A $400 thousand grant from Cargill means STARS Air Ambulance can purchase nine new medically-equipped Airbus H145 helicopters at a cost of $13 million each. The new aircraft will help STARS deliver critical care to patients across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and parts of British Columbia for the next thirty or more years.

Jeff Vassart, President Cargill Limited says, “At Cargill the safety of others is guided by our values of putting people first and doing the right thing. Safety extends well beyond our employees to our customer and the communities where we operate.”

STARS has been flying missions in the new H145 aircraft from two of its bases since mid-2019, thanks to government, community and corporate support of an ambitious capital campaign that hopes to see the remainder of the new fleet delivered by 2022.