Island helicopter company adds muscle to wildfire effort

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• SourceCastanet Kamloops
• Original URLhttps://castanet.net/edition/news-story-630550-3-.htm
• Canonical URLhttps://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/island-helicopter-company-adds-muscle-to-wildfire-effort-12740766
• Publish dateSep 8, 2026
• First indexedSep 8, 2026 7:00 am PDT
• Last checkedSep 10, 2026 8:43 pm PDT
• Current statusredirected (HTTP 200)
• DescriptionSince early June, Vancouver Island Helicopters and a crew of pilots and maintenance and support teams have been attacking wildfires from Quebec and the Northwest Territories to Alberta and British Columbia.

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• Kamloops & Southern Interior Wildfires

• Local human-interest & lifestyle stories — Kamloops 2026

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