Drone Delivery

A drone has successfully delivered an EpiPen and naloxone from a London Drugs facility in Duncan, on Vancouver Island, to a resident on Salt Spring Island, nearly 6km away, in British Columbia. The drone made the historic flight on Aug. 19, marking the first-ever prescription drug drone delivery in North America (via Vancouver Sun). The...

Transport Canada has approved its first drone test range near Foremost, Alberta, which should help Drone Delivery Canada in launching its robotic cargo service as soon as late 2017, joining the likes of France and the UK who already have operational courier drone services. According to Engadget, a range of nearly 927 square miles will help DDC "prove that...