De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. announced plans Wednesday to build a new aircraft manufacturing plant east of Calgary that could eventually employ up to 1,500 people. The company said the facility, dubbed De Havilland Field, is to be located in Wheatland County between the communities of Chestermere and Strathmore. De Havilland said it has acquired about 600 hectares of land in the…

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says a new airplane manufacturing plant is to be built near Calgary. De Havilland Canada is scheduled to make the announcement Wednesday afternoon about its plans for southern Alberta. Speaking at a news conference in Toronto earlier in the day, Kenney said the plant is to be built east of Calgary…