Canadian Base Operators
This year, Black & McDonald (B&M) celebrates 10 years of producing the B&M Safety Calendar. Submissions were requested from kids aged 4 to 12 years and was open to all B&M and subsidiary employees.
Canadian Base Operators’ Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) was a perfect 0.0 in the year 2023. This superb accomplishment is the result of our workforce’s unwavering dedication to health and safety.
2023 was a year of successful events and important achievements for Canadian Base Operators. Before we move forward with the new year ahead of us, a look back at 2023 truly is a celebration of our employees, our clients, and our nation.
This year Black & McDonald commemorates 50 years of serving those who serve. Since 1973, B&M has successfully won and completed many projects for the Government of Canada, the Department of National Defence and Defence Construction Canada.
As Remembrance Day approaches, CBO will be paying tribute to our employees who are Veterans. We would like to honour them and acknowledge their integral contribution to CBO operations. Through a series Veteran Q&A Spotlights, CBO will introduce our Veterans on staff followed by their responses to the Q&A.
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day take place on September 30. CBO recognizes the importance of this date – it is a date to reflect on Truth and Reconciliation for our Indigenous neighbours, friends and colleagues, and to continue to acknowledge the history of Residential Schools and the profound impact they have had on generations of Indigenous Peoples across Canada. CBO team members at our headquarters in Collingwood, ON and Acden Base Operators (ABO) team members at Suncor Firebag Airport in Wood Buffalo, AB proudly wore their orange shirts in support of Truth and Reconciliation.
This beautiful mural was recently unveiled at Suncor’s Firebag Airport and graces the 60-foot-wide by 40-foot-high wall of the firehall. It was created by Keegan Starlight, an artist from Tssut’ina First Nation in Treaty 7 near Calgary. The mural was commissioned by Suncor to help strengthen its relationships with the Indigenous communities in the region and give the over 300,000 passengers that fly in and out of Firebag a year something to reflect on.
July 28, 2023—Ottawa, ON—SkyAlyne – a partnership between Canadian companies CAE and KF Aerospace – has been identified by the Government of Canada as its preferred bidder to manage the future training program for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF).
The FAcT contract will cover all aspects of the required training and in-service support to train Canadian military pilots, Air Combat Systems Officers (ACSOs) and Airborne Electronic Sensor Operators (AES Ops).
From “day one” in 2020, CBO Southport has been honoured to be a corporate sponsor who keeps Eagle’s Wings Flight School (EWFS) in the air. EWFS is a registered Canadian charity and 100% volunteer run. It is an “organization that is committed to helping at-risk youth find their passion and chart a pathway to success in early adulthood and beyond”.
CBO acknowledged and extended a special thanks to all of the CBO employees and other volunteers from the Meaford community who stepped up to lend a hand when the town was put under a limited water use direction in May 2023. On May 25th, a fire broke out at a used car dealership and auto shop and due to the amount of POL (petroleum, oils, and lubricants) products and other contaminants on site, the town was under a “Do Not Consume” advisory for municipal water, along with an advisory to not swim in Georgian Bay. Over several days a number of CBO staff from our 4th Canadian Division Training Centre (CDTC) Meaford site volunteered to assist with bottled water distribution at the community centre, and CBO donated water to the municipality. The “Do Not Consume” and other advisories were lifted after a series of tests over 72 hours showed that water quality had met provincial standards. Thank you to everyone who helped!