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e & a g g 8 SS by 5 3 fe} > z $ g = 5 g a £ = 2 3 insidehalton.com SOR EMERALD CR UISES Discover Award-winning Small Ship Cruising You're Invited to a Free Travel Showcase Event If you are planning or dreaming of a cruise vacation in 2023 or beyond, join our travel experts for an in-person, informative Travel Showcase session on river cruising and our new luxury yacht cruises. Learn more about our exciting range of destinations, products, including free drinks with EmeraldPLUS experiences and generous inclusions meals, all tions and so much more. SPECIAL OFFER & SAVINGS JUST FOR ATTENDEES N EUROPE AND ASIA RIVER CRUISING SESSION Come learn all about our innovative Star-Ships and exciting river cruising destinations. Whether you want to. explore the idyllic villages and iconic cities of Europe's famed waterways or delve into the rich history and culture of Southeast Asia along the mystical Mekong River, our expert: team can help you craft your perfect adventure. Oakville Monday, November 7 Sandman Oakville Hotel River Session: 10:00am - Yacht Session: 11:30am - LUXURY YACHT CRUISING SESSION Our all-new luxury yachts offer a truly intimate and luxurious experience while exploring some of the world’s most picturesque locales including Europe, the Caribbean, South America and more. With a maximum of 100 guests, there's always plenty of space to relax with your favourite book, marvel at the stunning views from the infinity-style pool or enjoy handcrafted cocktails with friends at the sleek Sky Bar. 1:00am 12:15pm OUR TRAVEL SHOWCASE EVENTS ARE FREE AND SPACE IS LIMITED. RESERVE TODAY. Scan the QR code or visit emeraldcruises.ca/events to register. QUESTIONS? CALL US AT 833 907 3069 Graham Paine/Metroland Safety mat Steven Dadd loads a package into a drone at the launch of Care By Air, a six-month pilot projec CARE BY AIR’ MEDICAL CARGO DRONE DELIVERY PILOT TAKES FLIGHT BAMBANG SADEWO. bsadewo@metroland.com A pilot program that could pave the way for drone deliveries of medical goods across Halton is tak- ing flight yan the launch of “Care B: The six- month project would see test flights be- tween Drone Delivery Can- ada's (DDC) drone delivery platform at DSV Canada's facility in Milton and Oak- ville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital — roughly 20 kilo- metres in distance — as a way to “analyze the use of cargo drones as a safe, reli- able and efficient alterna- tive to transport medical sureties and products us- autonomous drone delivery system.” The delivery of lab specimens — which fall under "dangerous goods" classification — from lo- hospitals to the core ies in Oakville is among the envisioned applica- tions in the future, accord- enio: corporate services an performance, and chief fi- nancial officer with Hal- ton Healthcare. fe have a process here in the hospital where we look at innovation and ide- as — and we try to support them," Rodrigues said, not- ing that this leads to the collaboration with DDC to “explore the use of drones to transport this more readily at some point in the future." in Roos, managing director of DSV, said in a news release that the pro- ject "represents a critical step toward optimizing supply chains that rely on time-sensitive and criti ical- care medical cargo," while Steve Magirias, 0 DDC, said that the pilot "is a great fit to demonstrate a new efficient way to trans- Port medical goods.” ling pad for the drone ‘ha tas been construct- ed at the Oakville hospital, where test flights will be conducted over the next six months. “All these steps are dem- onstrations for the aviation the regulators’ re ments t to deliver dangerous goods, it really opens up a lot of possibilities for hos- pitals like us." As to when that might happen, the Halton Health- care official said it “really is in the hands of regula- tors." “We may not end up hav- ing the benefit of these drones any time soon, but if we've helped the larger health system move for- ward, i think that's success for us," he said. "One day, other hospitals can also benefit from this, particu- larly those in really remote McMaster University is also part of the initiative.