHY

Ontario is investing $93 million to build a new base and buy new planes for Ornge, the province's air ambulance organization.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the new hangar will be built at the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport northeast of Barrie, Ont.

She says the two new "special mission aircraft" will be able to travel farther without the need to refuel.

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