On , at approximately 1300,Footnote 1 the pilot and the passenger arrived at Jasper Airport to prepare the Cessna 150J aircraft (registration C-GCEA) for a flight to Hinton/Entrance Airport, Alberta.
On at approximately 2235,Footnote 1 a privately operated American Aircraft AA-5B (registration C-GQIJ, serial number AA5B-0544), was on a visual flight rules (VFR) flight from Medicine Hat Airport (CYXH), Alberta to Moose Jaw/Air Vice Marshal C.M. McEwen Airport (CYMJ), Saskatchewan, with a pilot and 2 passengers on board.
On , a privately registered Robinson R44 helicopter (registration C-FJLH, serial number 2044) was conducting a day visual flight rules flight from Lac de la Bidière, Quebec, to Sainte-Sophie, Quebec, with 1 pilot and 1 passenger on board. The aircraft never arrived at its destination. It was reported missing at 1158 Eastern Daylight Time the following day to the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton, Ontario, which began the search.
